10 Rare & Exotic Chicken Breeds
#9. Campine
A Campine standing among other chickens
Purpose: dual-purpose, eggs
Origin: Belgium
Personality: flighty, very inquisitive, friendly
Appearance: large single comb, clean legged, two color varieties: Silver and Golden
Special Features: The Campine is a small chicken breed that is still considered a dual-purpose breed. The hens are good layers of small white eggs. They are not a very hardy breed, which contributes to them being a rare breed.
When Silver Campines and Golden Campines are bred together, they can produce auto-sexing chicks who can be sexed at hatch. The female chicks will have a reddish hue to their down feathers and the males will have gray on top of their heads. C
ampine hens are not likely to go broody. The Campine is a good forager and is heat tolerant but not cold hardy.
A Campine standing among other chickens
Purpose: dual-purpose, eggs
Origin: Belgium
Personality: flighty, very inquisitive, friendly
Appearance: large single comb, clean legged, two color varieties: Silver and Golden
Special Features: The Campine is a small chicken breed that is still considered a dual-purpose breed. The hens are good layers of small white eggs. They are not a very hardy breed, which contributes to them being a rare breed.
When Silver Campines and Golden Campines are bred together, they can produce auto-sexing chicks who can be sexed at hatch. The female chicks will have a reddish hue to their down feathers and the males will have gray on top of their heads. C
ampine hens are not likely to go broody. The Campine is a good forager and is heat tolerant but not cold hardy.
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06 April 2024
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