Hi there,
My name is James Mutuku, a poultry keeper. I love reading. As I was researching poultry, I discovered that there is no single resource where you can read about poultry breeds. I am yet to find a single book dedicated to this topic. Have you heard of the Matebele chickens from Southern Africa? Or the Dragon Chickens from Vietnam that have enlarged feet?
The Poultry Breeds Project is an ongoing effort to research and write comprehensive articles on poultry breeds that were, are, and are being developed. These breeds have made a significant contribution to the poultry industry and our lives.
Welcome as we share this journey together. Please feel free to contact us using the facebook page here, if you need us to add a breed that we might have missed out
The American game chicken breed, also known as the American gamefowl, was developed to be a game fowl, a bird for cockfighting. With its many…
The Wyandotte is an American chicken breed that is reared by homesteaders and backyard flock keepers for its yellow-skinned meat and brown eggs. Bred to…
The Orpington chicken breed is a large-sized bird developed in England in the late 1800s, by William Cook. Gentle and friendly the Orpington is available…
The Jersey Giant, as the name suggests is one of the largest chicken breeds in the world. When you encounter one, you will probably never…
Cornish cross (Cornish X) is the darling of the commercial chickens meat industry. If you have bought chicken meat at the grocery store, high chances…
The Cornish chickens breed, previously referred to as the Indian game is an impressive chicken breed that has been used to develop most of the…
The Sussex chicken, originally bred in Sussex, Britain has become one of the most popular chickens for small backyard farms and homesteads. Initially bred to…
Docile, gentle, hardy and good sitters, Plymouth Rock Chickens have been one of the most common chickens in America where they were developed using crosses…
The Brahma originally named Brahmaputra (Brahmapootra) after a river in India, is an American Chicken Breed, developed from birds that had been imported from the…
