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AMERAUCANAS4REAL said:
I probably won't be on except this morning. I have a friend coming at 11:00 and staying for two days. I may be on a little, but not as much.
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ok. my youngest kiddo just got up a few minutes ago an is in a bad mood today. crying within five min. of getting up, because daddy went to work and she didn't get to kiss him goodbye. :rolleyes: this from the kid who usually kicks dad if he tries to get a hug.
 
I found out that popular chickens in Britain (not that it is Britain, but it might be nearby) in the early nineteenth century were Silver Grey, Coloured, and white Dorkings and Sussex the speckled variety. I'd bet also see a variety of barnyard mix fowls, and I found out that though they used them for eggs, they preferred meatier fowls, as well as the French. In more Mediterranean areas the had egg layers like Leghorns, and Leghorns did not become popular in England until much later. First they were imported to America, and popularized there, then to Britain, and still then they weren't very popular. Asiatic breeds, such as Cochins and Brahmas, and American breeds, and Orpingtons and as those kind of British breeds, didn't come until mid-to-late 19th century, due to the Hen craze and then resulting of it, the start of exhibition poultry, most if not all American breeds have some Asian breed ancestry, particularly pea combed ones. And many of the British ones, like Orpingtons and Cornish, did as well. Orpingtons actually had Plymouth Rock in them, an American breed, so yeah, breed choices for early nineteenth century was pretty limited, you got your barnyard birds, a handful of true bantams (pitiful eggs n meat, but at least you probably get d'Anvers) a few French breeds, some games (great, but useless for table or eggs), Sussex and Dorking, and maybe, if you want to go as far as Holland and Germany, you could get some Polish and Hamburgs.
My research about chickens that had not only gone on today, but I have studied poultry history for many years.
 
AMERAUCANAS4REAL said:
I found out that popular chickens in Britain (not that it is Britain, but it might be nearby) in the early nineteenth century were Silver Grey, Coloured, and white Dorkings and Sussex the speckled variety. I'd bet also see a variety of barnyard mix fowls, and I found out that though they used them for eggs, they preferred meatier fowls, as well as the French. In more Mediterranean areas the had egg layers like Leghorns, and Leghorns did not become popular in England until much later. First they were imported to America, and popularized there, then to Britain, and still then they weren't very popular. Asiatic breeds, such as Cochins and Brahmas, and American breeds, and Orpingtons and as those kind of British breeds, didn't come until mid-to-late 19th century, due to the Hen craze and then resulting of it, the start of exhibition poultry, most if not all American breeds have some Asian breed ancestry, particularly pea combed ones. And many of the British ones, like Orpingtons and Cornish, did as well. Orpingtons actually had Plymouth Rock in them, an American breed, so yeah, breed choices for early nineteenth century was pretty limited, you got your barnyard birds, a handful of true bantams (pitiful eggs n meat, but at least you probably get d'Anvers) a few French breeds, some games (great, but useless for table or eggs), Sussex and Dorking, and maybe, if you want to go as far as Holland and Germany, you could get some Polish and Hamburgs.
My research about chickens that had not only gone on today, but I have studied poultry history for many years.
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That's pretty limited. I really dislike the flavour of SG dorking it's like quahogs. not that I don't like quahogs but it's chicken.... it shouldn't taste like seafood.:sick I didn't have much experience with the hens but the roo was a nightmare. I also am not a fan of cochin unlike dorkings, Cochins have next to no flavour, and no matter what you do to it the meat is always tough. I don't think I've tried Brahma yet. my sister has some, but she kept all the meat from the boys we processed.
 
AMERAUCANAS4REAL said:
I found out that popular chickens in Britain (not that it is Britain, but it might be nearby) in the early nineteenth century were Silver Grey, Coloured, and white Dorkings and Sussex the speckled variety. I'd bet also see a variety of barnyard mix fowls, and I found out that though they used them for eggs, they preferred meatier fowls, as well as the French. In more Mediterranean areas the had egg layers like Leghorns, and Leghorns did not become popular in England until much later. First they were imported to America, and popularized there, then to Britain, and still then they weren't very popular. Asiatic breeds, such as Cochins and Brahmas, and American breeds, and Orpingtons and as those kind of British breeds, didn't come until mid-to-late 19th century, due to the Hen craze and then resulting of it, the start of exhibition poultry, most if not all American breeds have some Asian breed ancestry, particularly pea combed ones. And many of the British ones, like Orpingtons and Cornish, did as well. Orpingtons actually had Plymouth Rock in them, an American breed, so yeah, breed choices for early nineteenth century was pretty limited, you got your barnyard birds, a handful of true bantams (pitiful eggs n meat, but at least you probably get d'Anvers) a few French breeds, some games (great, but useless for table or eggs), Sussex and Dorking, and maybe, if you want to go as far as Holland and Germany, you could get some Polish and Hamburgs.
My research about chickens that had not only gone on today, but I have studied poultry history for many years.
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Oh, and don't forget about cockfighting breeds! Old English Game is one of the oldest breeds there is.
 

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