THE REALITIES ABOUT POULTRY The Modern Farm - The Realities About Poultry_Seco | Page 8

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Leghorn Chicken: The Leghorn is a breed of chicken originating in Tuscany, in central Italy.
Birds were first exported to North America in 1828 from the port city of Livorno, on the
western coast of Tuscany. The leghorn chicken is mainly kept for eggs. The leghorn chickens
come in mainly three colours; black,
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white, and brown.
Broilers: These are chicken breeds reared for their meat. Below are some of the major broi
broiler
chicken breeds.
 Brahma Chicken: The Brahma is a large breed of chicken developed in the United States from
very large birds imported from the Chinese port of Shanghai. The Brahma was the principal
meat breed in the US from the 1850s until about 1930. The
T he primary use of this chicken breed is
meat though it can lay about 150 eggs a year.
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