Expanded chicken breed library

Tailless chicken type associated with the Isle of Man and valued mostly as a rare curiosity.

Egg color

Tinted

Egg output

100-160 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Bantam Marans selected for rich egg color and compact utility type.

Egg color

Dark brown

Egg output

90-140 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Large Mediterranean white-egg breed with oversized white earlobes, long body lines, and an upright showy carriage.

Egg color

White

Egg output

180-240 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Exhibition breed emphasizing an extremely upright stance, long clean legs, short hard feathering, and refined game outline.

Egg color

Tinted

Egg output

40-80 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Miniature exhibition breed with upright stance and very long legs.

Egg color

Tinted

Egg output

40-80 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Turken-type utility bird known for its bare red neck, reduced feathering, and strong warm-weather tolerance.

Egg color

Brown

Egg output

150-220 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Very old true bantam famous for broodiness and warm buff color.

Egg color

Tinted

Egg output

60-100 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

German dual-purpose breed with auto-sexing cuckoo/partridge style varieties in some lines.

Egg color

Tinted

Egg output

160-220 eggs/year

Sexing traits

Auto-sexing

British utility breed with silver-grey plumage and good table qualities.

Egg color

Tinted

Egg output

160-220 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Classic game breed kept today mainly for exhibition, hardiness, and historical type.

Egg color

Tinted

Egg output

80-130 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Very popular bantam with many colors and an active gamefowl look.

Egg color

Cream

Egg output

70-120 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Mixed-type colored egg layer usually produced by crossing blue-egg and dark-brown-egg lines.

Egg color

Olive green

Egg output

160-240 eggs/year

Sexing traits

Sex-linked

Japanese long-tailed breed famous for extremely long continuously growing tail feathers.

Egg color

Cream

Egg output

40-70 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Bearded Russian-type breed adapted for cold and noted for unique appearance.

Egg color

Tinted

Egg output

120-180 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Compact rounded bantam version of the Orpington.

Egg color

Brown

Egg output

100-150 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Russian crested and feather-legged landrace valued for hardiness and style.

Egg color

Cream

Egg output

130-180 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Rounded feather-legged bantam, essentially the bantam Cochin type.

Egg color

Brown

Egg output

80-120 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Spanish breed known for very dark eggs, carnation comb, and heat tolerance.

Egg color

Dark brown

Egg output

140-200 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Long-tailed ornamental breed derived from Japanese tail lines with flowing male sickles and refined active carriage.

Egg color

Cream

Egg output

80-130 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Compact version of the Plymouth Rock, often shown in barred form.

Egg color

Brown

Egg output

110-160 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Hatchery blue-egg hybrid selected for production and variable colorful plumage.

Egg color

Blue

Egg output

200-280 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

Common brown-egg production hybrid where males and females can be color-sexed at hatch from a planned cross.

Egg color

Brown

Egg output

260-320 eggs/year

Sexing traits

Sex-linked

Bantam version of the classic red utility breed.

Egg color

Brown

Egg output

120-180 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted

American utility breed related by purpose to Rhode Island Red but developed as a distinct white breed.

Egg color

Brown

Egg output

180-240 eggs/year

Sexing traits

None noted