Chicken Breed Chart to Help Choose Your Chicken Bird Brooding/Best Size Coop Egg Recommendation Chicken Color Cold Egg Picture Behavior Breed lb. and Hardy Laying Size occasional brooder well adaptable to confinement Best coop: Ameraucana 4-5 blue yes or free range; good mostly calm, non-aggressive GGC Chic Mobile for 8-12 birds non-setter prefers free range; nervous Best Ccoop: & restless in confinement; Ancona 4-6 white yes flyer; active, Large Wood Excellent flighty, marked Backyard Chicken wildness, Coop Poultry Hen avoids human House with contact Outdoor Run mostly a non- setter semi-adaptable to confinement, Best Coop: but prefers free Andalusian 5.5-7 white no range; active, Large Wood good flighty, noisy, Backyard Chicken avoids human Coop Poultry Hen contact House with Outdoor Run can be broody early maturing not very tolerant of close Appenzeller white no confinement; Best Coop: good flyer; active, flighty Walk in chicken coop for 6 to 8 Bird Brooding/Best Size Coop Egg Recommendation Chicken Color Cold Egg Picture Behavior Breed lb. and Hardy Laying Size good, or frequent, brooder well adaptable to confinement Best Coop: Araucana blue yes or free range; good calm, non- aggressive EZ-fit 3 x 4 Chicken Coop bears confinement better than most other game breeds; occasioal brooder extremely fierce 5- & pugnacious, but docile & Best Coop: Aseel cream yes easily handled excellent 5 3/4 when away from Walk in chicken other cocks; coop for 6 to 8 because of aggressiveness, not recommended for a mixed flock mixed brooding well adaptable to confinement Australorp or Best Coop: or free range; Black 6.5-8.5 brown yes good calm, docile; Australorp more easily Walk in chicken handled coop for 6 to 8 mixed brooding Best Coop: well adaptable dark to confinement Barnevelder 67" Farmhouse excellent brown or free range; Wooden Chicken calm, docile Coop with Display Top, Run Area and Nesting Box Bird Brooding/Best Size Coop Egg Recommendation Chicken Color Cold Egg Picture Behavior Breed lb. and Hardy Laying Size broody Belgian Best Coop: D'Anver, or active, flyer; Antwerp hens calm, white no Large Wood fair Belgian, cocks can be Backyard Chicken Barbu aggressive Coop Poultry Hen d'Anvers House with Outdoor Run broody adaptable to Best Coop: confinement or free range; Brahma 9.5-12 brown yes 67" Farmhouse good mostly gentle; Wooden Chicken more easily Coop with Display handled. Top, Run Area and Nesting Box broody adaptable to confinement, Best Coop: very adaptable to free range; Buckeye 6.5-9 brown yes 67" Farmhouse good calm, docile; Wooden Chicken can be curious; Coop with Display more easily Top, Run Area handled. and Nesting Box good, or frequent, brooder Buff white adaptable to Sablepoot/ or confinement or Best Coop: tinted free range; in yes Excellent Botted mostly gentle; 144" Large color Bantam more easily Backyard Hen handled. House Chicken Coop w/ Long Run Bird Brooding/Best Size Coop Egg Recommendation Chicken Color Cold Egg Picture Behavior Breed lb. and Hardy Laying Size economical eater; semi- non setter adaptable to confinement, Best Coop: but prefers free range; flyer; Campine 4-6 white no good alert, lively; can 144" Large be curious; Backyard Hen some are rather House Chicken wild, others can Coop w/ Long Run be quite tolerant of humans non setter less tolerant of close Best Coop: confinement; Catalana 6-8 white no active, 144" Large good vigorous, Backyard Hen avoids human House Chicken contact Coop w/ Long Run broody bears confinement well; calm, Best Coop: Chantecler 6.5-8.5 brown yes docile, although excellent there are Amish Chicken reports of Mansion for 12-18 skittishness. non setter suited for close (and dry) Best Coop: Crevecoeur white no confinement; good active; can be Amish Chicken aggressive Mansion for 12-18 Bird Brooding/Best Size Coop Egg Recommendation Chicken Color Cold Egg Picture Behavior Breed lb. and Hardy Laying Size broody well adaptable Best Coop: to confinement Delaware 6.5-8.5 brown yes excellent or free range; calm, docile Amish Chicken Mansion for 12-18 broody well adaptable Best Coop: to confinement or free range; Dominique 5-7 brown yes calm mostly, 67" Farmhouse good or Dominiker but more flighty Wooden Chicken than other dual Coop with Display purpose breeds Top, Run Area and Nesting Box very broody adaptable to confinement or Best Coop: free range; calm; docile; Dorking 7-9 white yes stately or 67" Farmhouse poor awkward; Wooden Chicken fattens easily; Coop with Display more easily Top, Run Area handled and Nesting Box occasional bears brooding confinement well; alert; Best Coop: calm; very docile; genteel; Faverolles 6.5-8 cream yes good prone to Large Wood bullying by Backyard Chicken others, so may Coop Poultry Hen not do well in a House with mixed flock Outdoor Run Bird Brooding/Best Size Coop