More of this rare variety were born, through the Garfield Farm Museum breeding program, at Kohl Children's Museum in Chicago, www.chicagoparent.com/magazines/web-only/april-2010/rare-redhead-chicks-born-at-kohl-childrens-museum.
The variety, which is historically significant because it was influential in the development of the Rhode Island Red, had not been seen since the 19th century. Garfield Farm's active breeding program, in partnership with Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, hatched enough chicks that some of the rare Auburn variety appeared a few years ago. They are now being husbanded in small flocks by dedicated breeders.
Thanks, Garfield Farm, and Kohl Children's Museum!
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- Christine Heinrichs
- As a professional journalist, I began writing about heritaqe poultry after my daughter and I acquired our first chickens in the 1980s. Voyageur Press invited me to write How to Raise Chickens in 2007, followed by How to Raise Poultry in 2009. New editions of both were published in 2013 and 2014. The poultry book covers ducks, geese, swans, turkeys, guineafowl, game birds and ratites as well as chickens. My next book, The Backyard Field Guide to Chickens, will be available in May 2016. Traditional breeds are the best choice for small flocks. I continue as a regular contributor to Backyard Poultry magazine.
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