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Breed Picture	Chick Breed	Description
	White Rock Meat Chicks	A breed of chicken that are used commmercially for meat production. These chickens have the ability to weigh 2 kilos in as little as 6 weeks and will grow to 4 to 6 kilos quite easily with excellent feed conversion
	Egg Layer Chicks	A breed of chickens whose pullets are used commercially for egg production. During their lay cycle, they will weigh between 1.5 to 2 kilos, with excellent feed conversion and excellent egg production, peaking at over 90% . White egg layers are white in colour and produce white eggs. Brown egg layers are brown in colour, producing brown eggs. Which are the healthier eggs to eat?
	Large White Turkey Poults	A breed of turkey that are used commercially for meat production. These turkeys have the ability to weigh up to 10 kilos in as little as 16 weeks with the potential to grow much heavier.
	Ringneck Pheasant Chicks	A beautiful game bird used for showing, hunting, and meat production. Females are light brown, males are more coloured. Males will weigh up to 1.5 kilos at 16 weeks, the females a little less. Ringnecks are vey hardy and love to fly.
	White Peking Ducklings	A breed of duck that are used commercially for meat production. but also are a great barnyard duck. They will weigh up to 3 kilos in 6 weeks, with excellent feed conversion.
;	Khaki Campbell Ducklings	A smaller duck which originated in England. They are light brown in colour, are are excellent egg layers.
	Guinea Hen Chicks	A game bird that originates from Africa, they are excellent foragers, who love insects, and make great watchdogs because of their cackling at any stranger. They are silvery black in colour, and their meat is similar to pheasants, and will weigh 1 to 1.5 kilos in 12 to 14 weeks.
	Chukar Partidge Chicks	A grey-brown game bird with distinctive colouring which originates from Asia. They are excellent for release and hunting and are also great for eating, weighing up to 1 kilo.
	Bobwhite Quail Chicks	Native to the south and east of the U.S. as well as Mexico. The hens are mostly light grey with white spots, the males have a distinct white throat and white stripe over its eye. They mature in about 12 weeks weighing 300 to 500 grams. They make for great hunting. Are very good flyers and songbirds.
	Coturnix Quail Chicks	Also called Japanesse quail, these birds are native to Africa, Asia and Europe. The females are light tan with black striping on their throats and upper breast. The males are rusty brown in colouring. They mature quickly, in about 6 weeks, weighing 200 to 450 grams. Excellent for hunting, they are also good songbirds.
	Barred Plymouth Rock	This popular "old time" breed has black and white barred feathers and is a good choice for a dual purpose bird. Barred Rocks are good layers of brown egg, they are hardy and free range well, Pullets weigh up to 2.0 kilos and cockerels up to 2.5 kg in 18 weeks. Feed conversion much lower than white rock.
	Rhode Island Red	This "barn yard breed" looks very attractive with its mahogany (red) coloured feathering and is an excellent layer of large brown eggs. Pullets can reach 1.8 kg and cockerels 2.3 kg. in 18 weeks.
	Welsummer	A very colourful backyard breed: hens are a brown partridge colour with gold around their necks and roosters are brown red gold and black. This bird is friendly and lays a beautiful dark brown egg.
	Jersey Black Giant	All black in colour with a green sheen: The Jersey Giant is a large breed of chicken which is slow growing and the hens lay a nice brown egg. Cockerels reach 4.5 kg. and pullets can reach 3.5 kg.
	Buff Cochin	This large feather footed breed can become very tame: the hens make good brooders and lay a brown egg.
	Black Silkie	Another friendly Bred: The Silkie has feathers that look and feel more like fur. Silkies are an attractive addition to the backyard flock, hens go broody often and make excellent mothers.
	White Silkie	Same as the Black Silkie except all white in colour.