Selected breeds of poultry

name use class characteristics comments

Brahma mostly meat Asiatic stately, large with feathered shanks slow rate of growth

Leghorn eggs Mediterranean stylish carriage, yellow beak and skin numerous varieties

Plymouth Rock meat and eggs American long, fairly broad body several varieties, including Barred Plymouth Rock

Rhode Island Red meat and eggs American red colour, long rectangular body general-purpose breed

Wyandotte meat and eggs American round, low-set body with short back several varieties