The small tongue is an unusual plumage of a dwarf type. These hardy and unpretentious chickens tolerate heat well and, despite the partial lack of feathering, are resistant to frost.
They can both amaze and cause hostility among exhibition visitors with their appearance. "Naked" neck is their main distinguishing feature. Chickens of small tongue are valued as good laying hens.
The origin of the breed of naked hens is completely unknown. Their homeland could be Austria or Germany. In 1898, for the first time, he attempted to bring out a small hulk K. Huth (Frankfurt).
However, only since 1905, the official recognition of the dwarf goloshes from O. Markolf (Berlin) has been received.
Today, hens of the Small Hoptail breed are found in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Romania, in the southern regions of our country. It has a small area of distribution, but it is highly valued at exhibitions.
Breed description Small tongue
Dwarf hens are a small breed of an unusual type, aesthetically not very attractive.
However, its repulsive appearance compensated by good egg production and the fact that it is well tolerated by the heat. The main symptom, golosheest, is immediately noticeable when the chicks hatch. Small golosheyka found in various colors and drawings.
Chickens are characterized by a strongly elongated body with a slightly sloping back line. The tail of the rooster is rich in sickle feathers. Possess strong shins, thin boned tarsus. On a slightly S-shaped curved (often red) neck, feathers are completely absent, including goiter.
Features
- Holosechest. The lack of feathers on the neck is genetically determined. The symptom is noticeable immediately after hatching chicks. Over time, the skin on the neck becomes rough, wrinkles and reddens. Especially strongly reddening on a neo-perineal neck is observed in winter, however chickens with reduced plumage tolerate frost well.
- Good egg production, including in the winter. The average egg weight is 30 g, they usually have a white shell. Egg production is about 120 eggs.
- Tolerate heat well. This allows breeding in southern countries.
- Low weight. Chickens usually weigh 0.7 kg, roosters 0.8 kg. This allows you to keep them in the house as decorative chickens.
Content and cultivation
The Breed The small tongue, being a meat-and-egg breed of the dwarf type, is not widely bred in large poultry farms.
However, for small farms this is one of the excellent options. Chickens can be grown both in farms and in houses as decorative (dwarf) chickens.
The bird is hardy and unpretentious, resistant to heat.
Their advantage is that they need less space for maintenance and less feed compared to regular chickens. It is suitable for poultry farmers who do not have large premises. However, extensive well-groomed outings improve the quality of meat and egg production in chickens.
Like most chickens of meat-breeding breeds, small gobos are rather calm, their content does not require the construction of high fences.
An important aspect of their cultivation is feed. Satiety, grooming and high productivity of the bird is achieved by providing it with food with the necessary nutrients, vitamins, biologically active trace elements. In general, the hens and chickens of the thoroughbred breed are illegible to feed.
Peculiarities of the plumage distribution (there is no down and feathers in parts of the body chosen by ectoparasites) causes the rarity of their appearance.
Ripening of chickens is rapid, egg-laying begins at 5-6 months after hatching. Possess a highly developed instinct nasizhivaniya.
A small tongue is an excellent option for small farms that assume a combined productivity, as they bring both eggs in sufficient quantity and meat of good quality, and the maintenance of birds is beneficial.
Specifications
- Weight: chickens - 0.7-0.9 kg, roosters - 0.8-1.0 kg.
- Efficiency - 120 eggs.
- Egg weight - 30 grams.
- The color of the shell is white.
- Ring size: for cock - VII, for chicken - VIII.
Analogs
If you like the Small mouth as a representative of small breeds in many ways, except for, for example, appearance, you can purchase similar breeds, but already closer to the classical appearance.
- Bentham. Even in antiquity, the hens of this breed were decorated with bird yards, gardens and parks. This is one of the smallest breeds. They are excellent chickens, have good egg production (80 eggs, 25 grams). They need a clean, dry, well-groomed environment.
- Shabo. Beautiful chickens with a special shape of the body, they can be recognized by short legs and almost perpendicular to the standing tail. Keep the beauty in a clean environment with grassy well-groomed walking. Egg production is 80 eggs, weight 30 grams.
- Small English fight. Widespread breed, characterized by a strong constitution and high aggressiveness. It is distinguished by a slim body shape, has an elegant "English" gait. Egg production - 40 eggs, 25 grams.
- Milfleur. In a clean, dry room with grassy walking, the paddy-legged milfleur is manifested in full beauty - with decorative “shoes”. Egg production is 12 eggs, weight 30 grams.
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- Pygmy Cochinquin. Calm birds, easily tamed. These beautiful chicks are often used for hatching quail eggs. Ideal for a small farmstead. Egg production - 80 eggs, 30 grams.
- Dwarf Wyandot. Breed meatyachy direction, different delicious meat. Chickens fatten quickly, are calm and unpretentious. Egg production - 120 eggs, 50 grams.
The small tongue, like many similar small breeds of chickens from the meat-laying direction, is a great help at the beginning of the amateur poultry industry.
Their stamina and productivity are close to those of large varieties of chickens, and the cost of feeding is reduced by 30-40%. At their cultivation the risk is reduced to a minimum. And if you are not embarrassed by their unusual appearance, you will not have to regret about the decision to breed hens.
