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Chicken breeds for meat and egg purposes
In history numerous chicken breeds were developed for different purposes like eggs, meat, brooding and show birds, etc. Nowadays there are various chicken breeds for meat and egg purpose in the world. The best breeds in the world are as follows
Leghorn
Rhode Island Red (RIR)
Plymouth rock
Australorp
Sussex
Orpington
The benefits of the development of meat and egg-purpose chicken breeds are that we don’t require separate sheds, labor, and feed. The comprehensive information on above said breeds is given below one by one.
Australorp
It is the Australian chicken breed. It is developed for both egg-laying and meat purposes. It lays 300 eggs per year. After 1920 it got popular in the world after breaking different world records. It is also called black gold in Pakistan. The average weight of the male is 4kg and the female is 3kg. The skin color of this breed is white. They have a single comb. The color of the egg is brown. The feathers of this breed are soft.
Leghorn
According to history, they have unknown origins but some of the history writers write it TUSCANY ITALY. The average weight of the male is 2.5kg and the female is 2.1kg. It is commonly used as an eggs layer breed. The egg color of the leghorn is white and the skin color is yellow. The comb may be a single or rose comb. The color of the feathers is white and soft to the touch. The average egg-laying production is 280-300 eggs per year. The average weight of an egg is 55g. It is commonly treated as a layer commercial Breed.
Rhode island red (RIR)![hen](https://poultryworld.000webhostapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hen-200x300.jpg)
The origin of the RIR breed in America. The average yearly egg production is 260 with brown color. The male average weight is 3.80kg and the female average weight is 2.9kg. It is commonly used for domestic purposes. The purposes of RIR development are both meat and eggs.
Plymouth rock
Plymouth is the American chicken breed developed for domestic purposes. It is also developed for dual-purpose meat as well as brown egg. Their legs are yellow without feathers. They are friendly. The average weight of the male is 3.5kg and the female is 2.9kg. Earlobes are red.
Sussex
Sussex is a British chicken breed developed for eggs as well as meat purposes. The average weight of male Sussex is 4kg and female Sussex is 3kg. Their skin color is white and has a single comb. They have heavy soft features. The Sussex have red earlobes and white legs. The average egg size is 60g. In winter it does take a break from laying eggs like other hen breeds and lays 4-5 eggs in a week.
Orpington
The Orpington chickens breed was developed in Great Britain. It was developed for both meat and egg-laying purposes but after that, it is considered a show bird. The average yearly egg production of Orpington chicken is 200. The average weight of a male Orpington is 4kg and a female Orpington is 4 kg. The egg’s color is light brown. it is a good size bird with soft feathers.