| ARAUCANA | Breed of chicken from Chile, known for laying blue eggs (8) |
| LAFLECHE | Rare old breed of chickens from north-western France (2,6) |
| FRESHEGG | Delivery of chicken from chipper - in a healthy way, it's the early bird (5,3) |
| BRAKEL | Old, rare breed of chickens from Belgium, similar to Campine (6) |
| THIGH | Steer clear of the High Street for piece of chicken from the butchers (5) |
| CUBALAYA | Rare breed of chicken developed in the Caribbean from southeastern Asian stock (8) |
| HEIGHTEN | Raise bird for laying eggs with number inside (8) |
| SPECKLED | The ___ Sussex is a breed of chicken with flecked plumage and a good tolerance of temperature variations (8) |
| PLYMOUTH | Rock: breed of chicken developed in Massachusetts in the 19th Century (8) |
| PHILESIA | ___ magellanica, from Chile, has pink, waxy blooms (8) |
| SANTIAGO | A capital horse from Chile (8) |
| TOMARAYA | Slayer lead singer who came to the U.S. from Chile |
| CUCKOO | This bird is known for laying its eggs in other bird species' nests. Its name derives from the sounds it makes. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 5, scene 1), Worcester says, "And being fed by us you used us s |
| SULTAN | Ornamental breed of crested chickens from Turkey, with white, blue or black plumage (6) |
| LEGHORN | Traditional English name for the Italian city of Livorno, used for a white breed of chicken originating there (7) |
| SUSSEX | English breed of chicken bred for both its meat and eggs (6) |
| DUNNOCK | A hedge sparrow, of which the hen lays turquoise-blue eggs and is sometimes the unwitting foster parent of a cuckoo chick (7) |
| NESBIT | Novelist noted for her classic tale about the fictional railway chicken from Three Chimneys (6) |
| ORPINGTON | Greater London town famous for its breed of chicken (9) |
| SOUTHAMERICAN | From Chile, for example (5,8) |
