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They are not a modern dual purpose breed but do lay a lot of medium-sized white to pale tan eggs, and often lay over a long lifetime and during winter months. Some hens in every flock will go broody and be excellent mothers. Icelandics are medium-sized and have a small carcass weight (about 2.5 pounds for a five month old cockerel).
The Norfolk Grey is a utility breed of chicken that originated near the city of Norwich, in Norfolk, England, in around 1910. The breed was originally created by Frederick W Myhill of Hethel, Wymondham under the name Black Maria. It is a rare breed which is currently considered to be at risk by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. [4]
Malines cock and hen, illustration from circa 1900. The Malines is a massive bird, among the heaviest of all chicken breeds. The comb is usually single; the legs are pale and slightly feathered. [1]: 46 [5]: 331 In Belgium, eight colour varieties of plumage are recognised; [1]: 56 in Germany there are nine. [2]
A Black Java hen; the Java played a role in the creation of some of the American class breeds, such as the Rhode Island Red. The American Class contains thirteen breeds which originated in Canada or the United States. [1]: 11 All are heavy breeds, and most lay brown eggs; [1]: 11 most are cold-hardy: [2] Buckeye; Chantecler; Delaware; Dominique ...
It has been shown that Styrian Chickens lay the most eggs when bred traditionally (extensively), on the farm's backyard. [5] Relatively small [6] eggs are light, of ivory colour and usually weigh 55 grams. [3] The Altsteirer is a dual-purpose breed mostly used for obtaining eggs, but also slaughtered for its good quality meat, [3] especially of ...
The Ixworth was created in 1932 by Reginald Appleyard, who also created the Silver Appleyard Duck, at his poultry farm in the village of Ixworth in Suffolk. [5] It was bred from white Sussex, white Minorca, white Orpington, Jubilee, Indian Game and white Indian Game chickens, [3]: 140 with the intention of creating a dual purpose breed, a fast-growing high-quality meat bird with reasonable egg ...
The legs are a dark slate colour, and the beak is black. The skin is white. The comb is medium-large, with 5–6 points. The wattles are medium-long and red, the ear-lobes oval and porcelain white. Average weight is 2.5–2.8 kg for cocks, 2.0–2.3 kg for hens. The eggs are white and weigh at least 55 g. Ring size is 18 mm for cocks, 16 mm for ...
The rest of the bird is white with a pale blue-grey under-colour. The black-and-white pattern is reminiscent of the colouring of the Lakenvelder breed of cattle, which originated in the same area. [5]: 159 The eyes are bright chestnut or red, the beak dark horn, and the face, wattles and comb bright red, with white earlobes.