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Altsteirer
Gallus gallus
A breed of Chicken, from Austria
Chicken breed.
- Family
- Phasianidae
Keeping
How it is kept
For Chicken generally
No keeping details are recorded for this breed yet, so these are the species’.
Kept for
- Eggs
- Meat
- Mature weight
- 1.5–4.5 kg
- Lifespan
- 5–10 years
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Temperament
- Generally docile and curious; roosters can be territorial
- Forage
- Omnivores that need a complete layer or grower feed as the base of the diet. They also scratch for insects, seeds and greens when they have range.
- Housing
- A dry, draught-free and predator-proof coop with perches, nest boxes and good ventilation. Add a fenced or covered run, as foxes and other predators take birds by day as well as by night.
- Good to know
- Hens lay without a rooster; you only need one for fertile eggs. Laying slows in winter, during the yearly moult and with age. Check regularly for mites and lice, especially in the perches and nest boxes.
The record
Breed facts
Size
- Weight (female)
- up to 2.5 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Weight (male)
- up to 3 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
Production
- Eggs per year
- up to 180 eggsBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Egg weight
- up to 60 gBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Eggshell colour
- White to creamBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
Status
- FAO risk status
- Endangered-maintainedWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
- Germany (BLE) risk status
- Category IV (watch list)BLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Population
- 564 breeding females, 142 breeding males in GermanyBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2016 (source, opens in a new tab)
Photos, videos and notes
From keepers
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Altsteirer
- Slug
- altsteirer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Gallus
- Species
- gallus
- Cultivar
- Altsteirer
- Wikidata QID
- Q445706
- Origin country
- Austria
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52