Cochin Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.8/5 Easy to Keep? 2.5/5 Uses: Originally utility: eggs / meat now exhibition.Eggs: 150 – 200 small, tinted.Origin: China.Weight: Cock:
No. of Eggs 2.8/5 Easy to Keep? 2.5/5 Uses: Originally utility: eggs / meat now exhibition.Eggs: 150 – 200 small, tinted.Origin: China.Weight: Cock:
No. of Eggs 2.4/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Exhibition, rare breed. Eggs: 140 – 170 white. Origin: Belgium. Weight: Cock: 2.7Kg, Hen:
No. of Eggs 2.5/5 Easy to Keep? 2/5 Uses: Exhibition. Eggs: 150 – 180 tinted.Origin: Germany, The Netherlands, Great Britain.Weight: Cock: 850g, Hen:
No. of Eggs 3.2/5 Easy to Keep? 4.7/5 Uses: Utility – Egg Layer. Eggs: 180 – 230 brown. Origin: Barnevelder, The Netherlands. Weight:
No. of Eggs 3.5/5 Easy to Keep? 2.5/5 Uses: Exhibition. Eggs: 200 – 250 tinted / brown.Origin: Belgium.Weight: Cock: 680-790g max, Hen: 570-680g
No. of Eggs 4.5/5 Easy to Keep? 4.8/5 Uses: Dual purpose utility meat and eggs. Eggs: 200 – 250 tinted / brown.Origin: Kent,
In this article, you will learn about the purposes of the two different types of poultry grit and how you can feed these together as
No. of Eggs 0.3/5 Easy to Keep? 0.5/5 Uses: Originally Cock Fighting, now exhibition.Eggs: 5-20 tinted.Origin: South Punjab / Sindh area of Pakistan
No. of Eggs 1/5 Easy to Keep? 1/5 Uses: Originally Cock Fighting, now exhibition. Eggs: 10-80 white / tinted depending on the breed.Origin: Asia.Weights: From 0.5 Kg
No. of Eggs 2.8/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Exhibition / Eggs. Eggs: 170-200 Green / Blue.Origin: Chile, South America.Weight: Cock: 2.7 –
No. of Eggs 3.9/5 Easy to Keep? 2.7/5 Uses: Exhibition. Utility: eggs. Eggs: 230 – 280 white. Origin: Switzerland (Appenzel Canton). Weight: Cock: 1.6 – 2Kg, Hen: 1.35 –
The Reading and District Bantam Society Championship show was held last weekend (21st-22nd February) and I was thrilled to have been there for the first
No. of Eggs 3/5 Easy to Keep? 3.7/5 Uses: Exhibition. Utility: eggs. Eggs: 190 – 220 white / cream. Origin: Switzerland (Appenzell Canton).
No. of Eggs 2.8/5 Easy to Keep? 2.5/5 Uses: Exhibition, rare breed conservation. Origin: Mediterranean. Eggs: 160-200 large white eggs per year. Weight:
Uses: Utility – meat and eggs. Useful autosexing characteristic. Eggs: 20 to 50 white eggs per year. Origin: UK. Weight: Gander: 7.3 – 9.1 Kg.
German Toulouse with a smaller keel than British/American varieties. Uses: Utility – meat, especially when crossed with Embden Geese. As a broody although due to
Uses: Utility – Meat & eggs. Eggs: 30 to 50 white eggs per year. Origin: Germany. Weight: Gander: 6 – 7 Kg. Goose: 5 –
Uses: Showing / Attractive unusual pets. Eggs: 30 to 50 white eggs per year. Origin: Eastern Europe. Weight: Gander: 5.7 – 7 Kg. Goose: 4.5
Feeding chicks when there is no broody hen to take care of them and what you can feed in an emergency if you run out of chick crumbs.
Uses: Utility – good meat to bone ratio. Eggs: 40 to 60 white eggs per year. Origin: Germany / Poland. Weight: Gander: 5.4 – 6.3