Lincolnshire Buff
Gallus gallus domesticus
✨ Dato Curioso
The Lincolnshire Buff was so popular as a table bird in Victorian England that live birds were regularly sent by rail from Lincolnshire to London's Leadenhall Market, one of the finest poultry markets in the country. The breed effectively disappeared twice — once when commercial farming overtook it in the 1950s, and then the reconstructed version came close to disappearing again in the 1990s before dedicated breeders stabilised the population.
A large, buff-coloured table breed that was once widely kept in Lincolnshire and surrounding English counties as a premium meat bird for the London market, the Lincolnshire Buff was effectively extinct by the mid-20th century. The original breed disappeared when commercial poultry farming took over, but a reconstruction programme beginning in the 1980s and 1990s used surviving Lincolnshire Buff-type birds crossed with Buff Orpington, Buff Sussex, and Buff Cochin to rebuild a breed that resembles historical descriptions. The reconstructed Lincolnshire Buff is a slow-growing, large-framed, calm bird with good foraging ability.
🏷️ Raza
Lincolnshire Buff
💭 Temperamento
Calm, docile, placid, slow-maturing
📏 Tamaño
Large (3.6-4.5 kg)
⏳ Esperanza de vida
5-8 years
🎨 Colores
Rich gold-buff throughout; white skin; pale legs
🌍 Origen
England — Lincolnshire; historic breed, reconstructed from 1980s onward
🏠 Hábitat
Free-range or large enclosed run; cold-hardy
🍽️ Dieta
Layer pellets; good forager on pasture
🎯 Propósito
Meat
🥚 Color del huevo
Tinted
👑 Tipo de cresta
Single
🏅 Clase EE
Large Fowl