Kindahöna

A rare Swedish landrace chicken from the Kinda region of Östergötland province in southern Sweden, an area of mixed forest, lakes, and small farms. The Kindahöna is a medium-sized, hardy bird with a single comb and clean legs, developed from the traditional farm chickens of the Kinda district where it survived as an unimproved landrace into the late 20th century. Plumage colour is variable: individual birds can be white, black, red, speckled, or any mix, reflecting the landrace tradition where productivity and survival mattered more than uniform colour. Kindahönas are calm, good foragers, and well-adapted to the cool, variable Swedish climate. The breed was identified during Swedish landrace poultry surveys in the 1980s–1990s and has been stabilised through the national gene bank programme. Registered in DAD-IS and maintained by Swedish conservation breeders, the Kindahöna is valued as part of Sweden's agricultural heritage.