By Teagan Helsley

BENEFITS

Lay eggs for more than 2 years

Preserve chicken breeds from becoming rare

They are bred naturally

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Drawbacks

Grow slower than industrial

Smaller hens / less meat

Produce fewer eggs -up to 250/year

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Freedom Ranger

Wyndotte

Orpington

Brahma

Plymouth Rock

Australorp

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Benefits

They give you lots of meat

They grow faster

Excellent production

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Drawbacks

They lay eggs for about 2 years

Bred for Certain traits

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Rhode island red

White leghorn

Cornish cross

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