Poultry Care Sunday

In 1830, a giant size chicken breed was imported to England and became fashionable. English breeders selectively bred them because of their impeccable height.  In […]

Lakenvelder chicken is a large fowl and Bantam type of a continental domestic chicken breed from the Netherlands’ neighboring areas, was first recorded in 1727. […]

Another American chicken breed is the Jersey Giant Chicken. It was created by John and Thomas Black in Burlington County, New Jersey. As the name […]

The Java Chicken is the second oldest breed of chicken developed in the United States of America, aside from Dominique Chicken. The name sounds like […]

In the 14th century, this chicken breed was found in Holland. Pheasant fowl, Pheasant, Yorkshire Pheasant, and Silver Pheasant-fowl of Yorkshire. These are the names […]

Fayoumi Chicken originated from the Egyptian land and named after the Faiyum Governorate southwest of Cairo and west of the Nile River. They are considered […]

Faverolles Chicken originated from the Houdan and Faverolles villages in North-Central France in 1860s, where it was named after the latter village. They were crossed […]

The origin of Easter Egger Chicken is not distinguished. It is neither a separate nor recognized chicken breed by the American Poultry Association (APA). They […]

A domestic British chicken breed was named for the market town of Dorking, Surrey, in Southern England. It is one of the oldest British chicken […]

During the Colonial period, a breed of chicken originated from Saint Domingue, now Haiti was established in the United States. Named Dominique and considered a […]