New Hampshire Chicken

The New Hampshire chicken

(also known as New Hampshire Red) breed

originated in the New Hampshire state in the United States. It is not a pure chicken breed. They were developed from the Rhode Island Red chicken breed around 1915 in New Hampshire. This chicken breed was developed initially as a commercial breed for meat production. But they are now so different that they are their own breed. And they produce more meat and fewer eggs compared to Rhode Island Red chickens. The New Hampshire Red was first standardized by the American Poultry Association in 1935. And later this breed become popular in some other countries such as UK, Germany, Netherlands etc. New Hampshire chickens become mature early and their feathers grow quickly compared to other common chicken breeds. They lay larger sized and brown colored eggs.

CHARACTERISTICS

New Hampshire chicken possess a deep and broad body.
Their feathers grow very rapidly.
New Hampshire hens are prone to go broody.
Most of the pin feathers of this breed are a reddish, brownish buff in color. But do not detract from the carcass appearance very much.
The color is a medium to light red and often fades in the sunshine.
They have single comb which is medium to large in size.
The comb often lops over a bit in the females.
They are pretty good layer, but mainly raised for meat production.
Hens lay larger sized brown eggs (although some strains lay dark brown colored eggs).
This chicken breed is aggressive and competitive with other chickens.
New Hampshire chicken is also good for show purpose.
Male New Hampshire chicken weight around 3.9 kg and female weight around 2.9 kg.
Their skin color is yellow.