Utrerana
| Conservation status | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Distribution | Andalusia |
| Traits | |
| Weight | |
| Comb type | single |
| Classification | |
| APA | no[4] |
| EE | listed, not recognised[5] |
| PCGB | no[6] |
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The Utrerana is a Spanish breed of domestic chicken. It originates in – and is named for – the town of Utrera in the Province of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia in south-western Spain.
History
The Utrerana was bred from about 1926 by Joaquín del Castillo on his estate, the Granja Santa Matilde, near Utrera in Andalusia. He selectively bred the various rustic local chickens, initially with the single aim of improving their egg-laying capacity. From about 1930 he started to breed also for morphological characteristics, and began to establish three colour strains: the black, the barred and the white.[3]: 683 A fourth colour variant, the partridge, was later developed.[3]: 683
Characteristics
The Utrerana is of medium size: average body weight is about 2.3 kg for hens and about 3 kg for cocks. Four colour varieties are recognised: the barred (called franciscana), the black, the partridge and the white;[3]: 684 the same four varieties are listed, but not recognised, by the Entente Européenne.[5] The shanks and feet are slate-grey or black in the partridge and black variants, and unpigmented in the barred and the white; the ear-lobes are always white.[3]: 684
Use
Hens lay about 180 eggs per year, with a weight of some 62–64 g. The meat is well-flavoured.[7]: 206
References
- ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Utrerana / Spain (Chicken). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed December 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f Miguel Fernández Rodríguez, Mariano Gómez Fernández, Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo, Silvia Adán Belmonte, Miguel Jiménez Cabras (editors) (2009). Guía de campo de las razas autóctonas españolas (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. ISBN 9788449109461.
- ^ APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
- ^ a b Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
- ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
- ^ Luis Planas Puchades (foreword) (2019). Razas de Ganado del Catálogo Oficial de España (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Archived 28 August 2025.