Red Shaver
| Country of origin | Canada |
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| Use | eggs |
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The Red Shaver is a sex linked breed of chicken developed in Canada. Pullets are reddish-brown in colour with white underfeathers, while males are white with a few red markings on the feathers.[1] They are a hardy, dual-purpose breed laying brown eggs and dressing out between three and five pounds. They have a reputation of being a quiet breed.[2] Red Shaver chickens are used most frequently in small flocks for small farms.
Eggs
Red shaver hens can lay from 305 to 315 eggs a year,[3] and are reported to be prolific producers of large brown eggs. One four-year-old Red Shaver chicken in Ottawa was credited with laying an egg with a mass of 143 grams, which is almost three times the size of a standard medium egg (Typically a medium egg is 49 g, a jumbo egg is 70 g).[4]
Meat
Body weight at 18 weeks is about 31⁄2 lbs., and after one year of laying weight between 41⁄2 to 5 lbs.
See also
References
- ^ "Shaver Red Sex-Link". Archived from the original on 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Henhouse Haven page, Moore Partners, writing, editing, website design". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- ^ "Shaver Red Sex-Link". Archived from the original on 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/giant-egg-laid-by-ottawa-hen-1.775106. Archived 2018-05-09 at the Wayback Machine