ISA Brown
The ISA Brown Chicken is a
French Crossbred hen designed for battery egg production.
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Here at Court Farm Chickens we don't condone such practices and all of our ISA hens will enjoy their lives as loved pets.
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The hens are brown in colour with white flecking around the wings, neck and tail.
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The exact amount of white can vary with some hens having non and others can be almost half white half brown.
ISA Brown Hen
The ISA Brown is a medium sized bird with a great personality; they are extremely sociable and get on well with all other chicken breeds.
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They are a hybrid hen which means their parents are both a pure breed of different species, exactly what species is a closely guarded secret as ISA Browns lay the most eggs out of any chicken breed, up to 320 a year!
As the ISA Brown is a hybrid it is not advisable to breed from them, it is almost impossible to find a male ISA Brown as they are a 'sex-linked' chicken, which means males hatch a different colour and are always removed as it is the hens that are needed for egg production.
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The female chicks are yellow with 2 brown 'chick monk' stripes down their backs.
ISA Brown Chick (6 weeks)
ISA Browns are the classic brown hen and what most imagine chickens look like.
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There are many other brown hybrid hens which look very similar (Warren, Red Ranger, Hyline, Goldline) but the ISA is the original.
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They are very affectionate and a great starter hen, due to their increased egg laying they may not live as long as other chickens but with the correct care they have been known to live 5+ years.
