Lincolnshire Buff
Gallus gallus domesticus
✨ Hauska Fakta
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.
🏷️ Rotu
Lincolnshire Buff
💭 Luonne
Calm, docile, placid, slow-maturing
📏 Koko
Large (3.6-4.5 kg)
⏳ Elinikä
5-8 years
🎨 Värit
Rich gold-buff throughout; white skin; pale legs
🌍 Alkuperä
England — Lincolnshire; historic breed, reconstructed from 1980s onward
🏠 Elinympäristö
Free-range or large enclosed run; cold-hardy
🍽️ Ravinto
Layer pellets; good forager on pasture
🎯 Käyttötarkoitus
Meat
🥚 Munan väri
Tinted
👑 Harjatyyppi
Single
🏅 EE-luokka
Large Fowl