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History
The Scots Dumpy is one of two traditional Scots breeds. Also known as Bakie, Crawler or Creeper. Archeology dates it around 300AD, but it was first described in 1678.Characteristics
The plumage of the Scots Dumpy can be cuckoo, white, brown, gold or silver although black is more commonly seen. Both sexes have a medium single comb, which is red in colour. Black birds have slate-black beak, legs and feet while in other colours they are white. They carry a long, large, deep body on extremely short legs, which rarely exceed 3.75cm in height. Male birds weigh around 3kg and females 2.5kg. The hens are very good layers producing white medium sized eggs.They have a genetic problem where 25% of chicks die from a lethal gene. More on that at Scots Dumpy Club
Breed Club
www.scotsdumpy.org.uk
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