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Heavy breed softfeather. The Australorp is a chicken breed of Australian origin, developed as a utility breed with a focus on egg laying and is famous for laying more than 300 eggs per year. It achieved world-wide popularity in the 1920s after the breed broke numerous world records for number of eggs laid and has been a popular breed in the ...
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 ...
Chicken. Gallus gallus domesticus. The Australian Langshan is an Australian chicken breed, derived from the Croad Langshan and accepted by the Australian Poultry Standard as a recognized breed. The Australian Langshan is little known outside Australia but is a popular breed inside the country. The breed comes in both bantam and standard size.
light breed softfeather. Rhode Island (both Red & White) heavy breed softfeather. Rosecomb. true bantam softfeather light breed. Sebright. true bantam softfeather light breed. Shamo. heavy breed hardfeather.
In Australia, only the tailed Araucana is recognised in the Australian Poultry Standards; [19] both tailed and rumpless may be exhibited. [11] The British standard accepts both tailed and rumpless; [18] they may be treated as separate breeds. [20] [21] The British type of Araucana has a beard and muffs which conceal the earlobes.
Breeders and fanciers of chickens accurately describe the colours and patterns [1] of the feathers of chicken breeds and varieties. This is a list of the terms used in this context. This is a list of the terms used in this context.
Chook / tʃ ʊ k /: a chicken (Australia/New Zealand, informal) [4] Cock: a fertile adult male chicken [5] [6] Cockerel: a young male chicken [7] Hen: an adult female chicken [8] Pullet: a young female chicken less than a year old. [9] In the poultry industry, a pullet is a sexually immature chicken less than 22 weeks of age. [10]
Poultry (/ ˈpoʊltri /) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, eggs or feathers. [1] The practice of raising poultry is known as poultry farming. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens ...