Leghorn chicken
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The Leghorn, Italian: Livorno or Livornese, is an Italian breed of chicken originating in Tuscany, in central Italy. Birds were exported to North America in about 1828 from the port city of Livorno, o
Cockerel and hen
Rose-combed brown cock and hen, illustration from the Geflügel-Album of Jean Bungartz
A brown hen
A brown cock
Minorca chicken
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The Minorca, Catalan: Gallina de Menorca, Spanish: Menorquina, is a Spanish breed of domestic chicken originating in the Mediterranean island of Menorca in the Balearic Islands, to the south-east of S
Leghorn chicken
…from 1872; some were later re-exported to Italy. These birds were small, not exceeding 1.6 kg in weight; weight was increased by cross-breeding with Minorca and Malay stock. Pyle Leghorns were bred in Britain in the 1880s; gold and silver duckwings originated there a few years later, from crosses with Phoenix…
A cock
A hen
Black cock and white hen, illustration from the Geflügel-Album of Jean Bungartz, 1885
Rose-comb hen