Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Barnevelder Chickens

Barnevelder Eggs


Barnevelder Chicks


Barnevelder Hen


Barnevelder Rooster

Barnevelder chickens are a Dutch breed, developed in Holland in the late 1800's. Barnevelders have beautiful plummage, with the most common color being brown double laced, but white, black and blue varieties have also been developed. Barnevelder chickens are generally hardy, except in very cold climates. Barnevelders do well in warm and even damp conditions.
Barnevelders have an extremely mild and friendly temperament and make wonderful additions to a backyard flock and are a great choice for children to raise. The Barnevelder breed is especially known for its dark, reddish brown eggs, which are usually quite large in size.
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Links to other Chicken Breeds on this blog:
Wyandotte / Silver Laced Wyandotte, Golden Laced Wyandotte
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

New Hampshire Red Chickens / New Hampshires

New Hampshire Red Chick


New Hampshire Red Hen


New Hampshire Red Rooster

New Hampshire Red Chickens (or simply New Hampshires) were developed from the Rhode Island Red in the early 1900's to intensify the characteristics of the Rhode Island Red in terms of hardiness, egg production, and early maturation. New Hampshire Reds are a lighter shade of red than the Rhode Island Red and like the Rhode Island Red, the New Hampshires are very interactive with people and can be extremely friendly and calm or can occasionally turn aggressive, especially the roosters. New Hampshire Reds are very hardy and tolerate heat and cold well. New Hampshires are fantastic egg producers and lay large size brown eggs. New Hampshires also have a bantam (miniature) counterpart.
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Links to other Chicken Breeds on this blog:
Ameraucana / Easter Egger
Ancona
Welsummer
Wyandotte / Silver Laced Wyandotte, Golden Laced Wyandotte
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Ancona Chickens

Ancona Chick


Ancona Hen


Ancona Rooster

Ancona chickens were developed in the mid 1800's near the city of Ancona, Italy and are black with white speckles. Ancona chickens tend to be hardy especially in the cold, but can occasionally suffer frostbite on their large combs. Ancona chickens lay a good amount of small white eggs, but are rather nervous and flighty, and tend to shy away from a lot of human contact. Anconas are great foragers. Anconas also have a bantam (miniature) counterpart.
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Links to other Chicken Breeds on this blog:
Ameraucana / Easter Egger
Welsummer
Wyandotte / Silver Laced Wyandotte, Golden Laced Wyandotte
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Friday, April 25, 2008

Jersey Giant Chickens

The Huge Jersey Giant Chicken!


Black Jersey Giant Chick



Black Jersey Giant Hen



Black Jersey Giant Rooster

Jersey Giant chickens are aptly named as many of them reach 10 pounds or more. Developed in New Jersey in the mid 1800's, the Jersey Giant is the largest chicken breed in the world. Jersey Giants are predominently black, but also can be white, and more recently, a blue Jersey Giant has been developed. Jersey Giants are extremely hardy birds and do well in cold climates. Jersey Giants do tend to eat a lot of feed and may not be the most economical chicken to own, but they are nevertheless, great backyard flock birds because of their kind and gentle temperament. The friendly personality of the Jersey Giant makes this breed an excellent choice for children who want to raise chickens. Jersey Giants lay medium to large size brown eggs and make great mothers / brooders. As strange as this sounds, Jersey Giants also have a bantam (miniature) counterpart.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Delaware Chickens

Delaware Chick


Delaware Hen


Delaware Rooster


Delaware chickens were developed in the state of Delaware in the mid 1900's. They are white in color with a few black speckles and are well adapted to both the heat and the cold. Delaware chickens are quite calm and friendly birds and make excellent backyard flock members. Delawares are wonderful producers of large eggs, medium to dark brown in color. Delawares also have a bantam (miniature) counterpart.

Links to other Chicken Breeds on this blog:
Ameraucana / Easter Egger
Welsummer
Wyandotte / Silver Laced Wyandotte, Golden Laced Wyandotte
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Friday, April 18, 2008

Cochin Chickens / Cochin Bantams / Frizzle Cochins

White Frizzle Bantam Cochin


Cochin Chick

Cochin Hen

Cochin Rooster

Cochin chickens come in a variety of colors: white, black, blue, silver-laced, with buff being the most common. Cochins also have a bantam (miniature) counterpart. Cochins are popular as show birds because of their beautiful plummage, which covers their legs and feet. Extremely docile and friendly, Cochins are an ideal backyard flock choice, especially for children who want to raise chickens. Cochins lay small to medium size brown eggs. Cochins were originally bred in China and are hardy in both warm and cold climates, but because of their leg and feet feathers, they do not do well in extremely rainy and/or muddy conditions. The Frizzle Cochin is bred for its mutant feathers, which point outward instead of laying flat against the body. See Frizzles for a more detailed explanation of this variety of chicken. Cochins also make excellent mothers and will brood easily.
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