Campine Hen

Campine Hen

The Campine is a breed of chicken originating in Belgium's Campine region. They are a fairly small breed in Silver and Gold varieties, with solid white or golden hackles and iridescent black-green barred bodies. Hens and roosters are nearly identical in feather coloration. They will lay a fair number of white-shelled eggs, but are largely kept for showing today. The Campine's head

Sulmtaler Hen

Sulmtaler Hen

Sulmtaler is a breed of chicken, originating in Austria.

Name

Name Sulmtaler is derivated from the Sulm valley in Austria.

Origin


The breed is a landrace originated in Styria in Austria in the region between Graz and Maribor, mostly in the Sulm valley.

Description

Sulmtaler is a hardy breed, kept mostly for eggs and meat. The roosters weigh 3-3,5 kg and the hens from 2,5-3,5 kg. The hens are nonsitters, produce 150-160 eggs per year of 55 g weight.

Asil

A Asil Cock & Two Hen

The Asil or Aseel is a breed of chicken originating from South Punjab/ Sindh area of Pakistan and India. Similar fowl are found throughout Southeast Asia and have names like Shamo, Taiwan, etc.

Similar to Asils are Sadal (called Malay in Europe). This is a very large breed of chicken from Pakistan and India. They have longer legs with thin thighs and little wattles with pea-combs. The difference between the two is that Sadal are not game (do not fight), and Asil do.

Westphalian Chicken

Westphalian Chicken

The Westphalian chicken (German: Westfälischer Totleger) is old hardy landrace of chicken, which is more than 400 years old. It is a rare breed. As of 2009, only 301 roosters and 1353 hens were officially registered.
Name
Although German name "Tot" means "death" and "Leger" means nonsitters (hen which legs eggs), the real