Favorite chicken breeds!

GitaBooks

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Jun 23, 2015
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I was hoping to see what everyone's favorite breeds are. Look at the list and choose 5 to 25 of your favorite breeds/colors (for example, Barred Rock).
This is not a full list, but I chose a few hatcheries and these were the breeds they had combined.

ITS SO HARD TO CHOOSE! Have fun dreaming about chicken math.
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STANDARDS

Ameraucana: Black, blue
Ancona
Appenzeller Spitzhayben
Aseel: Dark, Wheaten, BB Red
Asian Black
Austra White
Barnevelder: Double Laced,
Partridge
Barred Holland
BB Red Malay
Black Australorp
Black Free Range Broiler
Black Star
Blue Ameraucana
Blue Andalusian
Brabanter: Cream, Golden
Brahma: Light, Buff, dark
Buckeye

Buff Catalana
Buff Chantecler
California White
Campine: Golden, Silver
Chantecler:
Buff, Partridge, Red, White
Cochin: Black, Blue, Buff, Partridge, Silver Laced, White, Splash, Barred, Golden Laced
Columbian Wyandottes

Cornish: Dark, White-laced Red, Buff
Cornish Cross Broilers (hybrid)
Cream Legbar

Crevecoeurs
Cubalaya: BB Red, Blue Red, White, Red Pyle

Cuckoo Maran
Cuckoo Scots Dumpy
Dark Cornish
Delaware

Dominique
Dorking: Black, colored, cuckoo, dark grey, light grey, red, rose comb colored, rose comb red, rose comb grey, white,
Silver Grey
Easter Eggers (they call them Araucana/Ameraucanas)

Egyptian Fayoumis
Erminette
Flame Jaerhon

Free Range Broilers (hybrid)
Hamburg: Silver Spangled, Silver Penciled, Golden Penciled, Golden Spangled, Blue
Icelandic
Iowa Blue
Jersey Giant: Blue, Black, White

Jumbo Cornish x Rock (meat hybrid)
Kraienkoppe: Silver, BB Red
La Fleche

Lakenvelder: Silver, Golden
Langshan: Black, White, blue
Leghorn: Rose Comb Brown, Single Comb Light Brown, Single Comb Dark Brown, Buff, White, Red, Silver, Exchequer, Mille Fleur, Red, Black
Light Sussex

Long Crower (Tomaru)
Mahogany Faverolle
Mahogany Russian Orloff
Marraduna Basque (Euskal Oiloa)
Madagascar Game

Maran: Cuckoo, Black Copper, Blue Splash, Blue Copper, Golden Cuckoo, White, Blue wheaten, French Feathered Legged Cuckoo
Minorca: Black, Buff, White
Modern BB Red Game
Mottled Houdan

Mottled Java
Muffed Old English game

Naked Neck (Turken)
New Hampshire Red

Norwegian Jaerhons
Old English Game (standard): Hatchery Choice, Birchen, Black, BB Brown Red, Brown Breasted Brown Red, BB Red, BB Red Jungle Fowl, Blue, Crele, Cuckoo, Ginger Red, Golden duckwing, Red Pyle, Silver Duckwing, Silver Duckwing Jungle Fowl, Spangled, Splash, Wheaten, and White
Olive Egger
Orpington: Buff, Lavender, crele, Jubilee, Blue, Black, white, Cuckoo
Penedescenca: Partridge, Black
Phoenix: BB Red, Golden Duckwing, Silver Duckwing, White
Plymouth Rock: Barred, White, Partridge, Silver Penciled
Polish: Silver-laced, Gold-laced, White Crested Blue, Buff Laced, White Crested Black, Splash, White, Blue, White crested Red, Red Crested Red, Black Crested Blue, Black, Golden, Red, White
Phoenix
Pioneer (hybrid)
Plymouth Rock: Barred, Partridge, White, Buff, Silver Penciled, Columbian
Production Red
Rainbow Rangers
Red Cap
Red Broiler
Red Jungle Fowl
RED STARS
Isa Brown (special strains of Rhode Island Reds and Whites)
Golden Comet (Production Red Male x Rhode Island White hen)
Cinnamon Queen (Rhode Island Red roo x Rhode Island White hen)
Golden Buff (hybrid layer)
Cherry Egger (red feathered cross breed, most often Rhode Island Red and New Hampshire Red)
Production Red
Red Sex-link
Brown Stars

Red Sussex
Rhode Island Red: Rose comb and single comb
Rhode Island White
: Rose comb and single comb
Saipan Jungle Fowl
Salmon Faverolle
Sebright: Gold, silver, hatchery choice
Shamo:
Dark, BB Red, Black
Sicilian Buttercup
Silver Grey Dorking
Speckled Sussex
Sumatra: Black, Blue,
Black Frizzle
Swedish Flower Hen
Thailand
Turken (Naked Neck)
Welsummer
White-faced Black Spanish
White Sultan

Wyandotte: White, Columbian, Silver Laced, Blue Laced Red, Golden Laced, Partridge, Black, Buff, Silver Penciled
Yokohama: Red Shoulder, White, Silver Duckwing






BANTAMS
Barred Plymouth Rock
Black Langshan
Black Rosecomb
Black Sumatra

Brahma: Buff, Dark, Light, Partridge
Buckeye
Buff Orpington
Cochin: Barred, Birchen, Black, Buff, Mottled, Partridge, Self Blue, Silver Laced, Splash, White, Blue, Red, Silver Penciled, Golden Laced, Black Frizzle, Red Frizzle, White Frizzle, Silver Penciled

