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Olive Egger Chicken: Getting to Know the Eggstraordinary Olive Eggers

Olive Egger Chicken for foraging

Have you been dying to have olive eggs in your basket lately? Why don’t you try to raise an Olive Egger chicken yourself to enjoy having more of it and find pleasure in having a friendly feathery companion? These birds may not be as glamorous as other chickens, but their eggs are. And there’s more […]

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Bovans Brown Chicken Breed: Everything You Need to Know

Bovans Brown Chicken Breed

Are you planning to kickstart a poultry business with the latest commercial birds like Bovans Brown chicken breed? These chickens are prolific brown egg layers, but what do the numbers say about them?  Today, we’ll introduce you to the world of Bovan Browns and share with you there: history and background disposition towards fellow chicken/ […]

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Amberlink Chicken Breed – Laying, Temperament, Characteristics

amberlink chicken

Having an Amberlink chicken in your flock pretty much guarantees it a year-round spot on the “Employee of The Month” wall! With a terrific blend of sought-after traits, the Amberlink is a very well-balanced, all-around performance chicken with an excellent temperament. A champion egg layer with strong-shelled and beautiful medium-dark brown eggs, Amberlink is also […]

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Belgian D’Uccle: Mille Fleur Variety, Egg Laying and More…

Belgian D’Uccles - desert chicken breeds

Chickens don’t come any cuter than Belgian D’Uccles – but I am biased, of course! If only one breed I could keep, they would be it. Also known as Barbu D’Uccles, these pint-sized birds have personality by the bucketful. They love your company and will often fly up to your arm or shoulder to sit […]

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Delaware Chicken: Care, Egg Laying and Pictures

delaware chicken

Delaware chickens are a relatively new breed of chicken to the chicken world. In the 1940s it was all set to become the broiler industry ‘superstar’, but things went awry and Delaware languished and fell into obscurity. They are only around today thanks to a few dedicated individuals who kept and raised this breed. In […]

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ISA Brown Chicken Breed: All You Need To Know

isa brown chicken

The ISA Brown Chicken breed is a fairly recent introduction to the poultry world and is a very popular girl. She can lay lots of beautiful eggs for you and has a great personality. They are medium-sized, affectionate, docile hen which is suited to family living. The usefulness of the breed cannot be denied – […]

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The White Rock Chicken: Egg Laying, Temperament, and Broodiness

white rock chicken

The White Rock chicken is an all-star chicken that will get the job done on the farm, and serve up dinner too. This American breed originated in Massachusetts and was named after Plymouth Rock. While the White Rock is often referred to as a breed on its own, it is actually a variety of the […]

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New Hampshire Chicken All You Need To Know: Color Varieties and Temperament

New hampshire chicken

Although they look very similar to the Rhode Island Red, the New Hampshire chicken never attained the Rhode Island Red’s runaway success. It was overshadowed by the success of the Rhode Island Red, even though they created the two just several years apart. The fact that they look very similar may have had something to […]

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Orpington All You Need To Know: Personality and Egg Color

orpington chicken

The Orpington has become a well-loved favorite among the chicken crowd – deservedly so. She not only lays lots of beautiful eggs but is generally a laid-back, quintessential backyard hen. This breed was created in England turning the last part of the 1800s’ by a man who had a slightly different vision of chickens than […]

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Swedish Flower Hen: Complete Breed Profile

Swedish flower chicken

A hen with such a pretty-sounding name has to be unique – and the Swedish Flower Hens (Skånsk Blommehöna) is certainly that. The name translates as ‘Skane Bloom-hen’; very appropriate since the feathers remind you of flowers. It was relatively unknown outside of its’ native land of Sweden until 2010, when a few were imported […]

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