Scots Grey
Gallus gallus domesticus
✨ Wissenswertes
Scots Grey chickens were traditionally run on Scottish hill farms almost entirely without supplemental feed, foraging across rough moorland and surviving conditions that would devastate more refined breeds. They were described by Victorian writers as the 'closest domestic breed to a wild bird'.
Scotland's own breed and one of the British Isles' rarest, the Scots Grey is a lean, upstanding bird with cuckoo barred plumage — sharp black and white barring on every feather — and clean (unfeathered) legs. It has been present in Scotland for centuries and was once a common farmyard hen across the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands, valued for hardiness and self-sufficiency in harsh Highland conditions. A good forager and moderate layer of tinted eggs, it is now critically rare.
🏷️ Rasse
Scots Grey
💭 Temperament
Active, alert, self-sufficient, hardy, cold-hardy
📏 Größe
Medium (2.7-3.2 kg)
⏳ Lebenserwartung
5-8 years
🎨 Farben
Cuckoo — sharp steel-grey and white barring
🌍 Herkunft
Scotland; documented from late 16th century
🏠 Lebensraum
Free-range; adapted to cold, wet Scottish Highland conditions
🍽️ Ernährung
Layer pellets; outstanding forager historically kept on rough hill pasture
🎯 Zweck
Dual Purpose
🥚 Eifarbe
Tinted
👑 Kammtyp
Single
🏅 EE-Klasse
Large Fowl