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chickenthoughts Evadelle feels she’s a dancer stuck in a chicken’s body, she’s always putting on a show. It’s hard being different.

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The national chicken of Switzerland, the Appenzeller Spitzhauben, has a rugged physiology and personality suited to the mountains from which they came. Although rangy and independent, they will provide the organic chicken farmer with 150 medium, orange-yolked, nutritious eggs a year. The Appenzeller Spitzhauben likes to sleep in the trees if allowed and will only return to the coop for feeding. They thrive in cold weather.

#appenzeller spitzhauben

coloradohounds

Bubbles appreciation post.

She is special, you guys. So special.

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weakling-grace

Czubatka Polska

Polish chicken

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chickenoftheday

Buff laced polish frizzle hen

Kevin Lovibond

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onceuponawildflower

The Fairest of Them All: The Most Beautiful Chicken Breeds by Plumage

White-Faced Black Spanish

Wyandotte Golden Laced

Rhode Island Red

Old English Game Bantam

Aseel

Belgian Bearded d'Uccle Bantam

Sicilian Buttercups

Barnevelder

Black Star

Silver Sebright Bantam

#white-faced black spanish #wyandotte #rhode island red #old english game #aseel #belgian bearded d'uccle #sicilian buttercup #barnevelder #black star #sebright

chickenoftheday

Silver Laced Wyandotte hen

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venevee

Have questions about showing poultry? Feel free to message me and follow my blog for helpful tips and answers to any questions you may have about poultry!

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The Naked Neck, sometimes called the Turken, is a great dual-purpose breed suited for egg laying and meat production. While the most obvious feature is the lack of feathers around their necks, one quality you may want to consider is how resistant to disease they are. This makes it simpler to raise them and keep them healthy.

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quickwitter

APPENZELLER SPITZHAUBEN - or Silver Spangled Spitzhauben (©Poultrysite.com)

Among my favorite of the new chicks is the Appenzeller Spitzhauben — a breed of chicken originating in Appenzell region of Switzerland. The Appenzeller comes in two varieties. Mine are the Spitzhauben, meaning “pointed hood” (which comes from the frilly hat worn by the women in the Appenzeller region in Switzerland.

Brought to America by a doctor who successfully introduced the breed. It has a V-comb and feather crests in both hens and roosters. The bird is either white (mine) or gold and come with black spangling — so they are also called Gold / Silver Spangled Spitzhaubens.

Today the breed is largely an ornamental one kept primarily for showing, but they also lay a respectable quantity of white eggs. This is a light chicken, with hens weighing an average of 3.5 lbs (1.6 kg) and roosters 4.5 lbs (2 kg). Behaviorally, it is a flighty breed that doesn’t do well in confinement, can forage well, and will roost in trees if given the opportunity. In North America, it is very rare breed and is recognized officially by neither the American Poultry Association or other breed registries. The silver spangled Spitzhauben [shown] is the most common variety found abroad.

Though there is no standard in North America, the UK does recognize the breed and accepts it as a standardized breed. There is, however, a push in the United States for the Spitzhauben to be recognized by the American Poultry Association.

#appenzeller spitzhauben

chickenlady94

Ayam Cemani chickens. From Wikipedia - “The birds are completely black: black plumage with a greenish shine, black legs and toe nails, black beak and tongue, black comb and wattles, black meat and bones and even dark blood (Not Black) and organs.”

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