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Shaver Brown
The Shaver Brown fits very well for distributors operating on a ‘mixed’ market (intensive and traditional). Shaver Brown produces many smaller egg sized eggs of good quality.

History
Donald McQueen Shaver developed an interest in poultry when in 1932 and in 1935 his pen of White Leghorn hens entered in a Canadian egg-laying contest and won the test. After WWII, Donald shaver restarted in 1946. In 1953 he discovered a high performing cross in a 6x6 diallel test cross and called it the 288 representing the number of eggs it produced. Shaver expanded outside Canada in the late 1950’s. First of all into Chile and then the USA and finally turned their focus on establishing a foothold in Europe, initially in the UK, followed soon afterwards by France and then Germany. On 31st August 1985, Donald McQueen Shaver formerly relinquished control of Shaver Poultry Breeding Farms Ltd, the company he founded 50 years ago. The company was purchased by the ISA group in 1988.