Minorca Chicken

Minorca chicken originated from Spain in 1780s and named after the island of Minorca. They are also called Red Faced Black Chicken or Red Faced Black Spanish. They are considered as the largest and heaviest of the Mediterranean poultry breeds. In many countries of the world, Minorca chicken is a well known exhibition bird. And in many countries they are also popular for egg production. 

Nowadays, the Minorcas which are available internationally were created by the British from indigenous Minorcan birds. For modifying some of the physical characteristics of this breed, different attempts were made. Including the position of the neck, body size, and the size of the combs and earlobes. But none of those attempts had any beneficial effect on it’s abilities as an egg layer. inorca chickens were accepted in the American Poultry Association’s Standard in Black, Buff and White. And the Blacks and Whites come in both rose and single comb varieties. Black is the main color of this breed and are available, but the buff and white Minorcas are rare. There is also a bantam variety of Minorca chicken available.

Primary use: ornamental

Egg production (annual): 120

Egg size: Large

Temperament: Noisy, Flighty

Recognized variety: Single Comb White, Rose Comb White, Rose Comb Black, Single Comb Black, Single Comb Buff

Egg color: White

CHARACTERISTICS

Minorca Chicken

• Minorca chicken is the largest and large white egg layer of the Mediterranean poultry breeds. 
• They are long and angular birds. And they appear larger than actually what they are. 
• They have large wide feathers closely held to their narrow bodies. 
• also have long tails. As compared to other breeds, 
• Minorca chicken has relatively large wattles, combs and earlobes.
• In cold weather large wattles and combs are prone to frostbite. 
• The comb, face and wattles are bright red in color.
• The earlobes are very large, oval or almond-shaped and are of white color. 
• The skin color of Minorca chicken is white and they have black or dark slate colored legs. In Spain, 
• Minorcas are medium size breed with uniformly glossy greenish-black plumage. 
• There are many varieties available which are single comb, rose comb and the color varieties include black, blue, barred, buff and white. 
• Minorca cocks weight about 2.8 kg and hens about 2.2 kg (UK standard: 3.2-3.6 for cocks and 2.7-3.6 kg for hens)

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