White Faced Black Spanish
The head of a White Faced Black Spanish cock
Admitted to the American Poultry Association in 1874, the WFB Spanish is probably the oldest breed of the Mediterranean Class. There are British records of the breed as far back as 1572.
This is a nonsitting fowl which produces large, chalk-white eggs. It's distinguishing features are the white face and the large, low hanging white earlobes.
In the days before heavy commercial egg farming in the US, Spanish were found on many small farms and were known as "Clown Faced Chickens."
Spanish Links:
Palm Beach County Poultry Fanciers Association's White-Faced Black Spanish page
Bantam WFBS at Troost Poultry
The difference: Minorca on left, Spanish on right
Photos courtesy of Helena
Gardner
From the front!
Photo courtesy of Malcolm Winson
A White Faced Black Spanish hen
Photo © Chris d'Orgeix, Branch Creek Rare Poultry
A snowbound Spanish cockerel
Photo © Chris d'Orgeix, Branch Creek Rare Poultry
A head shot of a White Faced Black Spanish bantam
male
A pair of Spanish
Photo © Chris d'Orgeix, Branch Creek Rare Poultry
Another head shot of the cock at the top of the page
Here's a shot of a trio of White Faced Blue Spanish,
developed in the UK by Dave Scrivener
Photo courtesy of Nick
Nick (The Chicken Mother!)
Another WFB Spanish cockerel and his head
Photos courtesy of Rosenthal Dov Israel
Two views of a WFB Spanish rooster
Photos courtesy of Joel Johnson
A young pair of Splash WFBS from Brazil
Photo courtesy of Joao Batista Zanin
A WFBS chick
or
Direct questions and comments to Barry at FeatherSite -- questions and comments
Photo © Chris d'Orgeix, Branch Creek Rare Poultry
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