Barred Holland
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Barred Holland
History
The Barred Holland breed was developed in 1934. Breeders began with light-weight stock originally imported from Holland, and mated it with White Leghorn, Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire, and Lamona. Through careful selection the White Holland was created. Simultaneously, the Barred Holland was created by mating White Leghorn, Barred Plymouth Rock, Australorp, and Brown Leghorn. Barred Hollands are layers of medium sized white eggs. They are good foragers, calm and fairly cold tolerant. Their growth rate is slow to moderate, but can and do forage for most of their own food. The Barred Holland was very popular with farmers. This breed is the rarest living breed of American chicken.