Chicken Breed Chart to Help Choose Your Chicken

Chicken Breed Chart to Help Choose Your Chicken

Chicken Breed

Picture

Bird Size

lb.

Egg Color Cold and Hardy Size

Behavior

Brooding/Best Coop

Recommendation Egg Laying

Ameraucana Ancona Andalusian Appenzeller

occasional

brooder

well adaptable

to confinement Best coop: 4-5 blue yes or free range;

good

mostly calm, non-aggressive GGC Chic Mobile

for 8-12 birds

non-setter

prefers free

range; nervous Best Ccoop: & restless in

confinement;

4-6 white yes flyer; active, Large Wood

Excellent

flighty, marked Backyard Chicken

wildness,

Coop Poultry Hen

avoids human House with

contact

Outdoor Run

5.5-7

white

mostly a nonsetter

semi-adaptable to confinement, Best Coop:

but prefers free

no range; active, flighty, noisy, avoids human contact

Large Wood

good

Backyard Chicken

Coop Poultry Hen

House with

Outdoor Run

can be broody

white

not very

early maturing

tolerant of close

no confinement; Best Coop:

flyer; active,

flighty

Walk in chicken

coop for 6 to 8

good

Chicken Breed

Araucana

Picture

Aseel

Australorp or Black Australorp

Barnevelder

Bird Size

lb.

Egg Color Cold and Hardy Size

Behavior

Brooding/Best Coop

Recommendation Egg Laying

good, or frequent,

brooder

well adaptable

to confinement Best Coop: blue yes or free range;

good

calm, nonaggressive

EZ-fit 3 x 4 Chicken Coop

55 3/4

bears

confinement

better than

most other

game breeds; occasioal brooder extremely fierce

& pugnacious, but docile & Best Coop:

cream yes easily handled

excellent

when away from Walk in chicken other cocks; coop for 6 to 8 because of

aggressiveness,

not

recommended

for a mixed

flock

mixed brooding

well adaptable

to confinement Best Coop:

6.5-8.5

brown

yes

or free range; calm, docile;

more easily

Walk in chicken

handled

coop for 6 to 8

good

dark brown

mixed brooding

well adaptable to confinement or free range; calm, docile

Best Coop:

67" Farmhouse excellent Wooden Chicken Coop with Display Top, Run Area and Nesting Box

Chicken Breed

Belgian D'Anver, or Antwerp Belgian, Barbu d'Anvers

Brahma

Buckeye

Buff Sablepoot/ Botted Bantam

Picture

Bird Size

lb.

Egg Color Cold and Hardy Size

Behavior

Brooding/Best Coop

Recommendation Egg Laying

broody

white

active, flyer;

no

hens calm, cocks can be

aggressive

Best Coop:

Large Wood

fair

Backyard Chicken

Coop Poultry Hen

House with

Outdoor Run

broody

adaptable to Best Coop:

confinement or

9.5-12

brown

yes

free range; mostly gentle;

more easily

handled.

67" Farmhouse good Wooden Chicken Coop with Display Top, Run Area

and Nesting Box

broody

6.5-9

adaptable to confinement, Best Coop:

very adaptable

brown

yes

to free range; calm, docile;

67" Farmhouse good Wooden Chicken

can be curious; Coop with Display

more easily

Top, Run Area

handled.

and Nesting Box

white or

tinted in

color

good, or frequent, brooder

adaptable to confinement or Best Coop:

yes

free range; mostly gentle;

more easily

handled.

144" Large Backyard Hen House Chicken

Excellent

Coop w/ Long Run

Chicken Breed

Campine Catalana

Chantecler

Crevecoeur

Picture

Bird Size

lb.

Egg Color Cold and Hardy Size

Behavior

Brooding/Best Coop

Recommendation Egg Laying

economical

eater; semi-

non setter

adaptable to

confinement, Best Coop: but prefers free

4-6

white

no

range; flyer; alert, lively; can 144" Large

good

be curious;

Backyard Hen

some are rather House Chicken

wild, others can Coop w/ Long Run

be quite tolerant

of humans

non setter

less tolerant of

close

Best Coop:

confinement;

6-8 white no active,

144" Large

good

vigorous,

Backyard Hen

avoids human House Chicken

contact

Coop w/ Long Run

bears

broody

confinement well; calm,

Best Coop:

6.5-8.5 brown yes docile, although

excellent

there are reports of skittishness.

Amish Chicken Mansion for 12-18

white

non setter

suited for close

(and dry)

Best Coop:

no confinement;

good

active; can be Amish Chicken

aggressive

Mansion for 12-18

Chicken Breed

Delaware

Dominique or Dominiker

Dorking

Faverolles

Picture

Bird Size

lb.

Egg Color Cold and Hardy Size

Behavior

Brooding/Best Coop

Recommendation Egg Laying

broody

well adaptable Best Coop:

6.5-8.5

brown

yes

to confinement or free range;

excellent

calm, docile

Amish Chicken

Mansion for 12-18

broody

well adaptable Best Coop: to confinement or free range; 5-7 brown yes calm mostly, 67" Farmhouse good but more flighty Wooden Chicken than other dual Coop with Display purpose breeds Top, Run Area

and Nesting Box

very broody

adaptable to

confinement or Best Coop: free range;

calm; docile;

7-9 white yes stately or

67" Farmhouse poor

awkward;

Wooden Chicken

fattens easily; Coop with Display

more easily

Top, Run Area

handled

and Nesting Box

6.5-8

occasional

bears

brooding

confinement

well; alert; calm; very

Best Coop:

cream

yes

docile; genteel;

prone to

Large Wood

good

bullying by

Backyard Chicken

others, so may Coop Poultry Hen

not do well in a House with

mixed flock

Outdoor Run

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