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The present study compared the gastrointestinal tract of adult hens of two layer\u2010type breeds (White Rock (WR), New Hampshire (NH)) and the meat\u2010type \u00d6TZ (\u00d6kologische Tierzucht gGmbH) Bresse Gauloise (BR), used for the production of dual\u2010purpose organic chickens. Flocks had the same housing and feeding conditions. At slaughter at 19\u2009months, the body weight and gastrointestinal organs of 134 hens (51 WR, 55 NH and 28 BR) were measured. The muscle thickness of the proventriculus and ventriculus and the length and width of the duodenum, jejunoileum, caeca and colorectum were measured and variances between the groups were analysed using a one\u2010factor covariance analysis. Significant differences between the breeds were found in total intestine length and the lengths and\/or widths of single gastrointestinal segments. For example NH showed the highest mean total intestinal length and BR showed the lowest mean (NH: 186.73\u2009cm, WR 185.86\u2009cm, BR 157.91\u2009cm; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001). To our knowledge, this is the first study comparing the gastrointestinal tract size of adult female layer\u2010 and meat\u2010type chicken breeds kept under the same feeding and housing conditions. 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