Buff Brahma, This bird lives at Wilderley Farm at Shipmeado…

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This bird lives at Wilderley Farm at Shipmeadow in Suffolk. The Brahma is a breed of chicken known for its immense size that originated in China in the mid-1800’s. The bird’s ancestor was originally named the Shanghai, based on the port city where it was originally imported from, and was later known as the Hen Fever breed. The Shanghai was the result of cross-breeding two distinct chicken breeds, the Malay and the Cochin, both of which are of Indian descent. Brahmas were first exported to the United Kingdom by George Burnham, a chicken breeder who sent nine