NEW HAMPSHIRE

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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: America.

CATEGORY: Soft feather

EGG COLOUR: Brown.(Sitters)

CLASSIFICATION	CODE	MASSES	BREED CODE	RING SIZES
Heavy breed
LARGE			276
Cock	10	3.5kg		E
Hen	12	2.5kg		D
Cockerel	14	3.0kg		E
Pullet	16	2.0kg		D

BANTAMS			490
Cock	10	1.7kg		C
Hen	12	1.5kg		B
Cockerel	14	1.7kg		C
Pullet	16	1.7kg		B

This breed originated in New Hampshire, U.S.A. over many years beginning about 1915 from Rhode Island Reds brought in from Rhode Island and Massachusetts. There is no record of any other than Rhode Island Red blood being introduced and the breeding was developed through continual selection, by New Hampshire farmers, of breeding stock for early maturity, large brown shelled eggs, rapid feathering, strength and vigour and a light under colour. The breed took many years to establish and was accepted into the American Standards in 1935. The first importations into South Africa were made in 1947.

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