Chicken Breeds With Blue Legs

There are several other breeds in addition to the 16 breeds of chicken with crazy hair mentioned above.

Chicken breeds with blue legs. He created the chickens for two reasons. Lakenvelders are sometimes known as Shadows on a Sheet because in Dutch the name translates to white spread over a black field. The Bresse which sounds like Bress is a beautiful bird.

This breed is available in several colors including blue which is quite similar to grey. The chickens of this breed are cold-hardy dual-purpose birds. About 100 years ago these birds were bred for cockfighting but that wasnt to last as cockfighting became illegal in England their home country.

Eggers have green legs which helps make them easily distinguishable from true-bred Ameraucanas who have slate gray to blue legs. Originating from france the bresse chicken breed has blue legs and bold red combs with accentual features making them a truly unique rare chicken breed and a favorite in France. Today these chickens are rare and large in size and lay medium-sized eggs.

It was originally named a Shanghai bird and there is also a Bantam version that is much smaller. Apparently the hackle feathers of the True Blue are of superb quality for tying fishing flies. They lay gorgeous blue eggs that are.

The Ameraucanas appearance is that of a small chicken with a pea comb and clean legs. Are there any chicken breeds that can lay blue eggs. The Bresse chicken is also distinguished for its light bones and thin skin which is one of the reasons why some consider it to be one of the tastiest chickens in the world.

The original and most well known Barnevelder chicken is the double laced variety with a single vertical comb and yellow legs but white black brown partridge blue and double laced blue varieties also exist. They have single combs and you will see that even the females combs stand tall. Tom Whiting of Colorado in the late 1900s.