Buckeye chicken

The Buckeye is an American breed of chicken. It was created in Ohio in the late nineteenth century by Nettie Metcalf. The color of its plumage was intended to resemble the color of the seeds of Aesculus glabra, the Ohio Buckeye plant for which the state is called the 'Buckeye State'.

Buckeye
Rooster in British Columbia
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): critical: 128 
  • Livestock Conservancy (2022): threatened
Country of originUnited States
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    9 lb (4 kg): 80 
  • Female:
    6.5 lb (3 kg): 80 
Classification
APAAmerican
PCGBRare soft feather: heavy

It is a dual-purpose chicken, kept for both meat and eggs. It is yellow-skinned, and the eggs are brown. It is the only breed in the American Class to have a pea comb.

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