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Crested chickens information


old engraving of a hen with a crest of feathers
old engraving of a cock with a crest of feathers
Ulisse Aldrovandi, illustrations of crested hen and cock, from the Ornithologiae tomus alter of 1600
Detail of Kippen en eenden by Melchior d'Hondecoeter, circa 1680

Crested chickens are a group of ornamental chicken breeds characterised by a tuft or crest of upward-pointing feathers on the head.

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Crested chickens

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Polish chicken

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Padovana chicken

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Houdan chicken

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domestic chicken. It is named for its area of origin, the commune of Houdan, in the département of Yvelines to the west of Paris. It belongs to the crested chicken...

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Appenzeller Spitzhauben

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Spitzhauben is a Swiss breed of crested chicken originating in the historical Appenzell region of Switzerland. It is one of two chicken breeds from that area,...

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Chinese Crested Dog

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The Sombor Kaporka or Sombor Crested is a Serbian breed of crested chicken. It was bred at the beginning of the twentieth century in the Autonomous Province...

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Sultan chicken

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Black chicken

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Brabanter

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The Brabanter is a Dutch breed of crested chicken originating in the historic region of Brabant which straddles Belgium and the Netherlands. It is an...

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Guineafowl

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energy per gram. Their eggs are substantially richer than those of chickens. Crested guineafowl in South Africa Head of a vulturine guineafowl Helmeted...

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Cultural references to chickens

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Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge

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Wenchang chicken

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Phasianidae

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Crested argus

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Crested arguses are large and spectacular peafowl-like birds in the genus Rheinardia of the pheasant family. Although traditionally treated as a single...

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Legbar

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Araucanas from Punnett's laboratory led to the creation of the cream Legbar, a crested layer of coloured eggs for which a standard was drawn up in 1958.: 53 : 193 ...

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Little Rock Zoo

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Express train as well as a chicken yard for the araucana, Barred Rock, silkie, Polish crested chicken, salmon faverolles chicken, red junglefowl, wild turkey...

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Kalij pheasant

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pheasant are, in taxonomic order: L. l. hamiltoni J.E. Gray, 1829) – white-crested kalij pheasant – western Himalayas L. l. leucomelanos (Latham, 1790) –...

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Galliformes

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is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are...

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Pheasant

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List of birds by common name

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Bornean crested fireback

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