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Certified chicken lady (and owner of Cluckingham Palace in Texas), says, "I'm drawn to character names like Moira Rose and Cruella because it's fun to assign those wild personalities to a chicken."
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 chicken breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association are listed in the American Standard of Perfection. They are categorized into classes: standard-sized breeds are grouped by type or by place of origin, while bantam breeds are classified according to type or physical characteristics .
A bantam is a small variety of domestic chicken, either a miniature version of a member of a standard breed, or a "true bantam" with no larger counterpart. The name derives from the town of Bantam in Java [30] where European sailors bought the local small chickens for their shipboard supplies. Bantams may be a quarter to a third of the size of ...
The world's oldest known chicken lived for 16 years. [28] Chickens are gregarious, living in flocks, and incubate eggs and raise young communally. Individual chickens dominate others, establishing a pecking order; dominant individuals take priority for access to food and nest sites.
A large amount of food and time is required for the Jersey Giant to reach its full size. It is a calm and docile breed; the cocks are rarely aggressive. The hens lay very large brown eggs, and are fair layers overall, known particularly as good winter layers. The birds are robust and fairly cold-hardy.
From about 1830 very large game chickens were imported to England, where they became fashionable [9] and were selectively bred by English breeders. [8] Some imports are documented from the Malay Peninsula, others from the Deccan of India. [10] Those from India were sometimes called Grey Chittagongs, [8] but were considered to be closely similar ...
This is a list of chicken breeds. For information about chickens in general, see chicken Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 ...