Ostfriesische Möwen | |
Country: | Germany |
Maleweight: | 2.25–3 kg |
Femaleweight: | 1.75–2.5 kg |
Eggcolor: | white |
Type: | Chicken |
Latin: | Gallus gallus domesticus |
The German: '''Ostfriesische Möwe'''|italic=no, Dutch; Flemish: '''Groninger Meeuw'''|italic=no, is an old German breed of domestic chicken. It is a rare breed: in 2016 the recorded population in Germany consisted of 215 cocks and 979 hens, in the hands of 130 breeders. Its conservation status is German: gefährdet, "endangered".
The Möwe derives from the traditional rural chickens of north-western Germany and north-eastern Holland, in East Friesland and West Friesland respectively. It is closely related to the Westfälische Totleger and the Braekel.
It is kept in two colour varieties: silver-pencilled and gold-pencilled. Cocks weigh up to and hens up to Hens lay about 170 eggs per year, averaging in weight.