10 Rare & Exotic Chicken Breeds
#6. Hedemora
A Hedemora chicken standing in grass
Purpose: dual-purpose, eggs
Origin: Hedemora, Sweden
Personality: friendly & docile, easy to handle
Appearance: small body but heavily feathered, small single comb, feathered shanks or clean legged
Special Features: The Hedemora chicken was developed in Sweden to be an extremely cold hardy breed that still laid well despite cold temperatures.
Hedemoras have a compact body to conserve body heat, and they also have a dense layer of down feathers close to their body.
The Hedemora is a landrace breed and can come in three different feather varieties: silkie (also called wooly), smooth feather-legged, and smooth clean-legged. Being a landrace breed, the Hedemora has no distinct color variety. All three feather types and a variety of plumage colors are needed in a Hedemora breeding flock for good genetic strength.
A Hedemora chicken standing in grass
Purpose: dual-purpose, eggs
Origin: Hedemora, Sweden
Personality: friendly & docile, easy to handle
Appearance: small body but heavily feathered, small single comb, feathered shanks or clean legged
Special Features: The Hedemora chicken was developed in Sweden to be an extremely cold hardy breed that still laid well despite cold temperatures.
Hedemoras have a compact body to conserve body heat, and they also have a dense layer of down feathers close to their body.
The Hedemora is a landrace breed and can come in three different feather varieties: silkie (also called wooly), smooth feather-legged, and smooth clean-legged. Being a landrace breed, the Hedemora has no distinct color variety. All three feather types and a variety of plumage colors are needed in a Hedemora breeding flock for good genetic strength.
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06 April 2024
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