CHICKEN BREEDS

• AUSTRALORP

  • world record holder, 364 a eggs a year
  • dual purpose
  • 5-6 lb
  • blue and white in other countries, black in USA

  
• DELAWARE

  • set to become broiler in US before CORNISH CROSS
  • 4 eggs per week
  • hen dual purpose 5lb, mature rapidly, 100 to 150 eggs a year

  
• NEW HAMPSHIRE

  • red
  • special selection from Rhode, Island breed
  • good meat conformation
  • 200-280 eggs per year

  
• BUCKEYE

  • dual purpose, strive in COLD WEATHER
  • originating in the late 19th century in OHIO, USA
  • very active and curious
  • 200 medium sized brown eggs per year

  
• PLYMOUTH ROCK

  • stripped chicken
  • 200-280 eggs per year
  • lay eggs consistently throughout the year
  • no aggressive with other chicken

  
• SUSSEX

  • appear more "speckled" when mature
  • marked chipmunk in young
  • 200-350 eggs per year
  • each molt, white tips tends to multiply

  
• LEG HORN

  • dual purpose
  • 280 eggs per year
  • 16 weeks
  • 5-6 lb

  
• BROWN LEG HORN

  • decent for brown variety in terms of MEAT
  • originated, TUSCANY, ITALY
  • 300 eggs per year

  
• CORNISH CROSS

  • most domestic chicken in MEAT INDUSTRY
  • aggressive
  • QUINTESSENTIAL MEAT
  • grow fast
  • 100-120 eggs per year

  
• BRESSE

  • special diet
  • SUPERB MEAT
  • 16-20 cull
  • 5-7lb
  • 250 large golden brown eggs per year

  
• JERSEY GIANT

  • largest purebred chicken
  • 13 lb male, 10 female
  • not used in farming due to slow growth rate (6 months)
  • 150-200 eggs VERY LARGE, light to medium brown per year

  
• BRAHMA

  • derives from Brahmaputra River
  • 3 colors- light, dark, and buff
  • docile
  • 150 LARGE eggs per year

  
• COCHIN

  • originated, ANCIENT CHINA
  • a.k.a "shanghai"
  • one of the ornamental breeds
  • known for broodiness not egg production
  • 160 large brown eggs per year

  
• FAVEROLLES

  • will make you smile
  • talkative
  • friendly
  • bit scattered brain

  
• ORPINGTON

  • calm and friendly
  • never in a hurry anywhere
  • curious

  
• POLISH CHICKEN

  • unmistakable pom pom in head
  • once used for EGG PROD before LEGHORN
  • 200 or more medium white eggs per year
  • name relates to POLISH MILITARY HATS not POLAND

  
• SULTAN

  • very poor layer
  • created centuries ago
  • bird of LEISURE and PLEASURE

  
• SILKIES

  • feathers don't latch together
  • "chickens with fur"
  • STANDARD of perfection by American poultry association 1874
  • one of the most friendly

  
• PHOENIX

  • German breed
  • created from JAPANESE ONAGADORI
  • long tail

  
• ONAGADORI

  • original long tailed chicken
  • tails been recorded 27ft
  • has non molting gene
  • 3 years before shedding feathers

  
• WHITE LEGHORN

  • origin, italy some varieties in england, or US
  • production of eggs: WHITE

  
• WHITE PLYMOUTH

  • got it's name from America's first poultry show in Boston
  • composed of several bloodlines
  • DUAL PURPOSE
  • eggshell brown

  
• WHITE PEKIN DUCK

  • origin, CHINA
  • for meat prod
  • WHITE
  • EGGS tinted white
  • NOT GOOD setters

  
• WHITE TURKEY

  • cross from brested bronze turkey and white holland
  • can withstand hot sun than black turkey
  • WHITE

  
• BRONZE TURKEY

  • BLACK
  • LARGEST among turkey
  • ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION is needed