Breed Of Chicken
Chicken are been classified based on their primary usage which are the egg producers,meat producers, the dual purposes,the bantams,cross breed and exhibition breeds
Egg Purpose Breed
This breed are responsible for the production of egg, they have the tendency to produce more eggs than meat.they include the following:
Easter egger
Andalusian
Catalan
Leghorn
Campine
Ancona
Marans
Meat Purpose Breed
This are big sized bird responsible for the production of meat,they give less egg and produce more meat. They include the following:
Bresse breed
Cornish
Ixworth
Jersey giant
Dual Purpose Breed
These are multipurpose breed, they produce the same ratio of egg to meat and are mostly large in siz,they are also expensive.they include the following:
Brahma
Naked neck
New hamshire
Plymal pink
Sussex
Marans
Holland
Rhode island red
Rhode island red
Bantams Breed
These breed are the smallest of all ,they are small size of birds,they include the following:
Pekin
Nankin
Cross Breed
These breeds are gotten from breeding of two different breeds of chicken eg cross breeding meat purpose breed with egg purpose breed too produce a hybrid that would be capable of given you both meat and egg.they include the following :
Isa brown
Broiler
Kuroiler
Noilers
Exhibition Breed
These are breeds of chicken that are been kept for fancy and as pet, although, some people in some countries use them for sport eg cock fighting, they include the following:
Asil
Sultan
Silkie
Cochin
Maley
Polish
