Boffa Chicken

     The Boffa is a breed of Chickens, which originated in the province of Padua, in Italy. It was developed in the second half of the 19^th century by crossing the Polverara or the Padovana chicken breed with local chickens in the Padua countryside.

     The Boffa is a dual-purpose chicken breed, which is raised for producing both meat and eggs. The bird combines many advantages such as; great hardiness, abundant meat of excellent quality, and a slight tendency to broodiness. Boffa chickens have single combs, red earlobes, small wattles which are covered by a beard, and bright-yellow legs.

     The Boffa is an early-maturing chicken, as it reaches sexual maturity at 5 – 6 months of age. The hens lay around 150 rosy white eggs per year of weight 60 g per each. Many color-varieties existed in the past, but now the Boffa is almost available only in the tawny color-variety.