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The New Hampshire Red was bred to be a dual-purpose breed, suitable for production of both meat and eggs. It adapts well to either intensive or extensive management, and yields a meaty carcass. [8]: 192 [10]: 97 Hens lay approximately 220 brown eggs per year, with an average weight of about 55 g; [12] they sit well, and are good mothers.
It is favored for its egg production. [7] As Golden Comet roosters are not favoured for egg production, any male chicks that hatch are not preserved. [8] They are ideal for small-scale agriculture. [9] They can lay up to 6 eggs per week on average, that is 330 eggs on average, per annum. [6] They can start producing eggs when they are 16 weeks ...
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.
David Pitman of Pitman Family Farms looks over Rhode Island Red chickens at the Shafer Ranch at Parlier, raised there for the family operation, in 2010. Fresno Bee file photo. John Walker/Fresno Bee
Red sex-links are a cross between a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a White Rock (This variety pair is known as a Golden Comet), Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White, or Delaware hen. Examples of a red-linked breeds include the Red Shaver and ISA Brown sex-links which are found in Canada. [3]
Javas were especially notable as meat production birds throughout the 19th century, [4] with their popularity peaking in the latter half of that century. [5] The Java is a key foundation breed for the American class of chickens, [3] having contributed significantly to major modern fowl such as the Jersey Giant, Rhode Island Red and Plymouth ...
Derbyshire Redcaps are a hardy, active breed of chicken that does well in free range conditions. They are well suited for dual-purpose farm flocks, being used for both meat and egg production in addition to their ornamental qualities. Hens do not usually go broody, and lay a good amount of large, white coloured eggs. [5]
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]