Hrvatica chicken

The Hrvatica is a Croatian breed of domestic chicken.[1] The breed is widespread in almost all of Croatia and the Balkans. The breed was developed in 1917 by Ivan Lakus, in the village of Torcec in Podravina Province.[2]

Hrvatica
Country of originCroatia
UseTriple-purpose: eggs,
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    Standard: 2.10 kg
    Bantam: 500 g Carol Ekarius (2007).
  • Female:
    Standard: 1.4 kg
Comb typepea
Classification
APAall other standard breeds
ABAall other comb clean legged

References
  1. Croatian chickens
  2. Croatian Hen aka Kokos Hrvatica

Further reading
  • Janječić, Zlatko (2007). "Iz literature i prakse: kokoš hrvatica" (PDF). Meso (in Croatian). IX (6): 312–315. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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