Country
Specie
ISO3
EGY
Transboundary name
Dokki
Breed classification (geographic)
International
Other special qualities
Day old chicks: chick sexing by the white head patch. The head patch is narrow in the female and large spread in the male.
Avian classification
indigenous
Color comments
comment: adult birds have blue plumage due to the presence of white and black, neck feathers are silvery white, red ear lobes, day old chick have greyish brown stripes
Weight males
2.40
Weight females
1.70
Domestication status
domestic
Taxonomic classification
Breed
Description of origin
This crossing between Fayoum and Barred Plymouth Rock has been developed by the Dokki Poultry Research Station of APRI, Agriculture Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and has been stabilized over 10 years.
Local cryo conservation status
No Information
Local Risk
Unknown
Detailed local risk status
Unknown
International Transboundary Risk detailed
Unknown