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About California Gray ChickensCalifornia Gray


California Gray chickens are an American breed developed by James Dryden during the 1930s. They are a dual-purpose chicken: they are good for meat production and egg laying.  

First the California White breed was developed with a White Leghorn rooster bred to three Barred Plymouth Rock hens. Then a Barred Plymouth Rock rooster was bred to California White Leghorn hens to make the California Gray.  

Barred Plymouth Rock chickens are a very popular and heavy dual purpose breed with alternating black and white stripes. On the other hand, White Leghorn chickens are white, small in size and excellent white eggs layer. The result was a naturally autosexing breed with gray barred plumage. They are not as large ...



California Gray  - Chickens Breeds

About Campine ChickensCampine


Campine Chickens’ intelligent nature, upright carriage, and stunning plumage make them a show favorite. They are rare in America, but they enjoy popularity in Northern Europe. They are an active breed, and they do better as show birds and layers than as pets. They weigh only four to five pounds, but they produce an average of three, medium-white eggs a week on modest feed.

Although of docile temperament, detractors of the breed label them “wild.” Campines like their freedom and will chafe at confinement in good weather. Like many foragers they have an inherent intelligence necessary for free-range chickens. The term “cocky” applies to the Campine demeanor. They strut with the spirit of a fowlish thoroughbred. As a group ...



Campine  - Chickens Breeds

About Catalanas ChickensCatalanas


Catalanas are a dual-purpose chicken that are both good as egg layers and meat animals. They lay four eggs a week in white, cream, or pink colors. The standard size Catalana makes a good meat production fowl. Catalanas handle extreme heat well—a fact which accounts for their popularity in Spain and Latin America. They like to forage, brood just a little, and generally exercise their independence. Many breeders value Catalanas, especially the bantam size, as ornamentals more than egg or meat producers. They are lively, active, flighty, seldom friendly; and do best under free-range conditions.

Catalanas usually display a basic light buff plumage with reddish buff hackles. All varieties have a greenish-black tail. They stand ...



Catalanas  - Chickens Breeds

About Chantecler ChickensChantecler


Photo: <a href=https://www.facebook.com/joanne.h.thomas.50?fref=ufi target = _blank class = body>Jo Phipps Thomas</a> Chantecler chickens were developed in Canada. They can handle cold well; but have little tolerance to heat. They have a tight feathered plumage with a thick under layer of down.  

They are a dual-purpose chicken. They lay four to seven medium, brown eggs a week and are large enough to be suitable for good meat production. They mature quickly and lay consistently far into the cold months producing as many as 210 eggs a year.  

  Chanteclers reflect their environment. Hardy, rugged, and ready to face the cold, they prefer the outdoors to confinement. A little high strung, they will tolerate the coop but will grow temperamental when confined for long periods of time. Owners rate Chanteclers as non-aggre ...



Chantecler  - Chickens Breeds

About Ciuffina Ghigi ChickensCiuffina Ghigi


Photo source: Agraria.org The Ciuffina Ghigi breed, along with its various strains, owes its existence to the ingenuity and meticulous research of Professor Alessandro Ghigi. Serving as the Director of the Stazione Sperimentale di Pollicoltura in Rovigo during the 1920s and 1930s, Professor Ghigi delved into the intricacies of hereditary traits, particularly focusing on unique characteristics such as cerebral or cranial hernia observed in Padua chickens. This hernia, which results in the development of a prominent crest, was studied alongside distinctive comb and nostril shapes to understand their genetic transmission in comparison to other common chicken breeds.

Professor Ghigi''s pioneering work began with the creation of the black strain, achieved thro ...



Ciuffina Ghigi  - Chickens Breeds

About Cochin ChickensCochin


Cochin Chickens eat just about anything and suffer from the resultant obesity. However, if one wants a chicken to love, choose a Cochin.  

Their large size, full plumage and heat-producing appetites equips them for the cold weather. Cochins only lay an average of two, medium brown eggs per week or 120 per annum. Cochins seldom fly or wander and forage little. Overall, they produce poorly in every category. They lay few eggs, mature slowly as a meat fowl, and succumb to metabolism, heart, liver, and fertility disease. However, what they lack in production, they make up in personality.    

Cochin are peaceful, friendly, quiet, and easily handled. They seemingly like confinement and make themselves comf ...



Cochin  - Chickens Breeds

About Cornish ChickensCornish


Cornish, also known as Indian Game, Chickens are bred specifically for meat production. They produce meat more efficiently than any other chicken. They reach a dressing weight of five pounds at five weeks. Cornish chickens lack the typical hairy feathers left over after plucking other breeds—a fact which saves processors the energy and time of singeing the carcass prior to butchering. They show little desire to forage and generally handles confinement well.  

They are considered loud and intractable. The roosters readily show aggression and Cornish chicks at times show cannibalism. Health problems associated with their rapid growth prevent the kind of activity common to most chickens. The high feed conversion ratios give ...



Cornish  - Chickens Breeds

About Crevecoeur ChickensCrevecoeur


Crevecoeur chickens are a dual-purpose bird; but they serve mainly as an ornamental show bird today. They do, however, lay 120 medium eggs per annum and matures into a meaty fowl in a reasonable amount of time. Crevecoeur chickens boast a short grained, extremely white meat on small boned skeleton. They have a high percentage of meat to total carcass weight.
The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy has listed the Crevecoeur as endangered worldwide. The US has less than 500 Crevecoeur breeding chickens.  

Although described as an active breed, Crevecouers bear confinement well and rarely go broody in the coop. Owners characterize them as calm, friendly, and easy to handle. However, some Crevecoeur breeders ...



Crevecoeur  - Chickens Breeds

About Cubalaya ChickensCubalaya


Cubalaya chickens are classified as game birds and come from fighting stock. Although more aggressive than the common breed of chicken, they display less aggression than most game birds. Cubalayas do surprisingly well as egg layers and meat producers. They lay four or five medium-sized, tan eggs a week. As a table bird they have a fine grained white meat. Cubalayas can take up to three years to fully mature; however, most can reproduce at six months of age. Cubalayas tolerate both heat and humidity well. Cuba uses Cubalayas for meat and eggs while the US recognizes them primarily as ornamentals.

First time owners express surprise at the friendliness and curiosity of Cubalayas. Chicks will eat from human hands at birth. Th ...



Cubalaya  - Chickens Breeds

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