Chicken breed
Lakenvelder
Also called Silver Lakenvelder
The Lakenvelder is a small, active breed from Germany and the Netherlands, with a white body and black neck and tail. Hens lay small to medium white or tinted eggs and are not broody. It likes warm weather and room to forage.
At a glance
150–200eggs a year
3eggs a week
4 lbhen weight
5 lbrooster weight
Mediumegg size
Traits
- Cold hardylow
- Heat toleranthigh
- Goes broodyrare
- Fine in a small runmedium
- Egg colour
- white to tinted/cream
- Temperament
- active, flighty
- Origin
- Germany and the Netherlands
- Comb
- single
- Bantam size
- Available
- APA standard
- Recognized
- Conservation
- Threatened
- Purpose
- eggs, ornamental
Good for
- foraging / free-range
- warm climates
- ornamental flocks
Watch out for
- flighty; not a calm pet chicken
- not fond of cold weather
- does poorly in tight confinement per hatchery
Looks and feathers
White body with black hackles and tail.
Our drawing shows the most common US variety; colours vary.
Similar breeds
All breedsSources
- 1Lakenvelder (product/breed profile)Cackle Hatchery
- 2Lakenvelder Chicken (breed facts)The Livestock Conservancy
- 3Accepted Breeds & VarietiesAmerican Poultry Association
- 4Lakenvelder (breed page)My Pet Chicken
- 5Which chicken breeds may need extra heat in winter?My Pet Chicken
Hatcheries often disagree on eggs a year; ranges span every source we read. How we check the facts.