Russian Orloff

I’ve loved the breed Russian Orloff for a long time.

When we lived in the city, I received two chicks not knowing anything about the breed.

The Russian Orloff was considered to be a product of Russia and Orlov. Modern research has discovered that the breed first appeared in Persia and was distributed across Europe also Asia by the 17th century.

In 1884 that the first Orloff chickens were imported to Central Europe from the Russian Empire. The breed then reached the Saxon professor Friedrich Zürn (1835-1900) in Leipzig. The breed then came to possession of Baron Ludwig von Villa-Secca Navarro d’Andrade (1822-1894) to Vienna-Ottakring.

Orloffs were first introduced to Great Britain in the 1920s. Germans created the first miniaturized bantam Orloff by 1925. The breed was once included in the American Poultry Association’s breed standard, the Standard of Perfection, but it was removed due to a lack of interest from breeders. In the 21st century, Russian Orloff remains a rare breed in the West. The Livestock Conservancy lists the breed as critically endangered.

I love being able to help this breed!

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