title: Ostfriesische Möwe
text: # Ostfriesische Möwe
  
  The Ostfriesische Möwe, Dutch: Groninger Meeuw, is an old German breed of domestic chicken. It is a rare breed: in 2016 the recorded population in Germany consisted of 215 cocks and 979 hens, in the hands of 130 $breeders.^{:132}$ Its conservation status is gefährdet, $"endangered".^{:132}$
  
  ## History
  
  The Möwe derives from the traditional rural chickens of north-western Germany and north-eastern Holland, in East Friesland and West Friesland respectively. It is closely related to the Westfälische Totleger and the Braekel.
  
  ## Characteristics
  
  It is kept in two colour varieties: silver-pencilled and gold-pencilled. Cocks weigh up to 3 kg and hens up to 2.5 kg. Hens lay about 170 eggs per year, averaging 55 g in $weight.^{:132}$
  
  