The Crevecouer chicken breed is primarily used for exhibition, though it was originally developed for meat. Crevecouer hens are also respectable layers of medium-sized, white eggs.
The Java is a dual-purpose, heritage chicken breed. Hens are decent layers of large to medium-sized, brown eggs and are broody.
The Jersey Giant is a dual-purpose, heritage chicken breed, especially noted as an outstanding roasting chicken.
The Russian Orloff is a dual-purpose, heritage chicken breed, especially prized for its meat.
The Sussex is a dual-purpose, heritage chicken breed. Hens are excellent producers of large, cream-colored or light-brown eggs that they lay through the coldest winter months.
Developed for cockfighting, the Aseel chicken breed is now known for its gaminess.
The Belgian Bearded d’Uccle (pronounced dew-clay) is a bantam chicken breed primarily used for exhibition, though hens are modest layers of small, creamy-white eggs, averaging two to three per week.
The Dorking is an ancient, dual-purpose chicken breed that produces about three to four white eggs per week, even in winter.
Minorca chickens are known as wonderful layers of large, chalky-white eggs.
The Nankin is a bantam chicken breed used primarily as exhibition fowl, though the hens are decent layers of tiny, delectable, creamy-white eggs. The breed is very broody and excels as surrogate hatchers.
The Sultan chicken breed is used for exhibition. They were once considered fine table chickens, but due to their scarcity, they’re rarely eaten nowadays.
