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DATE: 22 FEBRUARY 24, 20
SOME TYPES OF BROILERS BREEDS

• A broiler is any chicken (gallus gallus domesticus) that is bred and raised specifically for
meat production. Most commercial broilers reach slaughter weight between four and
seven weeks of age, although slower growing breeds reach slaughter weight at
approximately 14 weeks of age.
ARAUCANA
• The araucana is a breed of domestic chicken from chile. Its name derives from the
araucanía region of chile where it is believed to have originated. It lays blue-shelled
eggs, one of very few breeds that do so. Breed standards for the araucana vary from
country to country. 
BRAHAM

• The brahma is an american breed of chicken. It was developed in the united states from
birds imported from the chinese port of shanghai, and was the principal american meat
breed from the 1850s until about 1930.
COCHIN
• The cochin is a breed of large domestic chicken. It derives from large feather-legged
chickens brought from china to europe and north america in the 1840s and 1850s. It is
reared principally for exhibition. It was formerly known as cochin-china.
LEGNORN

• The leghorn is a breed of chicken originating in tuscany, in central italy. Birds were first
exported to north america in 1828 from the tuscan port city of livorno, on the western
coast of italy. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE
• The new hampshire breed of chicken originated in the state of new hampshire in
the united states. Poultry farmers, starting with rhode island reds and performing
generation after generation of selective breeding, intensified the characteristics of early
maturity, rapid fullfeathering, and production of large brown eggs. The mature birds are a
rich chestnut red, of a somewhat lighter and more even shade than the rhode island
reds. The chicks are also a lighter red.
OLD ENGLISH GAME

• The old english game is a british breed of domestic chicken. It was probably originally
bred for cockfighting. Two different standards are recognised by the poultry club of great
britain: carlisle old english game and oxford old english game. There is also an old
english game bantam.
ORPINGTON
• The orpington is a british breed of chicken. It was bred in the late nineteenth century by
william cook of orpington, kent in south-east england. It was intended to be a dual-
purpose breed, to be reared both for eggs and for meat, but soon became exclusively a
show bird.
RHODE ISLAND RED

• The rhode island red is an american breed of domestic chicken. It is the state bird of
rhode island. It was developed there and in massachusetts in the late nineteenth
century, by cross-breeding birds of oriental origin such as the malay with brown leghorn
birds from italy. 
RHODE ISLAND WHITE
• The rhode island white is a breed of chicken originating in the U.S. State of rhode island.
Despite their very similar names and shared place of origin, the rhode island white is a
distinct breed from the rhode island red. 
WYANDOTTE

• The wyandotte is an american breed of chicken developed in the 1870s. It was named
for the indigenous wyandot people of north america. The wyandotte is a dual-purpose
breed, kept for its brown eggs and its yellow-skinned meat. It is a popular show bird, and
has many color variants.