Red Shaver
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| latin = Gallus gallus domesticus
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The Red Shaver is a sex linked breed of chicken developed in Canada. Pullets are reddish-brown in colour with white underfeathers, while males are white with a few red markings on the feathers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.freyshatchery.com/breeds.html |title=Shaver Red Sex-Link |access-date=2010-01-04 |archive-date=2010-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322205413/http://www.freyshatchery.com/breeds.html |url-status=dead }} They are a hardy, dual-purpose breed laying brown eggs and dressing out between three and five pounds. They have a reputation of being a quiet breed.{{Cite web |url=http://moorepartners.ca/henhousehaven-sc.cfm?ID=131&categoryid=15 |title=Henhouse Haven page, Moore Partners, writing, editing, website design |access-date=2010-02-02 |archive-date=2011-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706185527/http://moorepartners.ca/henhousehaven-sc.cfm?ID=131&categoryid=15 |url-status=dead }} Red Shaver chickens are used most frequently in small flocks for small farms.
Eggs
Red shaver hens can lay from 305 to 315 eggs a year,{{Cite web |url=http://www.freyshatchery.com/breeds.html |title=Shaver Red Sex-Link |access-date=2010-01-04 |archive-date=2010-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322205413/http://www.freyshatchery.com/breeds.html |url-status=dead }} and are reported to be prolific producers of large brown eggs. One four-year-old Red Shaver chicken in Ottawa was credited with laying an egg with a mass of 143 grams, which is almost three times the size of a standard medium egg (Typically a medium egg is 49 g, a jumbo egg is 70 g).https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/giant-egg-laid-by-ottawa-hen-1.775106. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509001501/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/giant-egg-laid-by-ottawa-hen-1.775106 |date=2018-05-09 }}
Meat
Body weight at 18 weeks is about 3{{frac|1|2}} lbs., and after one year of laying weight between 4{{frac|1|2}} to 5 lbs.