Castalena Negra is a prolific chicken from. Italy. It is also Mediterranean class. The chicken is raise for its egg. They lay 200-225 eggs a year. This chicken good layer too, while it is not famous as the great layer hen leghorn.
The hen layer big white egg. aporrximately weighs 60 grams. This chicken also amaze me because it begin lays at forut to five months. Other chicken breed begin laying eggs at the five to six months.
As suits its name, the color chicken is black with some green light color at the feather. The feather is thick. The chicken is slender body . The combs five point signle comb, which the hean have smaller comb than the rosters. The color earlobes are white, that is signed the hen lays white eggs.
The chicken is rustic, which is a hardy chicken. It is good for your backyard pen. They Ara adaptable to unfriendly climate. The chicken has foraging ability.