Extension
Date of this Version
5-1959
Abstract
Farmers' Bulletin No. 2065
U.S. Department of Agriculture
The breeds and varieties of chickens discussed in this bulletin -- American, Asiatic, English, and Mediterranean -- are the ones most commonly used for the production of food.
American class:
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock Bantam
Wyandotte
Wyandotte Bantam
Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island Red Bantam
Rhode Island White
New Hampshire
Jersey Giant
Java
Dominique
Chantecler
Lamona
Buckeye
Holland
Delaware
Asiatic class:
Brahma
Brahma Bantam
Cochin
Cochin Bantam
Langshan
English class:
Orpington
Cornish
Cornish Bantam
Dorking
Sussex
Redcap
Australorp
Mediterranean class:
Leghorn
Leghorn Bantam
Minorca
Minorca Bantam
Ancona
Spanish
Blue Andalusian
Buttercup
Catalana
Comments
Issued May 1954
Approved for reprinting November 1959