Marsh Daisy Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.9/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Rare Breed. Eggs: 160 – 210 Tinted. Origin: Great Britain. Weight: Cock: 2.5 – 2.95 Kg. Hen: 2.0 – 2.5 Kg. Colours: Black, Buff, Brown, Wheaten. Useful to Know: A good forager and reasonable layer that only exists in large fowl size. Photo: Marsh Daisy Male owned by Sharon Smith. […]
Lakenvelder Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.6/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Rare breed. Utility – Layer. Eggs: 190-Tinted. Origin: The Netherlands / Germany. Weight: Cock: 2.25 – 2.7Kg. Hen: 2Kg. Bantam: Cock: 680g. Hen: 510g Colour: Black and White. Useful to Know: A rare breed that is more popular in Germany and The Netherlands where they are called Lakenfelder with an ‘f’ […]
Brahma Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.5/5 Easy to Keep? 2.5/5 Uses: Exhibition / Ornamental. Eggs: 120-180. Origin: China. Weight: Cock: 4.55 – 5.45Kg, Hen: 3.2 – 4.10Kg. Bantam: Cock: 1080g, Hen: 910g. Colours: Dark, Light, White, Gold, Blue Partridge, Buff Columbian. Useful to Know: Indoor housing is often used by exhibitors during bad weather to […]
Brakel Chickens
Uses: Utility: Laying. Conservation. Eggs: 180-200 white. Origin: Brakel East of Brussels in Belgium. Weight: Cock: 3.2Kg, Hen: 2.75Kg. Bantam: Cock: 790g, Hen: 700g. Colours: Silver, Gold (Standardised UK). Useful to Know: The Brakel is very similar to the Campine. It is an extremely rare breed today. There are very few breeders, (probably only a […]
Jersey Giant Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.4/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Utility – meat / conservation. Eggs: 150-170 tinted or brown. Origin: North America. Weight: Cock: 5.9Kg, Hen: 4.55Kg. Bantam: Cock: 1.74Kg. Hen: 1.13Kg Colours: Black, Blue, and White. Useful to Know: They are the World’s largest chicken breed and need a lot of space […]
Rumpless Araucana Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.5/5 Easy to Keep? 4/5 Uses: Coloured Egg Layer / Exhibition. Eggs: 170-180 Blue / Green.Origin: Chile / South America.Weight: Cock: 2.7Kg, Hen: 2.25Kg.Bantam: Cock: 910g, Hen: 790g.Colours: Black, Black-Red, Blue, Blue-Red, Creole, Cuckoo, Golden Duckwing, Lavender, Pile, Silver Duckwing, Spangled, White (Standardised).Useful to Know: What we call Rumpless Araucanas […]
Fayoumi Chickens
No. of Eggs 3.1/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Utility / eggs. Eggs: 180-220 white or cream. Origin: Egypt. Weight: Cock: 1.81Kg, Hen: 1.36 – 1.58Kg. Bantam: Cock: 430g Hen: 400g. Colours: Gold Penciled, Silver Pencilled. Useful to Know: Fast to mature, selected for egg laying. Extremely active, flighty very well suited to coping in the […]
Friesian Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.5/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Rare Breed Conservation. Eggs: 150-180 white. Origin: North coast of The Netherlands. Weight: Cock: 1.4 – 1.6Kg. Hen: 1.2 – 1.4Kg. Bantam: Cock: 550 – 650g. Hen: 450 – 550g Colours: Gold Pencilled, Silver Pencilled, Chamois Pencilled. Useful to Know: Extremely rare now in […]
Hamburgh Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.8/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Exhibition / Ornamental. Eggs: 170-200. Origin: Europe – Mostly The Netherlands. Weight: Cock: 2.25 Kg, Hen: 1.80 Kg. Bantam: Cock: 680 – 790 g, Hen: 620 – 740 g. Colours: Black, Silver Pencilled, Gold Pencilled, Silver Spangled, Gold Spangled. Useful to Know: Active birds that […]
