Heritage/Standard Chicken Breeds

[Jude Turkman]

This thread is intended for discussing on the specifics of any heritage breed or standard breed of chicken. I admire these pure bred chickens so much but since I'm located in a country where these kind of breeds are not of any interest to most of the people here, I only got one pure bred cockerel, a white leghorn, which was given to me by a good friend. It will be a rooster to be mixed with the native chickens here. This thread will be so interesting!

 

[Jude Turkman]

So, what heritage chicken do you have and why do you keep them? Are there other heritage breed you want to include in your flock? Why?

 

[gary bamford]

Light sussex these were about before the 40s and used in the war effort in table and utilatey. I don't show very much naw because my time is took in breeding back the utilatey breeds we have. Chickens were bred to lay eggs and make a meal not to sit in a cage lay less eggs etc. There is very fuew about that will lay 2.70 eggs.

 

[Jude Turkman]

Light sussex these were about before the 40s and used in the war effort in table and utilatey. I don't show very much naw because my time is took in breeding back the utilatey breeds we have. Chickens were bred to lay eggs and make a meal not to sit in a cage lay less eggs etc. There is very fuew about that will lay 2.70 eggs.

These type is a great breed to be owned! Thanks a lot gary!

 

[gary bamford]

My utilatey cream legbars

 

[gary bamford]

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[gary bamford]

Some of the eggs that the hens lay

 

[3riverschick]

Hi Gary, where are you located? Thanks, Karen in Pennsylvania in USA

 

[3riverschick]

I had light sussex too. They succeed great just about anywhere in the world.

 

[3riverschick]

Gary, Are you in Scotland breeding the Kintaline (spelling?) Farm Light Sussex? I have followed their work for years. I had all pure English Light Sussex from Canadian , strains which came over long ago from England. My avatar was one at 10 months old.
Best Regards, Karen