Columbian Blacktail chicken
The Columbian Blacktail is a Rhode Island Red-based hybrid layer with chestnut plumage and a black tail. It is also sold as the Redco.
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The Columbian Blacktail is a hybrid chicken breed. Its origin is given as UK.
It is kept in large form. Recognised colours: Red with black tail.
Expect roughly 280–300 eggs in the first year, falling in later years and varying by supplier, with light brown shells.
Compiled from organicpullets.co.uk, moonridgefarm.co.uk, chickenessentials.co.uk, newcottagepoultry.com, poultrykeeper.com. See sources
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Identity
- Species
- Chicken
- Type
- Hybrid
- Origin
- UK
- Breeding
- Rhode Island Red x Light Sussex based; also sold as Calder Ranger / Black Tail
History
It comes from one of the longest-established hybrid breeding programmes. Organic Pullets describes it as an RIR and Sussex-type cross with a proven record in organic systems.
Appearance
Chestnut body, black tail. Average weight is about 1.6 kg at 20 weeks and 2.2 kg at 72 weeks.
Recognised colours
Red with black tail
Size and weight
- Forms
- Large
Eggs
- Eggs a year
- 280–300 in the first year
- Egg colour
- Light brown
- Notes
- Around 280–300 mid-brown eggs, averaging 63 g. Lay starts at about 21 weeks, and production stays good in the second year.
Hybrid egg figures are for the first year. They fall in later years and vary by supplier.
Temperament
- In short
- Good-natured
- Keeping notes
- Good-natured, hardy and robust; suits systems from commercial to garden.
Hardiness
Hardy, robust
Broodiness
Not recorded yet.
Flying
Not recorded yet.
Suitability
Not recorded yet.
Conservation status (RBST)
Not on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's priority list.
Breed club
Not recorded yet.
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