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Isbar
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Isbar (Ice Bar or Swedish Isbar) is a Swedish breed associated with green to olive eggs and barred or solid colour varieties developed for cold climates and small-farm utility. Medium-framed dual-purpose birds, Isbars offer lean table meat with free-range character alongside their celebrated shell colours. Culinary use emphasises whole roasting of young stock and moist methods for older birds. Flavour is mild-to-savoury with firmer texture than fast broilers, suiting Scandinavian-style roast chicken, soups, and braised jointed portions.
Also known as: Isbar, Silverudd Blue, Isbar, Isbar, Isbar
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Swedish breeder Martin Silverudd worked on autosexing and coloured-egg lines that informed later Isbar development.
Isbar type was refined as a green-egg dual-purpose chicken adapted to Nordic conditions.
Small Swedish flocks and breed interest groups stabilised colour and egg traits of Isbar.
Export to hobby keepers in Europe and North America popularised Isbar for olive-green eggs.
International small-farm demand maintained interest in Isbar as a dual-purpose coloured-egg breed.