The rare Holland chicken is a wonderful dual-purpose breed that thrives in a free-range environment.
The nearly extinct Iowa Blue chicken breed has great dual-purpose qualities.
The Lamona is an extremely rare dual-purpose chicken. Hens are recorded as laying as many as 268 large, white eggs per year.
The dual-purpose Manx Rumpy earned its name during the 20th century, when a farmer saw a resemblance between the chicken breed and the tailless Manx cat.
