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Gallus gallus domesticus The Old English Pheasant Fowl is a British breed of small utility chicken . It derives from traditional breeds of rural Lancashire and Yorkshire and of the former counties of Cumberland and Westmorland . [ 5 ]
Gallus gallus domesticus The Leghorn , [ a ] Italian : Livorno or Livornese , is a breed of chicken originating in Tuscany , in central Italy. Birds were first exported to North America in 1828 from the Tuscan port city of Livorno , [ 6 ] on the western coast of Italy.
Gallus gallus domesticus The Marsh Daisy is a rare breed of chicken originating in Lancashire , England . Its name may be related to its origin in a marsh -like area, or that its large rose comb resembles the flower of the Marsh Daisy ( Armeria maritima ).
Gallus gallus domesticus Golden Comet is a cross bred and sex linked chicken gotten from the crossbreeding of a female White Rock or Rhode Island White and a male New Hampshire Red chicken. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) Bangladesh red junglefowl (Gallus gallus murghi) with some contribution from the grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii) 6000 BCE [28] India and Southeast Asia: meat, eggs, feathers, leather, manure, guarding, alarming, fighting, racing, pest control, weed control, ornamental, show, pets
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs; others are kept as pets [1] or for cockfighting.
Gallus gallus domesticus The Malines , Dutch : Mechelse Koekoek , is a Belgian breed of large domestic chicken . It originates from the area of Mechelen ( French : Malines ), in the province of Antwerp in Flanders , for which it is named.
Breed broiler is any chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) that is bred and raised specifically for meat production. [1] Most commercial broilers reach slaughter weight between four [2] and six weeks of age, although slower growing breeds reach slaughter weight at approximately 14 weeks of age. Typical broilers have white feathers and yellowish skin.