Sicilian Buttercup

Description

The Sicilian Buttercup chicken was reportedly imported to America in 1835 and not until 1918 admitted to the American Standard of Perfection. The Sicilian Buttercup chicken originated on the Island of Sicily. It has a beautiful cup-shaped comb. A great barnyard or show fowl that is sure to please everyone. It is a delicate bird and is not winter hardy as most breeds of chickens are. The Sicilian Buttercup Chicken does not take well to confinement and more of a free range very active chicken. This chicken breed also does not go broody.

In 2013 we stopped breeding the buttercup breed because we were unable to stop the progression of the Buttercup cup comb from splitting apart a little more each year as we were producing the next generation. Although we had used this bloodline since 1971 we ran our course with any new genetics to infuse. We were unable to find another bloodline that had the quality that we used to have on this breed. So we made a decision not to continue breeding the Buttercup chicken breed and offering it until we could find another bloodline to work with.

In 2020 & 2021 we found 2 breeders that were willing to give us some seed stock to work with. In 2023 we started offering the Buttercup again.