Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1878 — Derivation of Fowl Names. [ARTICLE]

Derivation of Fowl Names.

Those who keep chickens may be interested to know how the different species of “ fowl’' genus derived their names. The Stock Journal gives the following information on the subject : The Dorkings were named after Dorking in England ; the blaGk Spanish, or as they are otherwise known, everlasting layers, after Spain; the Polands came from Poland; the Houdains (pronouced Houdon)from Houdain, France; the Shanghais are named after Shanghai in China; the buff and partridge Cochin Chinas also take their names from Cochin, China; the Siberia or Bussian fowls, from Bussia; the Malays, Java, Columbians, Barbarys, Dutch fowk, all from their respective countries. There are also the Guilders from Guilderland, Holland; the Bolton grays and bays from Bolton, England, and the shakebags, named from the fact that they were carried to cockpits in bags, which the owner shook as a challenge for some other bird.