Minorca chickens are known as wonderful layers of large, chalky-white eggs. Once known as the Red-faced Black Spanish, the Minorca breed was officially imported from Spain to England by Sir Thomas Acland in 1834. However, the breed was found in Devon and Cornwall, England, before that, possibly as early as 1780. J.J. Fultz of Mount Vernon, Ohio, brought the Minorca to America in 1884.
The American Poultry Association admitted the Single Comb Black and the Single Comb White to the Standard of Perfection in 1888. The Rose Comb Black Minorca followed in 1904, with the Single Comb Buff Minorca following nearly a decade later in 1913. The Rose Comb White debuted the next year, in 1914. Bantam varieties are accepted, as well.
Although slender and racy like typical Mediterranean chicken…