Scots Grey
Gallus gallus domesticus
✨ Dato Curioso
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.
🏷️ Raza
Scots Grey
💭 Temperamento
Active, alert, self-sufficient, hardy, cold-hardy
📏 Tamaño
Medium (2.7-3.2 kg)
⏳ Esperanza de vida
5-8 years
🎨 Colores
Cuckoo — sharp steel-grey and white barring
🌍 Origen
Scotland; documented from late 16th century
🏠 Hábitat
Free-range; adapted to cold, wet Scottish Highland conditions
🍽️ Dieta
Layer pellets; outstanding forager historically kept on rough hill pasture
🎯 Propósito
Dual Purpose
🥚 Color del huevo
Tinted
👑 Tipo de cresta
Single
🏅 Clase EE
Large Fowl