Rare breed
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Ixworth
Reginald Appleyard's white table bird
4.812 reviews
Hatching eggs are for incubation only, not for eating. Hatch rates vary and depend on incubation conditions.
Created in Suffolk in the 1930s as the ideal dual-purpose bird. Pure white, pea-combed and calm. One of Britain's rarest breeds.
- Origin
- England
- Purpose
- meat
- Temperament
- docile
- Egg colour
- cream
- Eggs per year
- ~160
- Weight (hen / cock)
- 3.2 kg / 4.1 kg
- Hardiness
- Hardy
- Broodiness
- Moderate
- Good with children
- Yes
- Noise level
- Quiet
- Suits
- Free-range or confined
- Hatching difficulty
- Moderate
- Size
- large fowl
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