Brown Leg Horn Chickens

This is a Silver Laced Wyandotte. Wyandotte's again are an older breed and were developed in the 1800's in New York State. They are again a good farm yard bird. They are good and solid and they will grow up into a nice meat bird as well as being a...

There are several varieties of chickens that can be separated into three main categories—egg layers, meat type birds and dual purpose birds. Even if you raise chickens to help preserve them or as pets, they still fit the basic three categories. It...

This is a crested Polish Chicken. Crested Polish was developed in Poland in the Polish Royal Court and probably the 1500 or 1600's. It is a very old breed of chicken. You can tell how it gets its name by his lovely crest. Often referred in shorthand as a...

This is a Rhode Island Red. It is again, a very old breed developed in the 1800's in of all places, New England. Not necessarily Rhode Island. It also bears the distinction that is a state bird. It being the state bird of Rhode Island. This is the origin...

If you have a bit of space on a small farm, you can raise laying hens for farm-fresh eggs of your own. While the chickens do take a bit of work, you can count on having eggs so fresh that no supermarket can even come close.