Rhodebar chicken
The Rhodebar is a rare autosexing version of the Rhode Island Red, gold with fine buff barring.
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The Rhodebar is a pure-bred chicken breed in the PCGB Soft Feather Heavy class. Its origin is given as UK. It appears on the RBST Watchlist as a priority breed, so keepers of pure stock help conserve it.
It is kept in large and bantam forms. Recognised colours: Red with fine buff barring. Typical adult weights: cock about 3.85 kg, hen about 2.9 kg, bantam cock about 1020 g and bantam hen about 790 kg.
Expect roughly 180–200 eggs a year, with brown shells. It is mainly kept for eggs and for the table.
Compiled from poultryclub.org, rbst.org.uk, poultrykeeper.com. See sources
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Identity
- Species
- Chicken
- Type
- Pure breed
- PCGB class
- Soft Feather Heavy
- Origin
- UK
- Kept for
- Eggs, Table
History
Created in the late 1940s by crossing Rhode Island Reds with Barred Plymouth Rocks and selecting for barring.
Appearance
Rhode Island Red shape; red with fine buff barring. Autosexing: chicks can be sexed at hatch by down colour and pattern (males paler, females darker with clearer stripes).
Recognised colours
Red with fine buff barring
Size and weight
- Forms
- Large, Bantam
- Cock
- 3.85 kg
- Hen
- 2.9 kg
- Bantam cock
- 1020 g
- Bantam hen
- 790 kg
Eggs
- Eggs a year
- 180–200
- Egg colour
- Brown
- Notes
- Good strains lay around 180–200 tinted eggs a year.
Temperament
- In short
- Docile
- Keeping notes
- Docile and productive.
Hardiness
Hardy
Broodiness
Not recorded yet.
Flying
Not recorded yet.
Suitability
- Beginners
- Suitable for beginners (unconfirmed)
- Good to know
- Selection for clear autosexing is essential.
Conservation status (RBST)
A priority breed on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust Watchlist.
Breed club
- Autosexing Breeds Association, umbrella · Website
Sources
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