Sulmtaler Chicken

     The Sulmtaler is a rare Chicken breed, which originated in the Sulmtal, the valley of the Sulm river, in Austria. They are classed as a heavy chicken breed, and were bred for their laying abilities and high quality fattening as meat birds.

     The Sulmtalers has a single comb, white earlobes, whitish-yellow legs, and a head crest. It is a hardy chicken indeed, coping well with all weather conditions and is a fast grower too. Sulmtalers enjoy foraging as free-ranged birds, and it’s actually important to give them enough space if they were kept confined.

     Sulmtaler hens are good layers (130 – 180 eggs per year of weight 55 g per each), but they rarely go broody. They can be a little bit slow to start laying eggs, but once they do, they lay consistently. The Sulmtaler is raised almost exclusively in the gold wheaten color-variety. Other colors have been accepted lately such as white, silver-wheaten and blue-wheaten, but they are very rare. A bantam version is also available for this breed.