Java Chicken

The Java Chicken is a chicken breed originating from the United States, and is considered to be one of the first breeds to be created in the Americas along-side the Dominique Chicken.

General
The Java Chicken is a mediocre layer and decent meat bird from the United States but is currently endangered due to the lack of interest in the Java Breed.

They lay very little compared to other chicken breeds such as Rhode Island Red Chickens, but lay high quality large brown eggs.

Behavior
Java Chickens act the same as many other older chicken breeds, being extremely decent foragers and relatively good flyers at short distances. They often become higher in a pecking order due both their size and their more wild nature compared to more docile chicken breeds such as Sex Links.

Though Java Roosters are not nearly as hostile as Dominique roosters, they will still attack small animals such as garden snakes and small cats if they are getting dangerously close towards their hens. The roosters are not known to attack humans regularly, but will act as any other type of rooster.

Appearance
Java Chickens may appear in many colors, but normally only appear in black, white or a mixture of both. As a more wild chicken breed, they often have very large crows on both males and females. Roosters may also have a large fluffed tail.

History
Java Chicken's are considered to be one of the first chicken breeds to originate in the United States and are a major parent breed of several modern chickens such as the massive Jersey Giant and the Barred Plymouth Rock Chickens.

Today the Java Chicken is considered to be extremely endangered and is very limited in numbers. Many other types of Java Chicken has also become extinct, such as a reddish auburn variant which helped create the Rhode Island Red Chicken.

Though the Java Chicken is endangered, they can still be rarely found in local markets and commercial markets as rare chicken breeds.

Trivia

 * Java Chickens are considered to be the second oldest chicken breed to originate from the United States, the first being the Dominique Chicken.

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