Brabançonne

Country of origin:

Belgium

Origin:

Since the beginning of the twentieth century

External features:

• Light build
• Long body
• Long and sloping back
• Tail is positioned higher
• Unfeathered and slate-blue legs
• With crest
• Feathers on the head of the rooster are longer and narrower in shape
• In front of the crest is a medium-sized comb
• Small white earlobes
• Dark brown to brown-black eyes

Colours:

• Silver quail
• Blue quail
• Columbian
• Buff Columbian
• White
• Black
• Buff
• Blue

Weight:

• Rooster: 2.0 – 2, 5 kg
• Hen: 1.5 – 2.0 kg

Average annual egg production:

200

Broodiness?

Little tendency to broodiness

Behaviour:

Active chickens that need a lot of space.