The New Hampshire Breed of chicken is a good Heritage breed of Chicken and is a very good dual purpose chicken, It is most often selected more for meat production than egg production although they do lay a good number of large light to medium brown eggs in a year.
New Hampshire chickens are a relatively new breed, having been admitted to the Standard in 1935. To some of us that seem like a long time ago but in the heritage poultry world it is considered a newer breed. The New Hampshire Chicken breed is very famous for it’s rapid growth, fast feathering, early maturity and vigor, unlike the Rhode Island Red chicken from which it was originated from.
Some more of the Characteristics New Hampshire are that they possess a deep, broad body, grow feathers very rapidly, are prone to go broody and make excellent mothers.
The color of the New Hampshire is a medium to light red and often fades in the sunshine. The comb is single and medium to large in size. At times you will find that the hens comb will often lops over a just a bit.
New Hampshire chickens are competitive and somewhat aggressive when it comes to the pecking order in your flock. So no worries about them competing when introduced to a new flock.
With the New Hampshire Heritage Breed of chickens you can’t go wrong. Add a few of these to your flock and you will be more than please.
You can find out more about the New Hampshire Chicken breed by going to Heritage Poultry Breeders Association of America where they specialize in poultry breeders of Rare and Heritage Breeds of Poultry
Here you will learn about the Amazing German line of the New Hampshire Breed