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\"sty_2015_pullet_3\"<\/a>We no longer breed the Altsteirer. This page is for informational purposes only.<\/p>\n

Appleworm Orchard is pleased to offer for sale the offspring of our Altsteirer (or Styrian) broodpen. \u00a0The Styrians — like our Red Dorkings<\/a> and Sulmtaler<\/a>, to whom the Styrians are related — are genuinely dual-purpose fowl. \u00a0Not only are they decent layers of cream-colored eggs, the carcass of a finished cockerel is big enough to be worth the effort to dress. Our first experience with the breed was in December 2013, when our friends at Greenfire Farms sent us a half-dozen Styrian chicks to see whether we liked them. \u00a0We were initially impressed with their hardiness in the brooder. \u00a0We don’t find it easy to brood chicks through the winter, especially very young birds in January and February. \u00a0But these birds emerged very healthy in the spring. \u00a0We culled the flock down to a pair. \u00a0And then, in December 2014, when Greenfire sold us their excess broodstock, we replaced our best pullet with four superb Altsteirer hens. \u00a0From them, we hatched more pullets and selected two to add to our broodpen. \u00a0(The pullet pictured above is one of the additions.) \u00a0We have culled the flock again, now down to three hens and the two roosters pictured below.<\/p>\n

Right now (October 2016) we do not have any pullets for sale. \u00a0If you would like some next year, please do contact us to be placed on our waiting list. \u00a0We are, however, are retiring one of the broodcocks pictured below. \u00a0Contact us if you are interested in acquiring one.<\/p>\n

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We no longer breed the Altsteirer. This page is for informational purposes only. Appleworm Orchard is pleased to offer for sale the offspring of our Altsteirer (or Styrian) broodpen. \u00a0The Styrians — like our Red Dorkings and Sulmtaler, to whom … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1749","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2591,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1749\/revisions\/2591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}