Sulmtaler chickens of the former type, and the original breed was reconstituted. Sulmtaler is a hardy dual-purpose breed, kept both for eggs and meat. Cocks weigh and hens Hens are non-sitters, and lay 130-180 eggs of about 55 g in weight per year. The Sulmtaler is raised almost exclusively in the gold wheaten colour variety, and this was the only colour standardised in 1958. A white variety was created in the German Democratic Republic after the Second World War. Silver wheaten and blue wheaten varieties were accepted in Austria in 2013. Silver-blue wheaten is not yet accepted. Sulmtaler The Sulmtaler is
Donald Shaver Donald Shaver Donald McQueen Shaver (born August 12, 1920) was a Canadian pioneer in the poultry industry, who founded a breeding company that achieved worldwide prominence. At its peak Shaver Poultry Breeding Farms was the world's largest, being one of only two "world class foundation breeding" companies in Canada. Shaver died in 2018 of age related causes. Born in Galt Ontario (today part of Cambridge) he attended Galt Primary School and the Galt Collegiate Institute, graduating 1937. His mother's family was of Scottish descent, while his father's side was Hessian, settling in Canada around 1840. The family name was originally