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The Sussex was not included in the first poultry standard, the Standard of Excellence in Exhibition Poultry of William Bernhardt Tegetmeier, in 1865. [2]: 289 The breed standard for the Sussex was drawn up in 1902, with three colour varieties, the light, the red and the speckled. [7] Of these, the speckled was the oldest.
The breeds of poultry in the British Poultry Standards of the Poultry Club of Great Britain include chickens, ducks, ... Sussex: soft feather: heavy: Taiwan: Asian ...
It was the principal meat breed supplied to the metropolis until it was displaced by the Sussex in the early part of the twentieth century; it also became popular as an exhibition bird. [8] It was among the breeds shown at the first poultry show, at London Zoo in 1845. [3]: 289
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 first poultry show in North America was held on 15-16 November, 1849, in Quincy Market, Boston, surpassing expectations to receive over 1400 entries [7] however it proved a debacle as no poultry standard existed and judging was cancelled as there was no way to decide what was a purebred. A poultry association was organised afterwards and ...
The Crystal Palace Poultry Show; N. National Poultry Show; P. Poultry show This page was last edited on 22 November 2019, at 10:54 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
A 7-week-old cream pullet. The Legbar has three colour varieties: gold, silver and cream. [15] The cream variant has a crest and lays blue, olive or green eggs. [11]: 53 The Legbar is considered a rare breed by the Poultry Club of Great Britain and, until the Autosexing Breeds Association was re-formed, fell under the Rare Poultry Society.
Both the light and the dark (pencilled) Brahma were included in the first Standard of Excellence, published by the original Poultry Club of Great Britain in 1865. [4]: 78 Both were included in the first Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association, published in 1874; [5] the buff variant was added in 1924 [5] or 1929. [7]