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
A cock
A hen
Black cock and white hen, illustration from the Geflügel-Album of Jean Bungartz, 1885
Rose-comb hen
British Poultry Standards
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British Poultry Standards is a compilation of the breed standards for poultry in the United Kingdom, approved and published by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. The standards themselves are usually d
Minorca chicken
…and fine-textured. The earlobes are white, very large, and oval or almond-shaped. The skin is white and the legs black or dark slate-coloured. The British Poultry Standards call for a higher weight, in the range 2.70 to 3.60 kg for hens and 3.20 to 3.60 kg for cocks. In the United Kingdom black, blue and white colour…
Contents page of the 1865 edition