Kraienköppe
Sign in to savethumb|Another cock bird The () or () is a breed of chicken originating on the border region between Germany and the Netherlands. The latter of the two names is the Dutch language version, while the former is German.
Key facts
- Poultry breed.name
- Kraienkopp
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- 1,0_Kraienkopp_cropped.jpg
- Poultry breed.image_caption
- A silver duckwing cock
- Poultry breed.pcgb
- rare soft feather: light
- Poultry breed.type
- Chicken
- Poultry breed.latin
- Gallus gallus domesticus
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thumb|Another cock bird The () or () is a breed of chicken originating on the border region between Germany and the Netherlands. The latter of the two names is the Dutch language version, while the former is German.
== History == thumb|Silver hen bird The Kraienkopp breed was developed in the late nineteenth century from crosses of local types with Malays, and later with silver duckwing Leghorns. It was first shown in the Netherlands in 1920, and was shown in Germany in 1925.
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