Speckledy chicken
The Speckledy is a Marans-based hybrid, dark grey and white mottled like a Cuckoo Marans. It lays brown, often speckled eggs.
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The Speckledy is a hybrid chicken breed. Its origin is given as UK.
It is kept in large form. Recognised colours: Speckled/cuckoo.
Expect roughly 250–300 eggs in the first year, falling in later years and varying by supplier, with brown, often speckled shells.
Compiled from poultrykeeper.com, chickens.allotment-garden.org, newcottagepoultry.com, chickenessentials.co.uk. See sources
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Identity
- Species
- Chicken
- Type
- Hybrid
- Origin
- UK
- Breeding
- Rhode Island Red cockerel x Marans hen; also sold as Speckled Ranger
History
It is a cross of a Rhode Island Red cock with a Marans hen, and is also sold as the Speckled Ranger. Poultrykeeper and Allotment Garden list it among popular UK hybrid layers.
Appearance
Dark grey and white mottling on a medium frame, similar to a Cuckoo Marans.
Recognised colours
Speckled/cuckoo
Size and weight
- Forms
- Large
Eggs
- Eggs a year
- 250–300 in the first year
- Egg colour
- Brown, often speckled
- Notes
- More than a pure Marans lays, but a little below some other hybrids.
Hybrid egg figures are for the first year. They fall in later years and vary by supplier.
Temperament
Not recorded yet.
Hardiness
Not recorded yet.
Broodiness
Not recorded yet.
Flying
Not recorded yet.
Suitability
- Good to know
- As a hybrid it does not breed true.
Conservation status (RBST)
Not on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's priority list.
Breed club
Not recorded yet.
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