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Ancona Chicken

Ancona chickens originated from Italy, from Marche. It got its name from the capital of March; Ancona, a seaport. The culture in Italy was one of fine cuisine, beautiful artworks, and beautiful music, and the beautiful Ancona Chicken became part of that culture, thriving in its home environment. Because of their popularity, the bird spread to […]

Serama Chicken

Serama Chickens comes from Malaysia, from the hot jungles where the temperatures are high. As a result of careful cross-breeding of several chicken breeds, we have the Serama. It is believed that the Serama’s ancestry dates back to as way back as the 1600s, being associated with the like of the then Thai King, name of […]

Barnevelder Chicken

There is a town in the district of Utrecht called Barnevelder, in the Netherlands. It boasted an agriculture college that specialized in poultry. Back in the day, around the 1930s, this area was noted to have exported over 40-million eggs in a year. It would appear that this is where the Barnevelder Chicken gets its name […]

Frizzle Chicken

Many people believe that the Frizzle chicken originates from Asia, but others say it originates from England and India. Some texts say that in the 1800s, the Frizzles originated from countries like Egypt and South Africa as well. But the fact remains that that have been around for many hundreds of years in different qualities, gradually […]

Cochin Chicken

In the chicken world, if you see a big feathery ball of fluff and feathers strut past, you are probably looking at a Cochin Chicken! Perhaps they don’t lay eggs so bountifully, but they certainly are highly popular because of their lovely personalities. Cochin Chickens started becoming really well known in the 1800s when they were given […]

Plymouth Rock Chicken

The Plymouth Rock chickens are also known as “Barred Rocks”. The Barred Rocks are actually a variety of the Plymouth Rock breed. Other varieties are White, Partridge, Buff, Silver-Penciled, Black, Blue and Colombian, all developed in the USA in the mid-19th century. This bird was first shown off as a breed in 1869. It has exceptional […]

Rhode Island Red Chickens

The Rhode Island Red chicken is considered to be one of the most successful chicken breeds – across the world! It’s an American breed, developed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts as way back as the middle 1840s. This bird came about from cross-breeding birds from Oriental origin with the brown Leghorn chicken from Italy. Since 1954, […]

10 A Frame Chicken Coop Plans And Ideas – Easy to Build

Eggs play a big role in our breakfast everyday and in most hurrying moments. They are easy to prepare and always come handy when we had not planned our meal for the day. So, caring for our own chickens at our backyard helps a lot. It will save us time, energy/gas, and money. What? Chicken coops […]

Silver Laced Wyandotte : Are Everything They’re Cracked Up To Be

It’s easy to see why the Wyandotte breed of chickens came about – its’ because there was a need to create chicken breeds that was an all-rounder, one that produced fantastic eggs and delectable meat. The Wyandotte’s have met those specifications over and over again and that applies to all the breeds. Silver Laced Wyandotte is […]

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte Certainly Something to Cluck About

When it comes to a beautiful, popular and sought after chicken type, you are going to go a long way to find one as delightful as that of the Wyandotte Chickens. They are a firm favorite of chicken farmers and owners just because they are so dependable in their egg laying. They also have laid back […]

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