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The chicken breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association are listed in the American Standard of Perfection. They are categorized into classes: standard-sized breeds are grouped by type or by place of origin, while bantam breeds are classified according to type or physical characteristics .
A partridge Silkie hen. Silkie plumage was once unique among chicken breeds, however in recent years silkie feathering has been developed in several breeds, mostly notably the Chabo, where it is now standardised in Britain and the Netherlands. [6] [7] It has been compared to silk, [8] and to fur. The overall result is a soft, fluffy appearance.
Illustration of thirty-nine varieties of chicken (and one Guinea Fowl) . There are hundreds of chicken breeds in existence. [1] Domesticated for thousands of years, distinguishable breeds of chicken have been present since the combined factors of geographical isolation and selection for desired characteristics created regional types with distinct physical and behavioral traits passed on to ...
Hen Notes Black: Green iridescence is desired for "beetle black" show chickens. Blue Sumatra dark blue-laced Andalusian Splash or Blue Splashed White Sumatra Silkie Splash is the homozygous form of Blue Buff Lavender: Red lavender Red Red is the intensified version of Buff White: Silkie
Fibromelanosis is also found in some other black or blue-skinned chicken breeds, such as the Silkie. [6] [7] The roosters weigh 2–2.5 kg (4.4–5.5 lb) and the hens 1.5–2 kg (3.3–4.4 lb). The hens lay tinted or cream-colored eggs, although they are poor setters and rarely hatch their own brood. Eggs weigh an average of 45 g (1.6 oz).
Short feathers on the upper side of the wing near the body Secondaries The long flight feathers of the inner part of the wing Sickles The two longest curved feathers of the tail only in cock birds Tail coverts Short feathers covering the base of the main tail feathers in cocks, and most of the tail in hens Vulture hocks
Millefleur, black mottled and white varieties. The Barbu d'Uccle or Belgian d'Uccle, [7] [8] Dutch: Ukkelse Baardkriel, is a Belgian breed of bearded bantam chicken.It was first bred in the town of Uccle on the outskirts of Brussels, in central Belgium, in the early years of the twentieth century.
Figure 1. Feathering types in ten-day-old chicks.Left: Fast normal-feathering chick. Right: Delayed-feathering chick carrying sex-linked K gene. Delayed-feathering in chickens is a genetically determined delay in the first weeks of feather growing, which occurs normally among the chicks of many chicken breeds and no longer manifests itself once the chicken completes adult plumage.