Poultry Breeds (Friendliness) Flashcards
Poultry Friendliness Breed:
- Named after a river that flows through China and India
- Colors are: Light, Dark, and Buff
- They are quiet, docile, and calm birds.
Brahma
Poultry Friendliness Breed:
- Originated in Ancient China
- Also known as Shanghai
- Has several color: buff, partridge (like red), black, white, silver lining, golden laced, blue, brown, and barred.
- prone to broodiness (unable to incubate eggs)
Cochin Chicken or Cochin-China
Poultry Friendliness Breed:
- talkative, curious, and scattered brain
- White feathers with or without reddish-brown tones
- has beard and muffs
Faverolles Chicken
Poultry Friendliness Breed:
- Color is black, blue, buff, and white
- Never in a hurry, and will be your friend if you give her treats.
Orpington
Poultry Friendliness Breed:
- An ornamental bird was once used for egg laying.
- They lay 200 eggs per year and are prolific
- Similar size to leghorn
- have beautiful top crest
- Often checked because prone to eye infections
- Color: white, black, silver, golden, buff laced.
- has beard but sometimes has not
Polish
Poultry Friendliness Breed:
- created as a leisure chicken only
- A good therapy bird
- They are white, blue. and sometimes black in color. with white shank.
Sultan Chicken