Gold Shaw Farm showcases the new and unusual chicken breeds currently being raised on their farm.

Chickens are some of the most versatile animals around. They can be great pets, and they can also be a useful source of food.

All chicken breeds share a common ancestor: the red junglefowl, Gallus gallus. Approximately 8,000 years ago, humans began domesticating and selectively breeding chickens.

Cold climate: Silkies. Silkies aren’t great at laying eggs (you can expect fewer than 100 a year), but they’re pretty chickens, with gorgeous feathers and a wide range of colorings. Plus ...

Everyone has heard the joke, “Why did the chicken cross the road?” But did you ever wonder who the original “chicken” was?

Farm Forward is also helping Reese establish the Good Shepherd Poultry Institute, where he plans to educate more producers on the importance of heritage breeds and how to raise them and invite groups ...

Kenny Coogan: How many chicken breeds are in the APA or the ABA? It’s over 500, maybe 600. Eric Stromberg: I don’t know the exact counts, to be honest That’s a great trivia question.

Profit – apart from the initial cost of purchasing your purebred flock and/or hatching eggs, it doesn’t cost more to raise heritage breeds; you provide the same food, housing, care, etc, for ...

They don’t move around on their own until a couple weeks of age. They wean at 4-5 weeks. Female rabbits are sexually mature in 3-8 months depending on the breed. Larger breeds take longer to mature.

By doing this, he is helping to keep each of his breeds from going extinct. Last year, Hemmer hatched 2,300 chickens on his farm, keeping about half of them.