Chicken Breeds

Temperament, daily care, health, laying and the real cost of keeping each breed.

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  Brahma Chicken

  Developed in the United States from large Asian fowl

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  Leghorn Chicken

  Tuscany, Italy; named through the port city of Livorno

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  Orpington Chicken

  Orpington, Kent, England

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  Rhode Island Red Chicken

  Rhode Island and Massachusetts, United States

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  Silkie Chicken

  Asia (exact origin disputed; China is one common attribution)

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  Sussex Chicken

  Sussex and surrounding counties in southeastern England