Chicken Breeds

Not sure which chicken breed is for you? Just looking for more information on the wonderful world of chickens? You've come to the right place! This list includes all of the chicken breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association (APA). Click on any breed name for full information. (We're still working on getting photos for all the breeds. If you have pics you'd like to share, please email us!)

CHICKEN BREED NAME PIC EGG LAYING EGG COLOR COLD HARDY Ameraucana Good (3/wk) Light Blue Yes Ancona Excellent (5/wk) White Yes Andalusian Good (3/wk) White No Antwerp Belgian Bantam Fair (2/wk) Cream or Tinted No Appenzeller Spitzhauben Good (3/wk) White Yes Araucana Good (3/wk) Light Blue Yes Aseel Poor (1/wk) Cream or Tinted Yes Australorp Excellent (5/wk) Brown Yes Barnevelder Good (3/wk) Brown Yes Belgian Bearded d'Uccle Bantam Fair (2/wk) Cream or Tinted No Booted Bantam Fair (2/wk) Cream or Tinted No Brahma Good (3/wk) Brown Yes Buckeye Good (3/wk) Brown Yes Campine Good (3/wk) White Yes Catalana Very Good (4/wk) Cream or Tinted No Chantecler Very Good (4/wk) Brown Yes Cochin Fair (2/wk) Brown Yes Cornish Poor (1/wk) Light Brown Yes Crevecoeur Fair (2/wk) White No Cubalaya Very Good (4/wk) Cream or Tinted Yes Delaware Very Good (4/wk) Brown Yes Dominique Good (3/wk) Brown Yes Dorking Good (3/wk) Cream or Tinted Yes Easter Eggers Very Good (4/wk) Green/Blue/Pink/Multi Yes Favaucana Excellent (5/wk) Sage Green Yes Faverolles Very Good (4/wk) Light Brown Yes Fayoumi Fair (2/wk) Cream or Tinted No Hamburg Very Good (4/wk) White Yes Holland Good (3/wk) White Yes Houdan Fair (2/wk) White No Japanese Bantam Poor (1/wk) Cream or Tinted No Java Good (3/wk) Brown Yes Jersey Giant Good (3/wk) Brown Yes La Fleche Good (3/wk) White No Lakenvelder Good (3/wk) Cream or Tinted No Langshan Good (3/wk) Brown Yes Legbar Very Good (4/wk) Light Blue Yes Leghorn (Non-White) Good (3/wk) White No Leghorn (White) Very Good (4/wk) White Yes Malay Poor (1/wk) Light Brown No Marans Good (3/wk) Chocolate Yes Minorca Very Good (4/wk) White No Modern Game Poor (1/wk) White No Naked Neck (Turken) Fair (2/wk) Light Brown Yes New Hampshire Red Good (3/wk) Brown Yes Old English Game Fair (2/wk) Cream or Tinted Yes Olive Egger - MPC Good (3/wk) Olive Green Yes Orpington Good (3/wk) Brown Yes Penedesenca Good (3/wk) Chocolate No Phoenix Poor (1/wk) Cream or Tinted No Plymouth Rock Very Good (4/wk) Brown Yes Polish Fair (2/wk) White No Redcap Good (3/wk) White Yes Rhode Island Excellent (5/wk) Brown Yes Rosecomb Bantam Poor (1/wk) Cream or Tinted Yes Russian Orloff Fair (2/wk) Light Brown Yes Sebright Bantam Poor (1/wk) Cream or Tinted No Sicilian Buttercup Fair (2/wk) White No Silkie Bantam Good (3/wk) Cream or Tinted Yes Star Excellent (5/wk) Brown Yes Sultan Poor (1/wk) White No Sumatra Poor (1/wk) White Yes Sussex Very Good (4/wk) Light Brown Yes Welsummer Very Good (4/wk) Chocolate Yes White Faced Black Spanish Good (3/wk) White No Wyandotte Very Good (4/wk) Brown Yes Yokohama Poor (1/wk) Cream or Tinted No