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The Wyandotte is an American breed of chicken developed in the 1870s. It was named for the indigenous Wyandot people of North America. [6] The Wyandotte is a dual-purpose breed, kept for its brown eggs and its yellow-skinned meat. [6] It is a popular show bird, and has many color variants. [4] It was originally known as the American Sebright. [1]
The physical traits used to distinguish chicken breeds are size, plumage color, comb type, skin color, number of toes, amount of feathering, egg color, and place of origin. [1] They are also roughly divided by primary use, whether for eggs, meat, or ornamental purposes, and with some considered to be dual-purpose.
Sex-links come in several varieties. As hybrids of laying or dual-purpose breeds infused with extra vigor via heterosis, sex-links can be extremely good egg-layers which often produce 300 eggs a year or more depending on the quality of care and feed. The color of their eggs vary according to the mix of breeds, and blue-green eggs are possible.
The ISA Brown is a crossbreed of chicken, with sex-linked coloration.It is thought to have been the result of a complex series of crosses including but not limited to Rhode Island Reds and Rhode Island Whites, and contains genes from a wide range of breeds, the list of which is a closely guarded secret. [1]
An Ancona hen; The large combs and wattles of the Mediterranean breeds, especially of the male, are highly susceptible to frostbite. These breeds originating in Italy and Spain have white earlobes and tend to be productive layers of white eggs.
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The Rhode Island Red was developed as a dual-purpose breed, to provide both meat and eggs. Since about 1940, it has been selectively bred predominantly for egg-laying qualities, and the modern industrial Rhode Island Red is a layer breed. [6] Rhode Island Reds have been used in the creation of many modern hybrid breeds. [citation needed]