Scots Grey
Gallus gallus domesticus
✨ Hauska Fakta
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.
🏷️ Rotu
Scots Grey
💭 Luonne
Active, alert, self-sufficient, hardy, cold-hardy
📏 Koko
Medium (2.7-3.2 kg)
⏳ Elinikä
5-8 years
🎨 Värit
Cuckoo — sharp steel-grey and white barring
🌍 Alkuperä
Scotland; documented from late 16th century
🏠 Elinympäristö
Free-range; adapted to cold, wet Scottish Highland conditions
🍽️ Ravinto
Layer pellets; outstanding forager historically kept on rough hill pasture
🎯 Käyttötarkoitus
Dual Purpose
🥚 Munan väri
Tinted
👑 Harjatyyppi
Single
🏅 EE-luokka
Large Fowl