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It is a calm and docile breed; the cocks are rarely aggressive. The hens lay very large brown eggs, and are fair layers overall, known particularly as good winter layers. The birds are robust and fairly cold-hardy. The breed's plumage comes in blue as well as black and white; legs are willow in hue. Jersey Giant hens will go broody. [2]
This is a list of chicken breeds usually considered to originate in Canada and the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
A Black Java hen; the Java played a role in the creation of some of the American class breeds, such as the Rhode Island Red. The American Class contains thirteen breeds which originated in Canada or the United States. [1]: 11 All are heavy breeds, and most lay brown eggs; [1]: 11 most are cold-hardy: [2] Buckeye; Chantecler; Delaware; Dominique ...
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 ...
The Brahma is an American breed of chicken. It is believed that it was first bred in the United States from birds imported from the Chinese port of Shanghai , [ 4 ] : 78 and was the principal American meat breed from the 1850s until about 1930.
The Índio Gigante originated in Brazil around the late 1980s or early 1990s in the states of Minas Gerais and Goiás. [3]It was created by crossbreeding large gamecocks — "Malayoid" [4] breeds such as the Shamo and the Malay [citation needed] — with caipira chickens (rustic mixed breeds).
The Rhode Island Red is an American breed of domestic chicken.It is the state bird of Rhode Island. [2]: 70 It was developed there and in Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century, by cross-breeding birds of Oriental origin such as the Malay with brown Leghorn birds from Italy.
The Plymouth Rock was included in the first edition of the American Standard of Perfection of the new American Poultry Association in 1874. [2] The barred plumage pattern was the original one; other colors were later added. [2] It became the most widespread chicken breed in the United States and remained so until about the time of World War II. [2]