Whether you are a beginner chicken keeper or looking to add a new chicken breed to your backyard flock of chooks, there are so many chicken breeds to choose from! Which chicken breed will you choose? Have a peck at our ultimate chicken breed list below to find out more!
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Country of origin
- Italy
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Eggs
- Average 200 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White
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Personality
- Active and curious
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Appearance
- Mottled black and white plumage
- Single or rose comb
- Black mottled yellow legs
Andalusian chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Andalusia, Spain
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Eggs
- Average 165 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White
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Personality
- Cute and friendly
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Appearance
- Slate-blue plumage
- Single comb
- White earlobes
Appenzeller chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Switzerland
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Eggs
- Average 220 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White
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Personality
- Active and curious
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Appearance
- Black, chamois, gold-spangled or silver-spangled plumage
- V or rose shaped comb
- Upright feather crest, upright tail feathers in both sexes
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Country of origin
- Chile
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Eggs
- Average 270 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Blue or green
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Personality
- Active and curious
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Appearance
- Black, black-red, blue, crele, lavender, gold-duckwing, pile, silver-duckwing, spangled or white plumage
- Pea comb
- Bearded, muffed, tailed
Australian Langshan chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Australia
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Eggs
- Average 250 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown
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Personality
- Active and curious
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Appearance
- Black, blue or white plumage
- Single comb
- Iridescent green in black plumage variety
Australorp chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Australia
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Eggs
- Average 300 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown
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Personality
- Cute and friendly
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Appearance
- Black, blue or white plumage
- Single comb
- Iridescent green in black plumage variety
Barnevelder chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Netherlands
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Eggs
- Average 200 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown
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Personality
- Cute and friendly
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Appearance
- Black, double-laced, partridge, silver or white plumage
- Single comb
- Yellow legs
Belgian d’Uccle chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Belgium
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Eggs
- Average 100 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Cream
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Personality
- Cute and friendly
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Appearance
- Millie fleur, black, porcelain, golden neck, mottled, blue or white plumage
- Single comb
- Feathered legs
Brahma chicken breed
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Country of origin
- India
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Eggs
- Average 120 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown
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Personality
- Cute and friendly
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Appearance
- Black, blue-columbian, buff-columbian, dark, gold, light or white plumage
- Pea comb
- Feathered legs
Campine chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Belgium
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Eggs
- Average 200 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White
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Personality
- Active and curious
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Appearance
- Gold or silver plumage
- Single comb
- Upright tail feathers in both sexes
Cochin chicken breed
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Country of origin
- China
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Eggs
- Average 120 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown
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Personality
- Cute and cuddly
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Appearance
- Black, blue, buff, gold-laced, partridge, silver-laced, splash or white plumage
- Single comb
- Feathered legs
Cornish chicken breed
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Country of origin
- England
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Eggs
- Average 50 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown
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Personality
- Active and curious
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Appearance
- White, white laced red, dark plumage with brown patterning on a dark blue-green background (the Cornish Game) or lighter birds with the same patterning on a light wheaten background (Jubilee Cornish Game)
- Pea comb
- Thick yellow legs
Cream Legbar chicken breed
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Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Eggs
- Average 150 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Blue, green or cream
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Personality
- Cute and friendly
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Appearance
- Gold, silver or cream plumage (cream is more common)
- Single comb
- Clean legs
Croad Langshan chicken breed
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Country of origin
- China
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Eggs
- Average 140 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown
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Personality
- Active and friendly
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Appearance
- Black, white or blue plumage
- Single comb
- Feathered legs in males
Dominique chicken breed
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Country of origin
- United States of America
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Eggs
- Average 230 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown
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Personality
- Calm and friendly
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Appearance
- Black and white barred plumage
- Rose comb
- Five toes
Dorking chicken breed
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Country of origin
- England
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Eggs
- Average 150 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White or tinted
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Personality
- Calm and cute
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Appearance
- White plumage with a rose comb or silver-gray and red plumage with a single comb
- Single or rose comb
- Short legs, five toes
Faverolles chicken breed
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Country of origin
- France
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Eggs
- Average 200 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Light brown or pink
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Personality
- Calm and cute
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Appearance
- White, salmon or mahogany plumage
- Single comb
- Feathered feet, five toes
Fayoumi or Faiyumi chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Egypt
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Eggs
- Average 90 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Cream or tinted
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Personality
- Active and curious
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Appearance
- Silver plumage
- Single comb
- Upright tail feathers in both sexes
Frizzle chicken breed
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Country of origin
- South East Asia
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Eggs
- Average 150 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White or tinted
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Personality
- Cute and curious
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Appearance
- White, black, blue, buff or silver-grey plumage
- Single comb
- Upward curled feathers
Hamburg chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Northern Europe
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Eggs
- Average 200 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White
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Personality
- Active and curious
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Appearance
- White, black, silver spangled, silver penciled, golden spangled, golden penciled, citron pencilled or citron spangled plumage
- Rose comb
- Upright tail feathers in both sexes
