Poultry Care Sunday

Why the name Ayam Cemani? In Indonesia, the word, Ayam means ‘chicken’. Cemani is the name of the village in Java from where the Ayam […]

Developed around the 1900s, the Dutch breed, Welsummer Chickens, is named from the village of Welsum, Holland. It was originally produced in an area north […]

This bird, the Polish Chicken, originally comes from the Netherlands. Today, there are several stories about how the birds came to be in Europe. However, […]

When one thinks of the Silkie Chickens, one thinks of soft silky, fluffy hair – its lovely plumage. That’s the Silkie, and with that, comes […]

The Leghorn Chicken comes from the Mediterranean area, and from the rural areas of Tuscany, Italy. Before becoming known as Leghorns, they were called ‘Italians’. […]

Andalusian Chickens originate from Spain; they are a rugged and ancient breed of chicken. It is assumed that its history is rooted in the Castilian […]

Sebright Chickens are true Bantam chickens, produced by Sir John Sebright from the UK in the 19th Century. A true Bantam bird means it is […]

Dr Reginal Punnet, a professor at Cambridge University, years ago, researched ways of sexing male chickens when Britain was trying to break free from its […]

The Japanese Bantam chicken goes back years, probably as way back as the 7th Century. The Chabo Bantam as it was called then, is a […]

When the British army returned from Peking, China, in the 1860s, they brought with them their first Peking chicken to the UK. Since then this […]