Poultry
Cinnamon Queen
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Cinnamon Queen is a commercial hybrid brown-egg sex-link layer, typically with cinnamon-red pullet plumage contrasting with cockerel colour at hatch. Hatcheries select Cinnamon Queens for prolific brown eggs, early lay, and friendly small-flock temperament rather than pure-breed conservation. Spent hens and surplus males provide lean, mild meat for boiling, stewing, soup, and mince. As a commercial hybrid layer type, birds are optimised for egg production; carcasses are lighter than meat hybrids and lack the slow-grown flavour of heritage dual-purpose breeds.
Also known as: Cinnamon Queen, Cinnamon Queen, Cinnamon Queen, Cinnamon Queen
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History
Hatcheries introduced Cinnamon Queen branding for red-toned sex-link hybrid layers.
Selection improved egg numbers and sexing accuracy in Cinnamon Queen parent crosses.
Backyard poultry growth made Cinnamon Queen a popular mail-order hybrid layer.
Small free-range egg farms adopted Cinnamon Queen hybrids for efficient production.
Hatchery catalogues continued Cinnamon Queen as a standard commercial sex-link option.
Cinnamon Queen remained a common hybrid brown layer for homestead egg flocks.