Cornish: Blue, Blue Laced Red, Dark, Spangled, White, White Laced Red
Cubalaya: BB Red, Wheaten
D'anvers: Blue Quail, Quail, Black
Dominique

D'Uccles: Blue Mille Fleur, Brown Red, Buff Columbian, Golden Neck, White, Self Blue, Porcelain, Mille Fleur
Dutch Bantam: Black, Black-tailed Buff, Blue, hatchery Choice, Blue light Brown, Blue Red Quill, Cream Light Brown, Light Brown, Mille Fleur, Porcelain, Red Quill, Silver
Modern Game:
Birchen, Black, Blue, Brown Red, Lemon Blue, Red Pyle, Silver Blue, Self Blue, BB Red, White

Easter Egger Bantam (they call them Araucana/Americana Bantams)
Japanese: Black, Black Tailed Buff, Black tailed White, Grey, Mottled, White

Nankin
New Hampshire
Old English game:
Barred, Birchen, Black, BB Red, Black Tailed Buff, Black Tailed Red, Blue, Blue Brassy Back, Blue Ginger, Blue Golden, Blue Mille Fleur, Blue Quail, Blue Red, Blue Red Quill, Blue Silver, Blue Silver Wheaten, Blue Tailed Buff, Blue Wheaten, Brassy Back, Brown Red, Buff Columbian, Buff Laced, Buff, Chocolate, Columbian, Cream Buttercup Pattern, Cuckoo, Fawn Golden Duckwing, Fawn Red, Fawn Silver, Ginger Red, Golden Campine Pattern, Golden Neck, Gold Buttercup Pattern, Golden Duckwing, Golden Laced, Lemon Blue, Mahogany, Mottled, Mille Fleur, Pearl, Porcelain, Quail, Red, Red Pyle, Red Quill, Self Blue, Silver Blue, Silver Campine Pattern, Silver Duckwing, Silver Ginger, Silver Laced, Silver Wheaten, Spangled, Splash, Wheaten, White, White Tailed Buff, Crele, White Tail Red
Phoenix Bantam: White, Silver duckwing, Golden duckwing, BB Red
Plymouth Rock: Barred, Columbian,
Partridge Rock
Polish: White Crested Black
Rhode Island Red
Rose Comb: Black, Blue, Splash
Sebright: Buff Laced, Golden, Silver

Sicilian Buttercup
Silkie: Black, Blue, Buff, Grey, White, Self Blue, Red, Partridge
Single Comb White Leghorn
Single Comb Nankin
Single Comb Rhode Island Red
Sultan
Welsummer
White Faced Black Spanish
White Leghorn

Wyandotte: Blue, Blue Laced Red, Buff, Buff Columbian, Columbian, Golden Laced, Silver Laced, Chocolate, Partridge, Black,
 
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Double Laced Barnevelder
Buckeye
Red Chantecler
Icelandic
Iowa Blue
Light Sussex
Mille Fleur Leghorn
Mahogany Russian Orloff
Jubilee Orpington
Lavender Orpington
Black Copper Maran
Mottled Java
Rose Comb Rhode Island White
Black Langshan
Swedish Flower Hen
Salmon Faverolle
Crele Standard Old English Game
Ginger Red Standard old English Game
Australorp
Red Sussex
Golden Laced Wyandotte
Blue Ameraucana
Asian Blue
Dominique
Golden Lakenvelder


My Bantams

Black tailed Buff D'uccle
Birchen Cochin
Mottled Cochin
Nankin
Red Silkie
Buff Silkie
Black OEGB
Ginger OGB
Mahogany OEGB
Splash OEGB
Black Langshan
Partridge Brahma
Chocolate Wyandotte
Blue OEGB
Splash Rosecomb
Buff Columbian Wyandotte
Sicilian Buttercup
Black Sumatra
Dark Brahma
Brassy Back OEGB
Golden Duckwing Phoenix
Columbian Rock
Sultan
White Faced Black Spanish
Black Wyandotte
 
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Quote: Originally Posted by GitaBooks

ITS SO HARD TO CHOOSE! Have fun dreaming about chicken math.
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You're not kidding. This is a major task you have set for us and I frankly don't have a list of 25 bantams as my experience with large numbers of bantam breeds it very limited. My four favorites that I've had are Black Silkies, Buff Cochins, Mille Fleur D'Uccles, and Silver Sebrights. I can give you a list of my 25 preferred standard breeds although this list is somewhat fluid and many of the birds on this list are virtual ties with others that are not on my list. Also, some of them are actually hybrids rather than true breeds. Anyway here is my list of the 25 standard breeds that I would want the most.

Black Sex Link (Black Star)
Black Australorp (I love all Aussies, but this is the only variety you had listed)
Icelandic (The one breed that I would dearly love to have but have never had)
Red Sex Link (Any of the labels under which they are marketed; Red Star, Isa Brown, Golden Comet, etc.)
Austra White
Buff Orpington
Lavender Orpington
Buff Orpington
Jubilee Orpington
Crele Orpington (as you can see I love any variety of Orpingtons)
Salmon Faverolle
Speckled Sussex
Buff Brahma
Dark Brahma
Light Brahma
Buff Cochin
California White
Welsummer
Black Copper Marans
Blue Copper Marans
Cuckoo Marans
Silver Laced Wyandotte
Golden Laced Wyandotte
Golden Laced Polish
Mottled Houdan
 

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