NationalJerseyGiants

This store is for lovers of Jersey Giant chickens. Jersey Giants were developed by John and Thomas Black sometime between 1870 and 1890 in Burlington County, near the town of Jobstown, New Jersey, USA. The Black brothers as well as others in that vicinity specialized in growing market poultry and did a considerable amount of caponizing. Orders mainly from New York City and Philadelphia called for heavy roasting birds, the heavier the better. To obtain the desired heavy carcasses, the Black brothers used a series of crosses with Black Javas, Black Langshans, and Dark Brahmas. As a result of a number of years of selecting extra large breeding birds with a generally conforming type, the Black brothers made quite a reputation for themselves with their big roasting chickens. Very little attention was given to color, so the birds had a great color variation.