Sundheimer Chicken

     The Sundheimer is a Chickens breed from Sundheim, which is a town in the Kehl am Rhein rural district of southwestern Germany. It was originally developed to be a good meat bird, but it has also good laying abilities. The breeds involved in developing the Sundheimer aren’t known, but mainly they are light-feathered local chickens in the area.

     The Sundheimer has a single comb, red earlobes, and whitish-yellow legs with light feathering, which extends to cover the outer toe. They are tame birds indeed, that grow and fatten rapidly, and provide meat of high quality. The Sundheimer is available only in the columbian color-variety.

     Sundheimer hens are prolific layers of light-brown eggs (around 200 eggs per year of weight 55 g per each). They start laying when they are 6 months old, and probably don’t brood as they lay plenty of eggs annually. A bantam version is also available for the Sundheimer.

 

Place of originGermany
UseDual-purpose
Weight

Standard, male: 3 – 3.5 kg

female: 2 – 2.5 kg

Bantam, male: 1.2 kg

female: 1 kg

Comb typeSingle comb
Skin colorWhite
Egg colorLight-brown

 

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A Sundheimer rooster by Uli Weber
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A Sundheimer hen by DORIS META F
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A Sundheimer bantam cockerel by Uikitireza