Breeds of chicken

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

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