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Heritage Chicken Definiton
by Frank Reese
Purpose
The purpose of marketing Heritage Chickens is to maintain, improve, and expand populations of high quality chickens for the production of meat and eggs that conform to the American Poultry Association Standard of Perfection for poultry breeds from genetic populations established prior to the mid-20th century. Chickens must meet all of the following criteria to be marketed as Heritage.
Heritage Breeds for Pastured Production
by Frank Reese
All breeds are created to perform a specific purpose within a given production system. Poultry breeds can be divided based upon products – eggs, meat, or both. Productions systems include the form of culture to be used, such as intensive confinement or pastured production, as well as regional considerations, such as temperature extremes and rainfall. Heritage poultry breeds were developed to match regional challenges and production systems. Profitable production relies on matching breed abilities to the system of production to be used.