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Guides, how-tos and checklists on chicken breeds. 62 guides published so far, more added regularly. Need a supplier, vet or service? Try agriculture.directory.

American Class Chickens

• Buckeye Chickens: Breed ProfileAn Ohio-bred chestnut chicken with a pea comb.
• Chantecler Chickens: Breed ProfileA Canadian breed built for cold weather.
• Delaware Chickens: Breed ProfileA white chicken with black barring on the neck and tail.
• Dominique Chickens: Breed ProfileAmerica's oldest chicken breed, with rose comb and barred feathers.
• Holland Chickens: Breed ProfileA rare American breed developed from Dutch stock.
• Java Chickens: Breed ProfileA heritage American breed with long body.
• Jersey Giant Chickens: Breed ProfileThe largest chicken breed, developed in New Jersey.
• Lamona Chickens: Breed ProfileA rare American breed developed in Maryland.
• New Hampshire Chickens: Breed ProfileA fast-growing, reddish American dual-purpose breed.
• Plymouth Rock Chickens: Breed ProfileThe barred, dual-purpose American classic.
• Rhode Island Red Chickens: Breed ProfileAmerica's best-known dual-purpose chicken, with two types that are very different in the show ring.
• Rhode Island White Chickens: Breed ProfileA white, rose-combed Rhode Island breed.
• Wyandotte Chickens: Breed ProfileA rounded American breed with laced feather patterns.

English and Asiatic Class Chickens

• Aseel Chickens: Breed ProfileAn ancient game breed from India.
• Australorp Chickens: Breed ProfileA black Australian breed famed for egg laying.
• Brahma Chickens: Breed ProfileA giant Asiatic breed with feathered legs.
• Cochin Chickens: Breed ProfileA fluffy Asiatic breed popular for exhibition and bantams.
• Cornish Chickens: Breed ProfileThe heavily muscled English meat bird that underlies modern broilers.
• Cubalaya Chickens: Breed ProfileA Cuban breed with a long, sweeping tail.
• Dorking Chickens: Breed ProfileAn ancient English breed with five toes.
• Langshan Chickens: Breed ProfileA tall Asiatic breed with feathered legs.
• Malay Chickens: Breed ProfileA very tall Asian game breed.
• Modern Game Chickens: Breed ProfileA tall exhibition game fowl.
• Old English Game Chickens: Breed ProfileAn English game breed with a compact body.
• Orpington Chickens: Breed ProfileA fluffy English breed, calm and friendly.
• Phoenix Chickens: Breed ProfileA long-tailed Japanese fowl.
• Redcap Chickens: Breed ProfileAn English breed with a large rose comb.
• Speckled Sussex Chickens: Breed ProfileMahogany feathers tipped in white, a friendly nature and a century of dual-purpose service.
• Sumatra Chickens: Breed ProfileA glossy black Asian game fowl.

Mediterranean and Continental Chickens

• Ameraucana Chickens: Breed ProfileAn American breed that lays blue eggs.
• Ancona Chickens: Breed ProfileA black-and-white mottled Italian layer.
• Andalusian Chickens: Breed ProfileThe blue-feathered Spanish breed.
• Araucana Chickens: Breed ProfileA Chilean breed with tufts and blue eggs.
• Ayam Cemani Chickens: Breed ProfileAn Indonesian fowl that is black throughout.
• Barnevelder Chickens: Breed ProfileA Dutch breed with laced feathers and brown eggs.
• Blue Andalusian Chickens: Breed ProfileThe blue chicken breed from Spain.
• Bresse Chickens: Breed ProfileThe French poultry famous for meat.
• Buttercup Chickens: Breed ProfileA Sicilian breed with a cup-shaped comb.
• Campine Chickens: Breed ProfileA Belgian breed with barred plumage and a slim body.
• Catalana Chickens: Breed ProfileA Spanish breed used for meat and eggs.
• Crevecoeur Chickens: Breed ProfileA rare French crested breed.
• Faverolle Chickens: Breed ProfileThe APA spelling of Faverolles.
• Faverolles Chickens: Breed ProfileA French breed with a beard and feathered legs.
• Frizzle Chickens: Breed ProfileA chicken with curled feathers.
• Hamburg Chickens: Breed ProfileA small, active breed with rose comb.
• Houdan Chickens: Breed ProfileA French breed with a crest and five toes.
• Kadaknath Chickens: Breed ProfileAn Indian black-meat fowl.
• La Fleche Chickens: Breed ProfileA black French breed with horn-shaped comb.
• Leghorn Chickens: Breed ProfileThe white egg-laying champion from Italy.
• Marans Chickens: Breed ProfileA French breed laying very dark brown eggs.
• Minorca Chickens: Breed ProfileThe largest Mediterranean breed, with a huge comb.
• Naked Neck Chickens: Breed ProfileA chicken with a bare neck.
• Naked Necks Chickens: Breed ProfileThe APA name for Naked Neck fowl.
• Orloff Chickens: Breed ProfileA Russian fowl.
• Pavlovskaya Chickens: Breed ProfileA Russian crested fowl.
• Polish Chickens: Breed ProfileThe crested breed with a pom-pom head.
• Sebright Chickens: Breed ProfileA tiny laced bantam from England.
• Silkie Chickens: Breed ProfileThe fluffy bantam with black skin.
• Spanish Chickens: Breed ProfileA white-faced black fowl.
• Sultan Chickens: Breed ProfileA crested Turkish fowl.
• Welsummer Chickens: Breed ProfileA Dutch breed that lays dark brown eggs.
• Yurlov Crower Chickens: Breed ProfileA Russian chicken known for long crowing.