The Ultimate List of Backyard Chicken Breeds

by Kassandra Smith May 08, 2018

Whether you are a beginner chicken keeper or looking to add a new chicken breed to your backyard flock of chooks, there are so many chicken breeds to choose from! Which chicken breed will you choose? Have a peck at our ultimate chicken breed list below to find out more!

Ancona chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Italy
• Eggs
  • Average 200 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White
• Personality
  • Active and curious
• Appearance
  • Mottled black and white plumage
  • Single or rose comb
  • Black mottled yellow legs

Andalusian chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Andalusia, Spain
• Eggs
  • Average 165 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White
• Personality
  • Cute and friendly
• Appearance
  • Slate-blue plumage
  • Single comb
  • White earlobes

 

Appenzeller chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Switzerland
• Eggs
  • Average 220 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White
• Personality
  • Active and curious
• Appearance
  • Black, chamois, gold-spangled or silver-spangled plumage
  • V or rose shaped comb
  • Upright feather crest, upright tail feathers in both sexes

Araucana chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Chile
• Eggs
  • Average 270 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Blue or green
• Personality
  • Active and curious
• Appearance
  • Black, black-red, blue, crele, lavender, gold-duckwing, pile, silver-duckwing, spangled or white plumage
  • Pea comb
  • Bearded, muffed, tailed

Australian Langshan chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Australia
• Eggs
  • Average 250 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown
• Personality
  • Active and curious
• Appearance
  • Black, blue or white plumage
  • Single comb
  • Iridescent green in black plumage variety

  Australorp chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Australia
• Eggs
  • Average 300 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown
• Personality
  • Cute and friendly
• Appearance
  • Black, blue or white plumage
  • Single comb
  • Iridescent green in black plumage variety

  Barnevelder chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Netherlands
• Eggs
  • Average 200 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown
• Personality
  • Cute and friendly
• Appearance
  • Black, double-laced, partridge, silver or white plumage
  • Single comb
  • Yellow legs

  Belgian d’Uccle chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Belgium
• Eggs
  • Average 100 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Cream
• Personality
  • Cute and friendly
• Appearance
  • Millie fleur, black, porcelain, golden neck, mottled, blue or white plumage
  • Single comb
  • Feathered legs

  Brahma chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • India
• Eggs
  • Average 120 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown
• Personality
  • Cute and friendly
• Appearance
  • Black, blue-columbian, buff-columbian, dark, gold, light or white plumage
  • Pea comb
  • Feathered legs

  Campine chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Belgium
• Eggs
  • Average 200 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White
• Personality
  • Active and curious
• Appearance
  • Gold or silver plumage
  • Single comb
  • Upright tail feathers in both sexes

  Cochin chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • China
• Eggs
  • Average 120 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown
• Personality
  • Cute and cuddly
• Appearance
  • Black, blue, buff, gold-laced, partridge, silver-laced, splash or white plumage
  • Single comb
  • Feathered legs

  Cornish chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • England
• Eggs
  • Average 50 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown
• Personality
  • Active and curious
• Appearance
  • White, white laced red, dark plumage with brown patterning on a dark blue-green background (the Cornish Game) or lighter birds with the same patterning on a light wheaten background (Jubilee Cornish Game)
  • Pea comb
  • Thick yellow legs

  Cream Legbar chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
• Eggs
  • Average 150 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Blue, green or cream
• Personality
  • Cute and friendly
• Appearance
  • Gold, silver or cream plumage (cream is more common)
  • Single comb
  • Clean legs

  Croad Langshan chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • China
• Eggs
  • Average 140 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown
• Personality
  • Active and friendly
• Appearance
  • Black, white or blue plumage
  • Single comb
  • Feathered legs in males

  Dominique chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • United States of America
• Eggs
  • Average 230 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown
• Personality
  • Calm and friendly
• Appearance
  • Black and white barred plumage
  • Rose comb
  • Five toes

  Dorking chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • England
• Eggs
  • Average 150 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White or tinted
• Personality
  • Calm and cute
• Appearance
  • White plumage with a rose comb or silver-gray and red plumage with a single comb
  • Single or rose comb
  • Short legs, five toes

  Faverolles chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • France
• Eggs
  • Average 200 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Light brown or pink
• Personality
  • Calm and cute
• Appearance
  • White, salmon or mahogany plumage
  • Single comb
  • Feathered feet, five toes

  Fayoumi or Faiyumi chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Egypt
• Eggs
  • Average 90 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Cream or tinted
• Personality
  • Active and curious
• Appearance
  • Silver plumage
  • Single comb
  • Upright tail feathers in both sexes

  Frizzle chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • South East Asia
• Eggs
  • Average 150 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White or tinted
• Personality
  • Cute and curious
• Appearance
  • White, black, blue, buff or silver-grey plumage
  • Single comb
  • Upward curled feathers

  Hamburg chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Northern Europe
• Eggs
  • Average 200 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White
• Personality
  • Active and curious
• Appearance
  • White, black, silver spangled, silver penciled, golden spangled, golden penciled, citron pencilled or citron spangled plumage
  • Rose comb
  • Upright tail feathers in both sexes

