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10th Dec 2009
Hi Alison,
Just wanted to thank you for the excellent course this morning. I learnt an awful lot in those hours and now feel confident about 'despatching' chickens. It was a very friendly atmosphere which helps a lot when you are nervous!!
Well presented and managed - very highly recommended.
Kind regards,
Brenda Morrison
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Vorwerks
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We have Vorwerks pullets in stock.
These handsome chickens originate in Germany, where they were invented as a new breed by Oskar Vorwerk (pronounces Forverk) in 1900. He actually set out to create a new breed that was economical to keep and was a dual purpose bird. He wanted a bird that was a good egg layer and gave good meat, but that was smaller than the large utility birds and ate less. Personally I do not think it is big enough to give a good amount of meat, but they do lay well and lay up to 170 eggs a year. They lay a white to creamy colour egg.
They are classified as a light breed of chicken and are a rare breed. Numbers are believed to be so small that there is not a Breed Society, but the Rare Poultry Society does include it on its books. A standard was written for the breed in 1913, but it has not really taken off as a popular bird. Here is your chance to put that right!
Vorwerks have a grey beak and grey legs with very distinctive black heads and tail with a brown body. The little flash of white is their ear lobe. The chicks are the opposite colourway, having a black body with a brown head and tail. As they grow and change feathers, they gradually change into the adult colourway.
They are quite a shy bird and will do well in a mixed flock with other calmer birds.
Price:
We only sell Point of lay. They are £40.