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Story: Poultry industry

Black Minorca cockerel

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Black Minorca cockerel

Also called the Red-faced Black Spanish chicken, this breed is medium sized and was once popular for its large white eggs. These chickens are now mainly kept to exhibit. They have a long, angular, slow-growing body and so are not popular for meat.

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Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, Poultry industry – History and early developments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17280/black-minorca-cockerel (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, published 1 March 2009.