Brahma

A soft-feathered fowl, the Brahma is prized as one of the world's largest chicken breeds, earning it the moniker "King of Poultry." Vigorous and sturdy, it has also dveloped a reputation as the United States' most popular meat breed for nearly seventy years, beginning in the mid-1850s, when the breed fueled a craze both in the United States and in Britain, known as "hen fever."

PRIMARY USE: meat

TEMPERAMENT: calm

RECOGNIZED VARIETIES: Dark, Buff, Light

EGG PRODUCTION: poor

EGG SIZE: large

EGG COLOR: brown

HEN WEIGHT: 9 lbs.

COCK WEIGHT: 12 lbs.

BROODY: yes

COLD HARDY: yes