Dekalb Amberlink
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The Dekalb Amberlink is a very popular chicken
for free range
, cruelty free, alternative production methods. She is very adaptive to non-cage operation, forages
well, and has excellent feather retention. The feather retention being one of her best features for free range farms and other operations where birds are retained past their peak laying period. Most popular in the United States in the 1970s, the amberlink is making a comeback as a common choice for small chicken farmers or hobbyists.
Mainly white with some amber brown feathers, the Amberlink is not currently recognized as a standard breed. She is often listed as either a hybrid resulting from reverse-crossing of the parent line. Amberlinks lay light to medium rich brown eggs
, with an excellent rate of lay.
Chicken
The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...
for free range
Free range
thumb|250px|Free-range chickens being fed outdoors.Free range is a term which outside of the United States denotes a method of farming husbandry where the animals are allowed to roam freely instead of being contained in any manner. In the United States, USDA regulations apply only to poultry and...
, cruelty free, alternative production methods. She is very adaptive to non-cage operation, forages
Foraging
- Definitions and significance of foraging behavior :Foraging is the act of searching for and exploiting food resources. It affects an animal's fitness because it plays an important role in an animal's ability to survive and reproduce...
well, and has excellent feather retention. The feather retention being one of her best features for free range farms and other operations where birds are retained past their peak laying period. Most popular in the United States in the 1970s, the amberlink is making a comeback as a common choice for small chicken farmers or hobbyists.
Mainly white with some amber brown feathers, the Amberlink is not currently recognized as a standard breed. She is often listed as either a hybrid resulting from reverse-crossing of the parent line. Amberlinks lay light to medium rich brown eggs
Egg (biology)
An egg is an organic vessel in which an embryo first begins to develop. In most birds, reptiles, insects, molluscs, fish, and monotremes, an egg is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum, which is expelled from the body and permitted to develop outside the body until the developing...
, with an excellent rate of lay.