Barbu d'Everberg

Barbu d'Everberg
A cock bird
Conservation status critical[1]
Other names
  • Dutch: Everbergse Baardkriel[2]
  • Belgian d'Everberg
Country of origin Belgium
Traits
Weight
  • Male: 700–800 g[1]
  • Female: 550–650 g[1]
Classification
PCGB true bantam[3]

The Barbu d'Everberg, Dutch: 'Everbergse Baardkriel', is a Belgian breed of bantam chicken. It is a tailless variant of the Barbu d'Uccle, and was bred in about 1906 at the Château d'Everberg, at Everberg in the municipality of Kortenberg, between Brussels and Leuven.[1] It is among the most endangered chicken breeds in Belgium, and in 2010 its conservation status was classed as "critical". It is a true bantam, with no large counterpart. Cocks weigh 700–800 grams, and hens 550–650 g.[1]

The Barbu d'Everberg is listed as a breed by the Entente Européenne.[2] In Britain and in the Netherlands it is considered a variant of the Barbu d'Uccle rather than a separate breed.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 N. Moula, M. Jacquet, A. Verelst, N. Antoine-Moussiaux, F. Farnir, P. Leroy (2012). Les races de poules belges (in French). Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire 156: 37-65. Accessed August 2014.
  2. 1 2 Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 Victoria Roberts (2008). British poultry standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 9781405156424. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Everbergse baardkriel (in Dutch). Zeldzame Oorspronkelijke Belgische Krielhoenderrassen. Accessed August 2014.


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