Chicken Breeds
Chicken Anatomy
defects and disqualifications
Poultry Facts
100

This breed of chicken has 5 toes!! It also lacks barbicles in the feathering, which give it it's well known "fluffy" look

Hint: One of the most popular show breeds

The silkie

100

a tuft of head feathers that occurs on SOME breeds such as Silkies and Polish

Crest

100

This disqualification is when the tail looks like it has been divided in half because of spacing in the feathers

Split tail

100

How many days will it take to hatch a chicken egg?

About 21

200

These extremely docile birds are known for their very full and soft feathering that extends all the way to the legs, with only the two inner toes being naked. These birds should be almost round and almost resemble a heart from the side, and they are predisposed to becoming overweight

The cochin

Fun fact: The breed first became popular when imported birds were given to Queen Victoria in England, starting what became known as “hen fever” – a national obsession for all things poultry that overtook America and England in the mid-1800s.

200

The round fleshy patch of bare skin on each side of the head varying in size, shape, and color by breed!

The earlobe

Fun fact: MOST of the time (not always) earlobe color is correlated to egg color! Exceptions include silkies, which have blue earlobes but typically lay brown or creme, eggs!

200

This defect or disqualification (if severe enough) occurs when the feathers of a bird are discolored due to sun.

Sun Bleaching 

A sun bleached bird should be avoided until it is able to molt out the bleached feathers.

200

What is a group of eggs referred to as?

A clutch

300

These chickens can be seen as either tailed or rumpless, the rumpless is rarer but closer to the orginal breed. This breed is known for its distinct feather-tufted ears and blue eggs! It has been used to develop other colored-egg breeds such as the easter egger and the americauna

Araucana

300

The soft downy portion of feathering below the vent to the thighs

the fluff

300

this disqualification is when the wing does not return to its natural folded position when opened, resulting in the wing looking relaxed at it’s side

Slipped Wing

300

Castrated male fowl

Capon

400

These birds are a bantam breed with four toes and a single comb. They have a distinct feathered beard and are known for their fancy feathered feet! They come in varieties such as millie fluer, mottled, and porcelain

Belgian Bearded D’uccles

400

The portion of the chicken's leg below the hock joint

shank

400

this disqualification is when the tail is lopsided to one side

wry tail

400

What is it called when the feathers of a bird curl and curve outwards and forwards in a random manner?

Frizzled

500

This chicken breed is one of the oldest British varieties of "true" bantams (meaning it was not derived from a standard-sized counteroart). They are known for their disntinct gold or silver laced feathering, as well as for roosters lacking distinct sickle and hackle feathers!

Sebright

Fact: These birds are not great layers, an individual hen will lay 60-80 eggs per year

500

The long, curling showy feathers on a rooster's tail!


Sickle feathers

Fact: The Yokohama rooster has sickles that will grow 3-4 feet in length! The Phoenix is a breed developed from the Yokohama that also features prominent sickles!

500

These long feathers that grow down from the shanks of the chicken are disqualifications in almost all breeds!

Hint: D’Uccles, Sultans and some other feather-legged breeds are required to have these feathers present!

Vulture hooks


500

What are the three different types of feathers that cover a chickens wing?

Primaries, secondaries and coverts

Large feathers are called the primaries, the middle feathers are the secondaries, and the small feathers are the coverts

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