Red Shaver

The Red Shaver is a sex linked breed of chicken developed in Canada. Pullets are reddish-brown in colour with white underfeathers, while males are white with a few red markings on the feathers.[1] It is a hardy, dual-purpose breed laying brown eggs and dressing out between three and five pounds. They have a reputation of being a quiet breed.[2] Red Shaver chickens are used most frequently in small flocks for small farms.

Eggs

Red shaver hens can lay from 305 to 315 eggs a year,[3] and are reported to be prolific producers of large brown eggs. One four-year-old Red Shaver chicken in Ottawa was credited with laying an egg with a mass of 143 grams, which is almost three times the size of a standard medium egg (Typically a medium egg is 49 g, a jumbo egg is 70 g).[4]

Meat

Body weight at 18 weeks is about 31⁄2 lbs., and after one year of laying weight between 41⁄2 to 5 lbs.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shaver Red Sex-Link
  2. ↑ http://moorepartners.ca/henhousehaven-sc.cfm?ID=131&categoryid=15
  3. ↑ Shaver Red Sex-Link
  4. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/10/05/ottawa-egg-vars-mccannell.html.


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