A P.E.I. man is helping to preserve fancy chicken breeds that were once common in farmyards across Canada. 'If it weren't for the purebred breeders, these breeds would be a thing of the past' ...

But these fowl aren't ordinary, these are heritage chickens. The classic breeds include the 1957 random-bred Broiler line and the Barred Plymouth Rock, a breed that dates back to 1910.