Shelbyville, IL
Rosecomb
Varieties
- Purpose
- ornamental
- Egg color
- white to tinted
- Eggs / year
- ~60
- Hen weight
- ~1.1 lbs
- Cold hardy
- No
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- sprightly, alert, tames with handling
- Forages
- fair
- Broodiness
- low
- APA class
- Rose Comb Clean Legged
- NPIP stock code
- W39
- Origin
- England
Breed guide
Rosecomb
Also known as: Rosecomb Bantam
One of the oldest true bantams, an exhibition classic defined by its large rose comb with a straight spike and big round white earlobes. Black is the signature variety. People keep it for show.
Keeper's notes
Hardy for its size. Through wet winters give dry, draft-free quarters. Exhibition birds need their earlobes protected from frost and sun scald.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: Ornamental Bantams
Standard weights: cock 1.63 lbs, hen 1.38 lbs, cockerel 1.38 lbs, pullet 1.25 lbs
“The Black and White Rose-Combs are counterparts of the graceful and stylish Hamburgs; they are the embodiment of grace, style and sprightliness.”
Disqualifications: Combs other than rose; absence of spike; cocks weighing over 28 ounces, hens or cockerels over 24 ounces, pullets over 22 ounces.
APA recognized varieties
Rose Comb Clean Legged (recognized as bantam) · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Black 1874White 1874Blue 1960
Rosecomb listings
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Where to find Rosecomb
Showing Great Lakes. Change it with the Near box up top.
Regional breeders with this breed on file (10)
Carlinville, IL
Oakland, MI
C.R. H Montpelier, OH
Delphos, OH
Fort Recovery, OH
Marys, OH
Delaware, OH
Wilmington, OH
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (0)
None on file for that filter yet.
Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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