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About Hamburg ChickensHamburg


Hamburg chickens lay four small, white, flavor-packed eggs a week. What they lack in egg size, they make up in longevity. Hamburgs consistently lay for many years. In fact, the Dutch called them “everlayers.” Hamburg hens mature early and start laying at four months of age. The chicks have a delicate constitution, but once established, the breed proves quite robust. Hamburgs like to forage and will fly the coop to do so. Fortunately, they tolerate cold and can endure a night away from the coop. They are an active breed and they often refuse to sit long enough to hatch their brood.

Hamburgs have a wild disposition. They like to fly, forage, and roost in trees. Owners have awoken to find their whole flock in the trees. Hu ...



Hamburg  - Chickens Breeds

About Holland ChickensHolland


Holland chickens are dual purpose birds developed at the Rutgers Breeding Farms in New Jersey,US. They were created with birds imported from Holland crossed with White Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, New Hampshires, and Lamonas, which created the White Hollands. Another cross included White Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Australorps and Brown Leghorns that produced the barred variety of Hollands. Both were accepted by the American Poultry Association in 1949.  

White Hollands have pure white plumage without any other colors. Barred Hollands have black and white barred feathers covering the entire chicken. Holland hens have a darker plumage than the roosters. Roosters weigh eight pounds, and the hens weight six. Holl ...



Holland  - Chickens Breeds

About Houdan ChickensHoudan


Houdans are dual-purpose chicken. In France they have a reputation as a high class table fowl. Houdans produce a juicy, white meat with fine bones. They are also fair egg producers: they lay two eggs a week for eight to ten years. Chicks mature quickly without issues. They handle confinement; although, they prefer foraging. Houdans can live on any soil type and secure most of their food by their own efforts. The ornamental Houdan does better in warm, dry climates. Their heavy head feathering freezes when cold and wet. Houdans produce less offal than other breeds resulting in fewer parasites in the soils under them.  

Houdans enjoy human interaction. If handled early, the hens make great pets for children. Houdan roos ...



Houdan  - Chickens Breeds

About Iowa Blue ChickensIowa Blue


The Iowa Blue was developed in the early 1900''s near Decorah, Iowa. A folk legend tells the story of a white Plymouth Rock hen emerging from under a building with a clutch of chicks colored solid chestnut to striped. Old-timers tell the tale that the chicks were sired by a pheasant. The breed was carried by several Iowa hatcheries through the 1960s, but was nearly lost when the hatcheries went out of business. The breed was rescued from near extinction and has been bred and preserved through the efforts of a few breeders since the late 1980s. The Iowa Blue grew in popularity in 2011 with a group of dedicated breeders working to preserve and return the breed to its original type and purpose.  

With its plucky attitud ...



Iowa Blue  - Chickens Breeds

About Italian Naked Neck ChickensItalian Naked Neck


Italian Naked Neck, or Collo nudo italiana, chickens comes from Veneto (North-East of Italy). They probably originally came from Africa.

The hens are excellent layers and the eggs are large and white 160-180 eggs a year, 58-62 g each). Their meat is delicate with thin skin. Their subcutaneous and abdominal fat is nearly absent.

They are very rustic and perfect for outdoor rearing, but poorly adapted to industrial production.

In the US the they are known as Polish Frizzle and the liveries are the same of the Polish. Recently they have been re-imported to Italy from the U.S.

Source:Agraria.org



Italian Naked Neck  - Chickens Breeds

About Italian Polish ChickensItalian Polish


Padovana Riccia - Italian Polish frizle (photo A. Bacchella) Italian Polish, or padovana, chickens are an ancient breed with uncertain origins. According to Darwin, it came from Poland. It probably arrived in Italy in XIV century, brought by Giovanni Dondi dell’Orologio, nobleman from Padua, eminent doctor and astronomer, fascinated by the beauty of those chickens.

The origin is anyway confused, mingling with the origin of the Polish and the Dutch, which is tuffled but not bearded. Many quotations of XVI century talk about a particularly famous and productive chicken in Padua county. The Padovana dal Gran Ciuffo has been described in the work Ornithologiae by Ulisse Aldovrandi (1600).

The decline of Padovana begun in XIX century. At the beginning of 1900 there still we ...



Italian Polish  - Chickens Breeds

About Ixworth ChickensIxworth


Ixworth chickens were developed by Reginald Appleyard in 1932 in the East Anglian county of Suffolk, England, in the village of Ixworth. Mr. Appleyard (the inventor of the Appleyard Duck) was looking to create the ideal dual-purpose chicken. His aim was to create a fast-growing table chicken, with respectable laying ability. Development involved white Sussex, white Minorca, white Orpington, Jubilee, and Indian Game.

The Ixworth was a hit in the British poultry markets in the mid 1930’s-1940’s. In its heyday, Ixworth chickens fetched a top price for their premium meat. However its popularity flared quickly, and within a decade, the demand for them drastically declined.

At about same time that the American p ...



Ixworth  - Chickens Breeds

About Japanese Bantams ChickensJapanese Bantams


Japanese Bantams are show birds and pets. Technically a bantam is not a miniature version of a standard bird. A true bantam, for example, the Japanese Bantam has but one size.  

They are warm-weather fowl, they function best in warm, clean confinement. They love to forage in the lawn and do so without damaging the garden or yard. They help rid the soil of insects and weed seeds. Although small, Japanese Bantams have all the character and color of a standard size fowl. Japanese Bantams also has a voice equal to a standard chicken. The rooster can make a very loud and shrill noise. Japanese Bantams can live thirteen years and will give a family many years of fun filled enjoyment.  

Japanese Bantams have ...



Japanese Bantams  - Chickens Breeds

About Java ChickensJava


Javas are dual-purpose chickens. They excel in meat production and Java hens lays two, medium brown eggs a week. By commercial standards they mature slowly; however, their maturation rates prove sufficient for the small scale farmer. Given their large size, the backyard farmer can butcher a young cockerel and still have a respectable-size, table bird for a family. Their black pin feathers serve as quality control indicators over the plucking process by showing missed feathers.  

They do best in warm weather. In colder climates they need a well-insulated coop. Javas meet fifty percent of their nutrition needs by foraging which makes them an economical fowl to rise.  

They are a large fowl breed plus do ...



Java  - Chickens Breeds

About Jersey Giant ChickensJersey Giant


Jersey Giant weighs in as the largest purebred chicken in the world, although they are a bit smaller that the image shown. A Jersey Giant capon can reach twenty pounds. Unfortunately, it takes six months for the Jersey Giant to grow its giant skeleton and another three months before it has sufficient bulk for butchering. Their slow maturation rate makes them unviable for commercial meat production. Jersey Giants lay three extra-large, brown eggs a week. They will brood chicks; however, their massive size often leads to crushed eggs or chicks. In spite of their size, Jersey Giants fit well into a small farm setting. They have a hardy constitution for cold.  

Jersey Giant chickens have a docile disposition. The rooster ...



Jersey Giant  - Chickens Breeds

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