Ginn Grey Toppy

Ginn Grey Toppy

Ginn Grey Toppy is a Ginn created this breed in the late 1800s. The Toppies we have come from Paul Bond. He got them from Noah S. Crow in about 1960. All of the hens will have a large Toppy on their head, the hens are very uniform with red fiery eyes.  The males come from a light silver grey to a solid white. Noah used to walk birds for Steve A. Ginn & obtained them directly from him in the early 1900s. Steve would let Noah have 1 or 2 birds every year for raising them for him. All of the hens will have a large Toppy on their head, but only some of the males will.

The Ginn Grey Toppy is a medium-sized chicken with a greyish colored plumage. The hens are very uniform with red fiery eyes. These birds lay a lot of eggs, almost twice as many as our other breeds. Family History says that S.A. Ginn took one of these prized roosters to the White House to compete against one of President McKinley’s roosters. The “Ginn” likely associated with the development and promotion of this line of gamefowl aggressive temperament.