Chickens have long been included in farming. This bird gives not only delicious white meat, but is also an excellent laying hen. Breeders are working on different types of chickens, for example, meat, meat and egg or decorative. Giants are of the meat and egg type and are among the most popular among Russians. They are distinguished by their large body weight, high egg productivity. They can also stand out among their congeners in that they are climate resistant and fast enough to grow. The demand for this breed is growing every year, so you should definitely pay attention to it.

History of the breed

Hungarian breeders are renowned for their contributions to the development of new bird breeds. The main goal of these scientists is to breed meat breeds that are rapidly gaining weight. Giants are obtained by crossing native breeds (local layers) with Orpington. As a result of this mixing, giants that are gaining weight rather quickly were obtained, having climatic resistance (they tolerate cold and other unfavorable weather conditions)

Interesting! Another name for this breed is foxy chick, which in English means "fox chick". This name was given because of its red color.

Chicken breed "Hungarian giant"

Hungarian giant (breed of chickens): description

White giant - breed of rabbits

This variety is fully consistent with its name. From the outside, they look rather large relative to their relatives. They have a massive slightly angular body, but the magnificent plumage hides these irregularities, due to which the body takes the shape of an oval. The back is wide, but not very long, flowing smoothly into a small tail. The wings are tightly pressed to the body. The head is small, but rather neat. Bright orange (sometimes reddish eyes). The neck is long and the legs are thin compared to the powerful body. They have no plumage at all. The thighs are large.

Massiveness is also created due to the magnificent plumage. The beak is light yellow. The body is colored orange-red, which darkens significantly on the wings and along the back, reaching brown. Roosters have a black tail.

Roosters of this breed have a black tail

The female, in contrast to the male, has a larger belly and a small tail, standing almost vertically, and a much smaller crest.

Important!Roosters weigh about 5 kg, chickens 4 kg

Aviakolor hungary black chickens - a kind of common Hungarian, is, like the giant, meat and egg.

Hungarian chickens: characteristics

Master Gray: breed of chickens (description)

The nature of the chickens is quite calm, but the roosters are inclined to defend their territory, so you should not plant several roosters with a small number of females. Mostly roosters are friendly, they can live peacefully with other animals.

Egg focus

Giant chickens are good brood hens. They behave calmly, watch the nest and turn the eggs on their own. One individual can incubate up to 10 eggs at a time. She carefully monitors the hatched chickens, so she can be safely called a good mother. They begin to rush at about 4 months of age.

The giant chicken carefully monitors the hatched chickens, so that it can be safely called a good mother.

It is not uncommon to find eggs with two yolks.

Remember!During incubation, the laying hen must be well fed, as this process is very exhausting.

An individual 2 years old can carry up to 200 eggs per year.

Meat focus

Chickens of this breed grow quite quickly, by two months their weight is already about 2 kg. By six months, they reach 2.5 kg. Roosters for slaughter at the same age can reach 4 kg.

Hungarian broilers are only slightly inferior to other meat crosses, but they are distinguished by high survival rate, climatic resistance and egg production.

The meat of giant chickens is very tender and dietary.

The meat of giant chickens is very tender and dietary

How to contain

Ayam Tsemani (breed of chickens): description

The content of chickens of this breed is no different from others.

Several requirements must be met:

  • Keeping the chicken coop clean. There should be dry bedding in the nest. This will help prevent skin parasite infestation.
  • The presence of a place for walking birds.
  • The chicken coop itself must be at least 2 m.
  • It should be lit, as this directly affects the egg production of chickens. It shouldn't be noisy around, it scares the hens

Raising babies

Raising chickens of this breed is no different from others. The chicken must live in a kind of manger. This is usually a box with dry bedding. The temperature in such a box should be about 30 degrees.

Raising chickens

You need to feed your baby with millet or finely chopped eggs. The drinker should be filled with chamomile tea.

Important! The chick is not very whimsical, but the feed must contain enough protein for its growth.

Disadvantages and advantages of the breed

Advantages worth noting:

  • They gain weight quickly enough and do not have a tendency to obesity.
  • They have climatic resistance.
  • Are like good hens.
  • Chicken eggs often contain two yolks.

But it won't do without significant drawbacks:

  • They eat much more compound feed than ordinary chickens. Not every farmer can feed the Hungarian giants.

Hungarian chickens are unpretentious. They are easy to keep in both summer and winter. They are resistant to low temperatures and unfavorable climatic conditions. But it is worth remembering that it is difficult to feed such chickens and with a lack of proteins obtained along with the feed, the chicks will grow poorly.