  Houdan chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • France
• Eggs
  • Average 100 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White
• Personality
  • Cute and friendly
• Appearance
  • White or mottled plumage
  • Butterfly comb
  • Crest, five toes, beard

  ISA Brown chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • France
• Eggs
  • Average 300+ eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown
• Personality
  • Curious and friendly
• Appearance
  • Copper plumage
  • Single comb

  Japanese Bantam chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Japan
• Eggs
  • Average 50 eggs per year
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  • Egg colour: Cream or tinted
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• Personality"
  • Cute and calm  
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• Appearance"
  • White, black, black tailed white, black tailed buff, barred, brown red, grey or wheaten plumage
  • Single comb
  • Upright tail feathers in both sexes

  Leghorn chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Italy
• Eggs
  • Average 280 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White
• Personality
  • Active and curious
• Appearance
  • Golden duckwing, silver duckwing, partridge, brown, buff, exchequer, columbian, pyle, white, black, blue, mottled cuckoo, blue-red, lavender, red crele or buff columbian plumage
  • Single or rose comb
  • Upright tail feathers in both sexes

  Maran chicken breed

• Country of origin"
  • France
• Eggs
  • Average 150 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Dark brown
• Personality
  • Cute and friendly
• Appearance
  • White, wheaten, black copper, birchen, blue, salmon, blue silver salmon, silver cuckoo or golden cuckoo plumage
  • Single comb
  • Feathered and clean leg varieties

  Minorca chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Spain
• Eggs
  • Average 200 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White
• Personality
  • Active and regal
• Appearance
  • Single comb black, rose comb black, single comb white, rose comb white or single comb buff plumage
  • Single or Rose comb
  • White earlobes

  Naked Neck chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Romania
• Eggs
  • Average 150 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Light brown
• Personality
  • Cute and friendly
• Appearance
  • Black, white, cuckoo, buff, red, or blue plumage
  • Single comb
  • Featherless neck

  New Hampshire Red chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • United States of America
• Eggs
  • Average 150 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown
• Personality
  • Calm and friendly
• Appearance
  • Red-brown plumage
  • Single comb
  • Yellow legs

  Old English Game chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
• Eggs
  • Average 100 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Tinted
• Personality
  • Active and curious
• Appearance
  • Black-breasted red, brown-red, golden duckwing, silver duckwing, red pyle, white and black plumage
  • Single comb
  • Upright, slim body type

  Orpington chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
• Eggs
  • Average 200 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Light brown
• Personality
  • Cute and calm
• Appearance
  • Black, white, buff, blue or splash plumage
  • Single comb
  • Voluminous feathers

  Pekin chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • China
• Eggs
  • Average 50+ eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown or tinted
• Personality
  • Cute and calm
• Appearance
  • Black, blue, buff, cuckoo, mottled, barred, columbian, lavender, partridge, white, birchen or silver partridge plumage
  • Single comb
  • Feathered legs and feet, voluminous feathers

  Plymouth Rock chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • United States of America
• Eggs
  • Average 250 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Tinted
• Personality
  • Curious and friendly
• Appearance
  • Barred, white, buff, silver penciled, partridge, columbian, blue or black plumage
  • Single comb
  • Yellow legs

  Polish chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Netherlands
• Eggs
  • Average 200 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White
• Personality
  • Calm and friendly
• Appearance
  • Black crested white, white crested black, golden, silver, white or buff laced plumage
  • Duplex comb
  • Crest

  Rhode Island Red chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • United States of America
• Eggs
  • Average 300 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown or tinted
• Personality
  • Curious and friendly
• Appearance
  • Red or white plumage
  • Single or Rose comb
  • Deep yellow legs

  Sebright chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
• Eggs
  • Average 50 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Cream or white
• Personality
  • Active and flighty
• Appearance
  • Silver or golden laced plumage
  • Rose comb
  • Upright tails in both sexes

  Silkie chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • China
• Eggs
  • Average 150-200 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White or tinted
• Personality
  • Calm and friendly
• Appearance
  • Fluffy black, white, partridge, buff, gray, blue plumage
  • Walnut comb
  • Feathered feet, five toes

  Sultan chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • Turkey
• Eggs
  • Average 180 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: White
• Personality
  • Calm and friendly
• Appearance
  • Black, white, blue plumage
  • V shaped comb
  • Crest, vulture hocks, feathered feet, five toes

  Sussex chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • England
• Eggs
  • Average 250-350 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Light brown
• Personality
  • Curious and friendly
• Appearance
  • Brown, buff, light, red, speckled silver, white and coronation plumage
  • Single comb
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  • Voluminous feathers  
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Welsummer chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • The Netherlands
• Eggs
  • Average 160 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Dark brown
• Personality
  • Calm and friendly
• Appearance
  • Partridge, silver duckwing and the gold duckwing plumage
  • Single comb
  • Yellow legs

Wyandotte chicken breed

• Country of origin
  • United States
• Eggs
  • Average 200 eggs per year
  • Egg colour: Brown or tinted
• Personality
  • Calm and friendly
• Appearance
  • Golden laced, silver laced, white, black, buff, columbian, partridge and silver penciled plumage
  • Rose comb
  • Voluminous feathers

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