Bastille - Oblivion (Studio Version)

I heard this song last night for the first time and have had it on repeat ever since.

The white faced black spanish chicken

 

 

These days we have chicks running everywhere!

All ages and sizes,

I just love all their little personalities!

We recently got an order of white faced black Spanish.

 

Have you seen these guys?

Such an unusual and beautiful breed.

 

 

Did you know they are great egg layers?

They do especially well if you live in a

warmer climate (like Texas for example)

They are an ancient Mediterranean breed

that was brought to the U.S. in the early 1800''s.

They were very popular

 from 1825 to around 1895 because of

their large egg size and great egg production.

Unfortunately breeders became focused on breeding

them to enlarge the size of their white face and

earlobes, which caused them to become a less hardy breed.

 Eventually new designer breeds

became more popular for their hardiness and egg production

and soon the white faced black Spanish breed began to

die out.

It's the same story with many of our Heritage breeds.

I would like to see them all make a comeback.

Here at Field+Feathers we are going to be specializing

in this wonderful breed of bird.

We hope to strengthen the hardiness of

the breed and have it more available to the region, as well

as educate people on the importance of preserving

all of our heritage breeds.