The Big List of Heritage Chicken Breeds

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March/April 1976
By Mother Earth News staff 
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WHITE CRESTED BLACK POLISH. Don't let fancy appearances fool you: These lavishly plumed birds—admired for their lustrous sheen and rich color-are also practical, productive white egg layers.

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SINGLE COMB BROWN LEGHORN. Definitely the most colorful of the Leghorn family, this variety shares all the practical qualities of its plain-Jane cousins: large size, reliable white egg production, and lively disposition.

LAKENVELDER. Developed in the early 1800's, but not recognized in this country until 1930. The Lakenvelder is a small but very meaty non-setting fowl that lays white eggs and forages widely if allowed to run.

GOLDEN SPANGLED HAMBURG. Like the rest of the Hamburg breed, this bird is small and active and a reliable layer of chalk-white eggs. Its ancestry has been traced as far back as the early 17th century.

BLACK AUSTRALORP. Poultrymen generally agree that this is one of the best of the heavy breeds. Developed to produce prodigious quantities of lightbrown eggs, the fowl also dresses out nicely for the dinner table.

WHITE-LACED RED CORNISH. Raising these slow maturing birds for show takes patience and an unfaltering sense of perfection ... but even if you don't get the blue ribbon you'll have a fine one- or two-person meal.

BUFF ORPINGTON. One of the most popular American farm chickens during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Bright gold plumage, excellent winter egg production, and exceptionally tasty meat have made this bird famous.

RHODE ISLAND RED. Undoubtedly the most popular and well-known of the "dual purpose" strains. Rhode Island Reds make fine broilers and are unsurpassed among the heavy breeds for brown egg production.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK. Another of this country's reliable "standbys". Slightly heavier than Rhode Island Reds, the breed is especially favored as a roasting bird and produces a steady supply of large brown eggs.

SPECKLED SUSSEX. Raised for bath show and food, the colorful Speckled Sussex was developed in England as a meat bird over 100 years ago. Today, the breed is also recognized as a good layer of lightbrown or tinted eggs.

COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTE. An unusual (but very practical) fowl. Originally a cross between White Wyandottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks, the bird is easy to dress and lays brown eggs. Hens make excellent setters and mothers.

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