Sombor Kaporka

The Sombor Kaporka or Sombor Crested is a Serbian breed of crested chicken.

[5] It was bred at the beginning of the twentieth century in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in northern Serbia, and is named for the city of Sombor.

It resulted from cross-breeding of imported Sulmtaler and Houdan birds with local chickens.

[1] A breed standard was drawn up in about 1918.

[5] The Sombor Crested is a dual-purpose breed, reared both for its eggs and for its meat.

white sombor kaporka.