Chicken Breed Chart to Help Choose Your Chicken
Chicken Breed Chart to Help Choose Your Chicken
Bird
Size
Chicken
Breed
Picture
lb.
Egg
Color Cold
and Hardy
Size
Brooding/Best
Coop
Recommendation
Behavior
Egg
Laying
occasional
brooder
Ameraucana
4-5
blue
yes
well adaptable
to confinement Best coop:
or free range;
mostly calm,
non-aggressive GGC Chic Mobile
for 8-12 birds
yes
prefers free
range; nervous
& restless in
confinement;
flyer; active,
flighty, marked
wildness,
avoids human
contact
good
non-setter
Ancona
4-6
white
Best Ccoop:
Large Wood
Excellent
Backyard Chicken
Coop Poultry Hen
House with
Outdoor Run
mostly a nonsetter
Andalusian
5.5-7
white
no
semi-adaptable
to confinement,
but prefers free
range; active,
flighty, noisy,
avoids human
contact
Best Coop:
good
Large Wood
Backyard Chicken
Coop Poultry Hen
House with
Outdoor Run
can be broody
Appenzeller
white
no
early maturing
not very
tolerant of close
Best Coop:
confinement;
flyer; active,
flighty
Walk in chicken
coop for 6 to 8
good
Bird
Size
Chicken
Breed
Picture
lb.
Egg
Color Cold
and Hardy
Size
Brooding/Best
Coop
Recommendation
Behavior
Egg
Laying
good, or frequent,
brooder
Araucana
blue
yes
5Aseel
5 3/4
cream
yes
well adaptable
to confinement
or free range;
calm, nonaggressive
bears
confinement
better than
most other
game breeds;
extremely fierce
& pugnacious,
but docile &
easily handled
when away from
other cocks;
because of
aggressiveness,
not
recommended
for a mixed
flock
Best Coop:
good
EZ-fit 3 x 4
Chicken Coop
occasioal brooder
Best Coop:
excellent
Walk in chicken
coop for 6 to 8
mixed brooding
Australorp or
Black
Australorp
6.5-8.5 brown
yes
well adaptable
to confinement
or free range;
calm, docile;
more easily
handled
Best Coop:
good
Walk in chicken
coop for 6 to 8
mixed brooding
Best Coop:
Barnevelder
dark
brown
well adaptable
to confinement
or free range;
calm, docile
67" Farmhouse
excellent
Wooden Chicken
Coop with Display
Top, Run Area
and Nesting Box
Bird
Size
Chicken
Breed
Picture
lb.
Egg
Color Cold
and Hardy
Size
Brooding/Best
Coop
Recommendation
Behavior
Egg
Laying
broody
Best Coop:
Belgian
D'Anver, or
Antwerp
Belgian,
Barbu
d'Anvers
white
no
active, flyer;
hens calm,
cocks can be
aggressive
Large Wood
fair
Backyard Chicken
Coop Poultry Hen
House with
Outdoor Run
broody
Brahma
9.5-12
brown
yes
adaptable to
confinement or
free range;
mostly gentle;
more easily
handled.
Best Coop:
67" Farmhouse
good
Wooden Chicken
Coop with Display
Top, Run Area
and Nesting Box
broody
Buckeye
6.5-9
brown
yes
adaptable to
confinement,
very adaptable
to free range;
calm, docile;
can be curious;
more easily
handled.
Best Coop:
67" Farmhouse
good
Wooden Chicken
Coop with Display
Top, Run Area
and Nesting Box
good, or frequent,
brooder
Buff
Sablepoot/
Botted
Bantam
white
or
tinted
in
color
yes
adaptable to
confinement or
free range;
mostly gentle;
more easily
handled.
Best Coop:
144" Large
Backyard Hen
House Chicken
Coop w/ Long Run
Excellent
Bird
Size
Chicken
Breed
Campine
Picture
lb.
4-6
Egg
Color Cold
and Hardy
Size
white
no
Brooding/Best
Coop
Recommendation
Behavior
economical
eater; semiadaptable to
confinement,
but prefers free
range; flyer;
alert, lively; can
be curious;
some are rather
wild, others can
be quite tolerant
of humans
Egg
Laying
non setter
Best Coop:
good
144" Large
Backyard Hen
House Chicken
Coop w/ Long Run
non setter
Catalana
Chantecler
6-8
white
6.5-8.5 brown
no
less tolerant of
close
confinement;
active,
vigorous,
avoids human
contact
yes
broody
bears
confinement
Best Coop:
well; calm,
docile, although
excellent
there are
Amish Chicken
reports of
Mansion for 12-18
skittishness.
Best Coop:
good
144" Large
Backyard Hen
House Chicken
Coop w/ Long Run
non setter
Crevecoeur
white
no
suited for close
Best Coop:
(and dry)
confinement;
good
active; can be
Amish Chicken
aggressive
Mansion for 12-18
Bird
Size
Chicken
Breed
Picture
lb.
Egg
Color Cold
and Hardy
Size
Brooding/Best
Coop
Recommendation
Behavior
Egg
Laying
broody
Delaware
6.5-8.5 brown
yes
well adaptable
to confinement
or free range;
calm, docile
Best Coop:
excellent
Amish Chicken
Mansion for 12-18
broody
Dominique
or Dominiker
5-7
brown
yes
well adaptable
to confinement
or free range;
calm mostly,
but more flighty
than other dual
purpose breeds
yes
adaptable to
confinement or
free range;
calm; docile;
stately or
awkward;
fattens easily;
more easily
handled
yes
bears
confinement
well; alert;
calm; very
docile; genteel;
prone to
bullying by
others, so may
not do well in a
mixed flock
Best Coop:
67" Farmhouse
good
Wooden Chicken
Coop with Display
Top, Run Area
and Nesting Box
very broody
Dorking
Faverolles
7-9
6.5-8
white
cream
Best Coop:
67" Farmhouse
poor
Wooden Chicken
Coop with Display
Top, Run Area
and Nesting Box
occasional
brooding
Best Coop:
good
Large Wood
Backyard Chicken
Coop Poultry Hen
House with
Outdoor Run
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