Appenzeller Spitzhauben chickens

Hi everyone this a Appenzeller Spitzhauben chicken they are adorable, I love them.
 The Appenzeller is a breed of chicken originating in Appenzell region of Switzerland. The Appenzeller comes in two varieties. 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 for the long term here) has a V-comb and feather crests in males and females. The Barthuhner ("bearded hen") has a rose comb and no crest. Both types appear in either black, golden spangled and silver spangled plumage. They are mostly a show breed, but are decent egg layers. Today the breed is largely an ornamental one kept for showing, but it lays also a respectable quantity of white eggs. It 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 an active breed that doesn't do well in tight confinement, can forage well, and will roost in trees if given the opportunity. In North America, it is very rare and is recognized officially by neither the American Poultry Association or other breed registries. The silver spangled Spitzhauben is the most common variety found abroad.                                                                                                                                                           

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cornish chickens

Hi everyone sorry I have not blogged in awhile, because we have been busy.
The Cornish is a breed of chicken from the county of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Cornish chickens, as well as crosses of Cornishes, are the most-used breed in the chicken meat industry. The breed was developed by Sir Walter Gilbert, 1st Baronet around 1820. It was accepted by the American Poultry Association in 1893. It is a large, stocky breed, and is often crossed with other breeds to enhance meat production. There are two variates, the Cornish Game and the Jubilee Cornish Game. The Cornish Game is dark blue - green in color, with brown patterning on the hens. Jubilee Cornish Game are much lighter, and less stocky than their counterparts. They are usually light wheaten in color, with light brown patterning. 

 

 

Cock	3.86 kg	10 lbs
Hen	2.57 kg	5.7 lbs
Cockerel	>1 kg	>2.2 lbs
Pullet	>1 kg	>2.2 lbs

Bantam Variety Indian Game

Rooster	2.0 kg	4.4 lbs
Hen	1.5 kg	3.3 lb

Idaho

Hi everyone, I have been wanting to post a blog about Idaho. It is awesome here. It has a lot of Frost on the trees. We are still moving in. 

We have four goats (Elsie, Rosie, Happy, Daffnie.) They are really cute, and tame. Elsie is pregnant and due any day! I am so excited.

In Idaho

We are in Idaho now. We are living with Shyloh until our house is available. Our chickens are so happy. While we were here I found a wild black kitten, and gave it to Shelbie. Shelbie loves it and she named it "Sammy." We miss everybody in California. We hope to come down in November. I took a pic of a rainbow the other day, and of Sammy. Sammy is much bigger in real life, he just looks big in pictures. Then I took a pic of my happy hens. Sorry about the mess in the backyard! I also took a pic of Minnie our chick.

Poppet

Our move to Idaho

Hi everyone this is Poppet, surprisingly I am not writing a post about chickens. I am doing this post to tell you guys, we are making a move to Idaho Wednesday September 2nd, and I am just asking for prayer. It is going to be hard leaving everything we know here. Our house is sold, and we are looking at a house in the middle of country, and city. So please be praying for us. We will hopefully be coming to California twice a year, to visit people.   I know that Jesus is with us so we have no need to be afraid.

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."   

Leghorn chickens

Hi everyone today I am going to write about the leghorn, this is a leghorn rooster, he is proud and beautiful. 
Leghorns are good layers of white eggs, laying an average of 280 per year and sometimes reaching 300–320. They have a good feed-to-egg conversion ratio, needing around 125 grams per day of feed. Leghorns rarely exhibit broodiness and are thus well suited for uninterrupted egg laying. The Leghorn is a light breed that matures quickly; it is not considered a viable meat producer. Leghorns are active and efficient foragers. They typically avoid human contact and tend to be nervous and flighty.
Due to their prolific egg-laying, they are preferred by laboratories for embryonic and avian biological research.
The origins of the Leghorn are not clear; it appears to derive from light breeds originating in rural Tuscany. The name comes from Leghorn, the traditional anglicisation of Livorno, the Tuscan port from which the first birds were exported to North America. The date of the first exports is variously reported as 1828, "about 1830" and 1852. Initially called "Italians', they were first referred to as "leghorns" in 1865, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The breed was included in the American Standard of Perfection in 1874, with three colours: black, white and brown (light and dark). Rose comb light and dark brown were added in 1883, and rose comb white in 1886. Single comb buff and silver followed in 1894, and red, black-tailed red, and Columbian in 1929. In 1981 rose comb black, buff, silver, and golden duckwing were added^.
The breed was first introduced to Britain from the United States in 1870, and from there re-exported to Italy. White Leghorns that had won first prize at the 1868 New York show were imported to Britain in 1870, and brown Leghorns from 1872. Pyle Leghorns were first bred in Britain in the 1880s; gold and silver duckwings originated there a few years later, from crosses with Japanese Phoenix or Yokohama birds. Buff Leghorns were first seen in Denmark in 1885, and in England in 1888. 

This is a mother leghorn, and chicks.

I am sorry everyone

Hi everyone I am sorry I accidentally posted a post without  writing on it. I am going to write on it

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