Understanding Chicken – The Egg Layers WORLD’S CHICKEN BREEDS: CAMPINE, BELGIUM’S PRIDE

By Manny Pinol

In an effort to give followers of this page a deep understanding and knowledge of the domesticated chicken, manokpinoy.com has started a series on the different breeds of chicken from all over the world.

I have classified the breeds into egg-layers, meat producers and dual-purpose.

Most of the articles reposted here were downloaded in part from wikipedia.com and ask.com.

Today, we will continue our features on the egg layers.

Belgium’s Campine Chicken

The Campine is a breed of chicken originating in Belgium’s Campine region.

They are a fairly small breed in Silver and Gold varieties, with solid white or golden hackles and iridescent black-green barred bodies. Hens and roosters are nearly identical in feather coloration.

They will lay a fair number of white-shelled eggs, but are largely kept for showing today. The Golden Campine’s head and neck is gold with the remainder of the bird being barred gold and beetle–green; the Silver variety has a white head and neck with the remainder likewise also being beetle-green with alternating white barring.

The Campine biologically has been compared both in appearance and anatomy to the Sebright; a fancy breed of True Bantam that also displays gold and silver feather patterns. Another thing they share in common with the Sebright is, though to a lesser extant, hen feathering in the cocks. Thus it is speculated they could have been used as one of the breeds used to create the Sebright.[1]

The Campine is closely related to the similar looking Brakel, as well as (more distantly) to the Fayoumi.

Approximate Weight

Cock 2.7 kg 5.9 lbs

Hen 2.3 kg 5.1 lbs

Bantam Variety Campine

Rooster 680 g 24 oz 1.5 lbs

Hen 570 g 20.1 oz 1.3 lbs

References

1.Jump up ^ McKusik, Victor Almon. Mendelian inheritance in man: catalog of human genes and genetic disorders, Volume 2. JHU Press, 1998

Graham, Chris (2006). Choosing and Keeping Chickens. 2-4 Heron Quays London E14 4JP: Octopus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7938-0601-0.

They are extremely rare and very seldom are seen at shows.

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