The Cambar is the first
autosexing breed of chicken intentionally created, and the first autosexing breed of poultry in general. The Cambar was developed by
Reginald Punnett
Reginald Crundall Punnett FRS (; 20 June 1875 – 3 January 1967) was a British geneticist who co-founded, with William Bateson, the ''Journal of Genetics'' in 1910. Punnett is probably best remembered today as the creator of the Punnett ...
and
Michael Pease in 1929. The Cambar was a mixture of the
Barred Plymouth Rock and the
Gold Campine.
History
The Cambar was first shown at the Third World Poultry Congress in 1930.
[{{Cite web , title=Autosexing: Cambar ‐ The Poultry Club , url=http://www.poultryclub.org/breeds/chickens/soft-feather-light/autosexing-cambar/ , access-date=2023-03-25 , website=www.poultryclub.org] The breed was standardized in 1947.
See also
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Legbar
*
Bielefelder
References
External links
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Chicken breeds
Auto-sexing chicken breeds