There are several reasons behind the high price tag of this breed. Firstly, they are extremely rare. At one point, it is believed that only fifty of these chickens existed in the entire world!

said commercial farming has made these breeds extremely rare, and some might be extinct without the program. Robinson compared the poultry industry to car manufacturers that release a new model ...

According to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust 'the Scots Dumpy is a very old poultry breed of purely Scottish extraction'. The breed almost disappeared in the middle of the last century and started ...