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Penedesenca Information
Penedesenca
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Egg Laying
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| Space Needs |
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| Bantam Version? |
No
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| Preferred Climate |
Heat
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Penedesenca Qualities
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The Penedesenca is best known for their fabulous egg laying qualities, specifically of the
dark brown variety. In fact, no other breed can produce eggs as dark as the Penedesenca can.
They are a rare breed, though they still work well as a meat bird due to their hearty build.
Even stranger than their egg color is that they haven't been recognized as an official breed
yet, meaning that they don't work great as show birds.
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Penedesenca Temperament
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The Penedesenca is hard to manage due to how active they are and how anxious they can
get. They aren't calm breeds and hate confinement, so space will be needed. Hens aren't
known to be overly broody, so they are at least slightly easier to manage on a consistent
basis.
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Penedesenca Appearance
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The Penedesenca has a very unique comb in that it starts as a single comb but splits
into multiple combs near the back of the head. They have red ear-lobes with white
centers despite laying brown eggs (a common belief is that ear-lobe color denotes egg
color), red combs, and red wattles. There are four varieties, the Wheaten, the
Partridge, the Crele, and the Black, each with slightly different color schemes, all
with black beaks and legs, save for the Crele which has white beaks and legs.
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Penedesenca Upkeep
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The Penedesenca is a very active breed and needs space to run about. The more
space you give them, the better. As they are a breed from Spain, they do great in
heat but not so well in cold weather. It's highly recommended to keep them in a
nice warm coop during the cold seasons to allow them to continue providing eggs a'
plenty.
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Penedesenca History
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The Penedesenca breed comes from the 20th century around a town of Spain
known as Vilafranca del Penedes located in the area of Penedes. The objective
in breeding the Penedesca was to develop a chicken that laid primarily brown
eggs, a trait which the breed excels at. The earlier known variety dates back
to 1946 and was known as the Black Penedesenca, though before that it was
called the Vilafranca chicken.
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