Buy Golden Campines Chickens

Buy Golden Campines Chickens
This is a very old and rare breed which originated in Belgium. Golden Campines feature a beautiful combination of lustrous black and golden bay to make the distinctive barred feather pattern. They are rather small and lay white eggs. The chicks are the most highly colored we hatch, showing a bright zigzag pattern of black, brown, and white stripes.

Poultry keeping has been practiced in Belgium for a long time; in fact, the Flemish carry the nickname “the chicken eaters.” Two Flemish chicken breeds, Braekel and Campine, are nearly identical and have a common history and ancestry.

The larger Braekel is native to the rich clay soil of the Flanders district; the Campine is from the less fertile district of Kempen, is smaller and males are hen-feathered. The 16th century Italian naturalist, Aldrovandus, mentions that the ancestor of these two breeds descended from Turkish fowls. Julius Caesar is said to have taken Campine chickens home with him after he looted Belgium.