Wednesday, 4 January 2017

Dual-Purpose Chickens

The chicken breeds usually seen in farms and backyards all over the world are chickens that produce both meat and eggs. Although some of these breeds are slightly better for either egg or meat production, they are normally called dual-purpose breeds.

 Common Dual-Purpose Chicken Breeds
Australorp
Marsh Daisy
Brahma
Naked Neck
Braekel
New Hampshire
Buckeye
Norfolk Grey
California Gray
Orpington
Chanticleer
Plymouth Rock
Cubalaya
Poltava
Derbyshire Redcap
Rhode Island Red
Dominique
Rhode Island White
Dorking
Scots Dumpy
Faverolles
Scots Grey
Holland
Sussex
Iowa Blue
Winnebago
Java
Wyandotte
Jersey Giant



Chickens for Game, Exhibition and Show

For more than 100 years, the breeding of chicken for competitive game, exhibition and has greatly influenced the development of chicken breeds. Some breeds have been cross-developed with other breeds in order to come up with game, exhibition and show birds.


Game, Exhibition and Show Breeds

American Game G
Japanese Bantam
Asil G
La Fleche U
Appenzeller U
Malay G
Barbu de Watermael
Modern Game
Bearded d'Anvers
Nankin
Bearded d'Uccle
Old English Game G
Belgian d'Everberg
Pekin
Blue Hen of Delaware G
Phoenix
Booted Bantam
Polish U
Cochin
Rosecomb
Crevecoeur U
Sebright
Croad Langshan U
Serama
Dutch Bantam
Shamo G
Frizzle
Silkie
Ga NoiG
Sultan
Hamburg U
Sumatra
Houdan U
Vorwerk U


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