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2. Rooster of Barcelos - Wikipedia

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   The Rooster of Barcelos is sold as a souvenir from Portugal. The folk tale of the rooster of Barcelos, [1] tells the story of a dead rooster's miraculous intervention in proving the innocence of a man who had been falsely convicted and sentenced to death. The story is associated with the 17th-century calvary that is part of the collection of ...

3. Chantecler chicken - Wikipedia

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   A White Chantecler hen at the Abbey in 1926. The Chantecler is a large chicken that lays respectably well and is a good meat producer. Roosters weigh around 9 pounds (4.1 kg), and hens are 6.5–7.5 lb (2.9–3.4 kg).The breed possess yellow skin and beaks, and lay brown eggs. With plumage that lies tight against the body but has a good deal of ...

4. Silkie - Wikipedia

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   Silkie. A black Silkie hen and a non-Silkie chick. The breed is renowned for its broodiness and mothering abilities. The Silkie (also known as the Silky or Chinese silk chicken) is a Chinese breed of chicken named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk and satin. The breed has several other unusual qualities, such as ...

5. Rhode Island Red - Wikipedia

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   Rhode Island Red. 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. It was a dual-purpose breed, raised both for ...

6. List of chicken breeds - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Denizli chicken - Wikipedia

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   Denizli chicken. The Denizli is a breed of rooster developed in Denizli, Turkey. It is characterised by its long-crowing abilities, with the general guideline being a crow of 20–25 seconds in their first year. The breed is divided into 3 groups based on colour, body structure, and comb types. [2] It is described as having black eyes, dark ...