Rarest breed of chicken in the US?

[Sumatra503]

The rare breeds seem to be a bit more common here as well. There are always a few rare breeds at the show in Stevenson washington. Last time I went there were a few buckeyes, a shamo or two, a few heritage orpingtons and a rosecombed RIR. There were only about 300 birds at this show, so i was surprised by the numbers.

The Oregon State Fair has had a few rare ones as well.

 

[fowlman01]

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I may show some Shamo's at Stevenson this next show. (large and bantam) It is an APA semi annual meet. Maybe even some bantam Sumatra's. Be sure to check the new art for the blue Sumatras that will be in the next edition of the APA SOP. It will be for sale soon. I am taking five copies of it to Shawnee. They were done by Katherine Plumer and are on her site now.

Walt

 

[Illia]

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The numbers shown of any of the rare breeds is driven by location. I just returned from a small show. (900 birds, mostly bantams) and there were at least 25 Shamo's shown and I didn't show any. The PPBA show in Stockton will have 30- 50 Shamo's. The Oriental classes here in Cali are almost always over 100 birds in a big show.

Walt

Yes, I believe California is THE Shamo state.

I'm certainly looking forward to showing my Shamos, perhaps in the fall of next year.

 

[Chickielady]

I am going to show both my Black Javas and Rhode Island Whites...which so far I have thought to be not worth the time as there is no competition.
But at least the word would get out...now if they would only stop following me around and helping me paint !
My Rosecomb RIW cockeral is getting so big!
Still he peeps, and so do the pullets, even though Olive Eggers hatched at the same time are laying.
These RIWs are BIG and peeping like baby chicks still.
They are gorgeous.
I am in love with them

Wish I had a standards book !
They have the most awesome green eyes !

 

[Chickielady]

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No Javas of any color variety, no Rhode Island Whites.
We had quite a few white Chanteclers here at our winter brisk show in Centralia WA, and one very beautiful Crele Chantecler Rooster, is there such a thing ?

Apparently not.
The white was first accepted by the APA followed after by Partridge and then Buff.
I would be really suspicious of anyone having a "Chantecler Crele" and I saw the bird and have taken many photos of him, and in fact if I bred a golden cuckoo to one of these white wyandottes, I might geta bird just like him...he is beautiful, but cannot be a chantecler.
Hokus Pokus.
I have a wyandotte X Silver Cuckoo pullet in the brooder, (an accident)...and looks for all the world like a crele chantecler HEN

 

[poultrycrazy]

I was just recently looking on the sandhill preservation website and found black breasted red kraienkoppes!!!! I know that SPC doesnt sell SQ stock but couldnt i work on it to make it SQ or good quality? I also found some breeds and was wondering if they were rare.
1. Black polish
2. Buff Leghorn
3. R.C. Rhode Island Red
4. Black Breasted Red Cubalaya
5. Black Sumatra
6. Barred Holland
7. Black Frizzle Sumatra
8. Long Crower (Tomaru)
9. Red Sussex
10. Sicilian Buttercup
11. White Houdan
12. Black Leghorn
13. Mille Fleur Leghorn
14. bantam wyandotte in barred, black, blue, and chocolate

 

[punky rooster]

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this is all i know.

 

[poultrycrazy]

What about the black breasted red kraienkoppes

 

[punky rooster]

I am sure those are very rare too

 

[Robert Blosl]

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Kraien/BRKKraien.html

Looks like some of my friends fighting cocks that he has been raising for years down here.

Never heard of such a breed.

I tell you one thing when you go to the shows the big ones there is a low number of the more common large fowl we should be rasiing today. Some of the breeds you would see thirty to firty birds in a class and today we see two or three or none. What a shame we should be working on rare birds that are common to our country that came out of the Standard of Perfection fifty years ago.

bob