Houdan chicken breed
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Country of origin
- France
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Eggs
- Average 100 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White
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Personality
- Cute and friendly
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Appearance
- White or mottled plumage
- Butterfly comb
- Crest, five toes, beard
ISA Brown chicken breed
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Country of origin
- France
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Eggs
- Average 300+ eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown
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Personality
- Curious and friendly
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Appearance
- Copper plumage
- Single comb
Japanese Bantam chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Japan
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Eggs
- Average 50 eggs per year "
- Egg colour: Cream or tinted "
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Personality"
- Cute and calm "
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Appearance"
- White, black, black tailed white, black tailed buff, barred, brown red, grey or wheaten plumage
- Single comb
- Upright tail feathers in both sexes
Leghorn chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Italy
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Eggs
- Average 280 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White
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Personality
- Active and curious
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Appearance
- Golden duckwing, silver duckwing, partridge, brown, buff, exchequer, columbian, pyle, white, black, blue, mottled cuckoo, blue-red, lavender, red crele or buff columbian plumage
- Single or rose comb
- Upright tail feathers in both sexes
Maran chicken breed
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Country of origin"
- France
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Eggs
- Average 150 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Dark brown
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Personality
- Cute and friendly
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Appearance
- White, wheaten, black copper, birchen, blue, salmon, blue silver salmon, silver cuckoo or golden cuckoo plumage
- Single comb
- Feathered and clean leg varieties
Minorca chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Spain
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Eggs
- Average 200 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White
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Personality
- Active and regal
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Appearance
- Single comb black, rose comb black, single comb white, rose comb white or single comb buff plumage
- Single or Rose comb
- White earlobes
Naked Neck chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Romania
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Eggs
- Average 150 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Light brown
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Personality
- Cute and friendly
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Appearance
- Black, white, cuckoo, buff, red, or blue plumage
- Single comb
- Featherless neck
New Hampshire Red chicken breed
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Country of origin
- United States of America
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Eggs
- Average 150 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown
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Personality
- Calm and friendly
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Appearance
- Red-brown plumage
- Single comb
- Yellow legs
Old English Game chicken breed
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Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Eggs
- Average 100 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Tinted
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Personality
- Active and curious
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Appearance
- Black-breasted red, brown-red, golden duckwing, silver duckwing, red pyle, white and black plumage
- Single comb
- Upright, slim body type
Orpington chicken breed
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Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Eggs
- Average 200 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Light brown
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Personality
- Cute and calm
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Appearance
- Black, white, buff, blue or splash plumage
- Single comb
- Voluminous feathers
Pekin chicken breed
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Country of origin
- China
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Eggs
- Average 50+ eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown or tinted
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Personality
- Cute and calm
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Appearance
- Black, blue, buff, cuckoo, mottled, barred, columbian, lavender, partridge, white, birchen or silver partridge plumage
- Single comb
- Feathered legs and feet, voluminous feathers
Plymouth Rock chicken breed
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Country of origin
- United States of America
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Eggs
- Average 250 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Tinted
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Personality
- Curious and friendly
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Appearance
- Barred, white, buff, silver penciled, partridge, columbian, blue or black plumage
- Single comb
- Yellow legs
Polish chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Netherlands
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Eggs
- Average 200 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White
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Personality
- Calm and friendly
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Appearance
- Black crested white, white crested black, golden, silver, white or buff laced plumage
- Duplex comb
- Crest
Rhode Island Red chicken breed
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Country of origin
- United States of America
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Eggs
- Average 300 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown or tinted
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Personality
- Curious and friendly
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Appearance
- Red or white plumage
- Single or Rose comb
- Deep yellow legs
Sebright chicken breed
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Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Eggs
- Average 50 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Cream or white
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Personality
- Active and flighty
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Appearance
- Silver or golden laced plumage
- Rose comb
- Upright tails in both sexes
Silkie chicken breed
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Country of origin
- China
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Eggs
- Average 150-200 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White or tinted
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Personality
- Calm and friendly
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Appearance
- Fluffy black, white, partridge, buff, gray, blue plumage
- Walnut comb
- Feathered feet, five toes
Sultan chicken breed
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Country of origin
- Turkey
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Eggs
- Average 180 eggs per year
- Egg colour: White
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Personality
- Calm and friendly
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Appearance
- Black, white, blue plumage
- V shaped comb
- Crest, vulture hocks, feathered feet, five toes
Sussex chicken breed
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Country of origin
- England
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Eggs
- Average 250-350 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Light brown
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Personality
- Curious and friendly
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Appearance
- Brown, buff, light, red, speckled silver, white and coronation plumage
- Single comb "
- Voluminous feathers "
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Country of origin
- The Netherlands
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Eggs
- Average 160 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Dark brown
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Personality
- Calm and friendly
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Appearance
- Partridge, silver duckwing and the gold duckwing plumage
- Single comb
- Yellow legs
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Country of origin
- United States
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Eggs
- Average 200 eggs per year
- Egg colour: Brown or tinted
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Personality
- Calm and friendly
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Appearance
- Golden laced, silver laced, white, black, buff, columbian, partridge and silver penciled plumage
- Rose comb
- Voluminous feathers
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