Egg Recommendation Chicken Color Cold Egg Picture Behavior Breed lb. and Hardy Laying Size broody Best Coop: well adaptable Holland or to confinement American 6.5-8.5 white yes or free range; Large Wood good Holland calm, good Backyard Chicken tempered Coop Poultry Hen House with Outdoor Run non setter Best Coop: Jaerhon or adaptable to Norwegian confinement, Jaerhon or white yes but prefers free Large Wood excellent Norske range; active, Backyard Chicken Jærhøne flighty Coop Poultry Hen House with Outdoor Run broody well adaptable Best Coop: to confinement Java 7.5-9.5 brown yes good or free range; Chicken Coop calm Poultry Hen House w/Run - Green occassional brooder because of size, not an Best Coop: economical eater; adaptable Jersey Giant 10-13 brown yes to confinement Chicken Coop excellent or free range; Poultry Hen House calm, gentle, w/Run - Green more easily handled. Bird Brooding/Best Size Coop Egg Recommendation Chicken Color Cold Egg Picture Behavior Breed lb. and Hardy Laying Size non setter well adaptable to confinement Best Coop: or free range; La Fleche 6.5-8 white yes excellent active, flighty, Chicken Coop avoids human Poultry Hen House contact w/Run - Green occasional brooder well adaptable to confinement Best Coop: or free range; active for their Langshan 7.5-9.5 brown yes good size; graceful; Large Wood not as calm or Backyard Chicken docile as other Coop Poultry Hen large breeds House with Outdoor Run economical non setter eater; better adaptable to confinement Best Coop: then some Mediterranean; Leghorn 4.5-6 white no Large Wood excellent enjoys free Backyard Chicken range; flyer; Coop Poultry Hen flighty; spritely, House with noisy, nervous, Outdoor Run usually avoids human contact. needs to be active; intolerant of close broody confinement; among the most Best Coop: aggressive, but more placid Malay 7-9 brown no good than most game 96" Wooden birds; because Backyard Hen of House Chicken aggressiveness, Coop Tractor not recommended for a mixed flock Bird Brooding/Best Size Coop Egg Recommendation Chicken Color Cold Egg Picture Behavior Breed lb. and Hardy Laying Size brooder Best Coop: varies widely by dark Marans no individual and excellent brown 96" Wooden strain. Backyard Hen House Chicken Coop Tractor non setter adaptable to confinement, Best Coop: but prefers free range; Minorca 7.5-9 white no excelent restlessly 96" Wooden active, flighty, Backyard Hen avoids human House Chicken contact Coop Tractor broody well adaptable Naked Neck to confinement or Best Coop: light or free range; Transylvanian yes excellent brown active; calm, Naked Neck docile; more Amish Chicken or Turken easily handled Mansion for 12-18 occassional well adaptable brooder New to confinement Hampshire or or free range; light Best Coop: New 6.5-8.5 yes calm; can be excellent brown Hampshire docile or Red aggressive; can Amish Chicken be curious Mansion for 12-18 Bird Brooding/Best Size Coop Egg Recommendation Chicken Color Cold Egg Picture Behavior Breed lb. and Hardy Laying Size frequent, brooder adaptable to free range; very Best Coop: adaptable to Orpington 8-10 brown yes confinement; excellent docile; more 144" Large easily handled; Backyard Hen can be bullied House Chicken Coop w/ Long Run broody well adaptable Best Coop: to confinement Plymouth or free range; 7.5-9.5 brown yes excellent Rock calm, docile; 144" Large more easily Backyard Hen handled House Chicken Coop w/ Long Run well adaptable non setter to confinement or free range; Best Coop: active, calm & fairly docile, Rhode Island 6.5-8.5 brown yes excellent can be 144" Large aggressive Backyard Hen (cocks are House Chicken especially Coop w/ Long Run notorious) Spanish, adaptable to non setter White-Faced confinement, Black but prefers free Best Coop: Spanish, white no range; flighty, excellent Spanish haughty, noisy, White Ear, or avoids human The Garden Coop Clownface contact Bird Brooding/Best Size Coop Egg Recommendation Chicken Color Cold Egg Picture Behavior Breed lb. and Hardy Laying Size needs to be active; broody intolerant of close Best Coop: confinement; pugnacious; Sumatra white no good because of 96" Wooden aggressiveness, Backyard Hen not House Chicken recommended Coop Tractor for a mixed flock broody well adaptable to confinement Best Coop: or free range; light Sussex 7-9 yes calm; gentle; good brown 96" Wooden active; can be Backyard Hen curious; more House Chicken easily handled Coop Tractor mixed broody well adaptable Best Coop: to confinement Welsumer or dark or free range; yes excellent Welsummer brown lively, but more 96" Wooden docile than Backyard Hen flighty. House Chicken Coop Tractor occasional brooder excellet well adaptable Best Coop: to confinement Wyandotte 6.5-8.5 brown yes or free range; 96" Wooden calm. Backyard Hen House Chicken Coop Tractor .