German Langshan Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.8/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Exhibition. Origin: Germany. Eggs: 150 – 200 Brown. Weight: Cock: 3 – 4.5Kg, Hen: 2.5 – 3.5Kg. Bantam Cock: 1Kg, Hen: 900g. Colours: Black, Blue, White (Standardised in the U.K.) Birchen, Barred, Brown-Red, Silver-Blue, Lemon-Blue, Red exist in Germany. Useful to Know: Wine glass […]
Frizzle Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.2/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Exhibition. Eggs: 160 white or tinted eggs.Origin: Asia?Weight: Cock: 3.6Kg, Hen: 2.7Kg.Bantam Cock: 680-790g Bantam Hen: 570-680gColours: Buff, Black, Black-Red, Brown-Red, Blue, Columbian, Cuckoo, Duckwing, Pile, Red, Spangled and White.Useful to Know: Mating Frizzles will give 25% smooth feathered, 25% very frizzled and 50% […]
Dominique Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.8/5 Easy to Keep? 4/5 Uses: Utility – meat and eggs. Rare breed conservation. Eggs: 160-200 brown eggs per year. Origin: America. Weight: Cock: 2.72-3.17Kg, Hen: 1.81-2.26Kg. Bantam Cock: 793g Bantam Hen: 566g Colour: Barred. Slate and White. Male slightly lighter than the female. Useful to Know: One of the […]
Dorking Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.4/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Rare breed. Traditionally utility: meat. Origin: U.K. Eggs: 120 – 170 large cream / white. Weight: Cock: 4.55 – 6.35Kg, Hen: 3.6 – 4.55Kg. Bantam: Cock: 1130 – 1360g, Hen: 910 – 1130g. Colours: Cuckoo, Dark Red, Silver Grey, White. Useful to Know: The […]
Dutch Bantams
No. of Eggs 2.2/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Exhibition / Ornamental. Eggs: 80 – 160 tinted.Origin: Holland.Weight: Bantam Cock: 500 – 550g, Hen: 400 – 450g.Colours: Gold Partridge, Silver Partridge, Yellow Partridge, Blue Silver Partridge, Blue Yellow Partridge, Blue Partridge, Red Shouldered White (Pile), Cuckoo Partridge (Crele), Cuckoo, Black, White, Blue, Lavender.Useful […]
Faverolles Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.8/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Exhibition. Utility: EggsOrigin: France. Eggs: 160 – 200 Tinted.Weight: Cock: 4.08 – 4.98Kg Hen: 3.4 – 4.3KgBantam Cock: 1130 – 1360g, Hen: 907 – 1133g.Colours: Black, Laced Blue, Buff, Cuckoo, Ermine, Salmon, White (Standardised UK).Useful to Know: The name Faverolles comes from a village […]
Croad Langshan Chickens
No. of Eggs 3.3/5 Easy to Keep? 2.8/5 Uses: Dual purpose utility. Eggs: 180-240 pinkish-brown.Origin: Langshan district of China.Weight: Cock: 4.1Kg min, Hen: 3.2Kg min.Bantam Cock: 770 – 910g Bantam Hen: 650 – 790gColour: Black, White.Useful to Know: There are many different standards for Langshans around the World which can cause some confusion […]
Cochin Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.8/5 Easy to Keep? 2.5/5 Uses: Originally utility: eggs / meat now exhibition.Eggs: 150 – 200 small, tinted.Origin: China.Weight: Cock: 4.5 – 5.1Kg, Hen: 4.1 – 5Kg.Colours: Black, Blue, Buff, Cuckoo, Partridge & Grouse, White. (Standardised UK).Useful to Know: There are no Cochin bantams in the UK, they are classified […]
Campine Chickens
No. of Eggs 2.4/5 Easy to Keep? 3.5/5 Uses: Exhibition, rare breed. Eggs: 140 – 170 white. Origin: Belgium. Weight: Cock: 2.7Kg, Hen: 2.25Kg. Bantam: Cock: 680g, Hen: 570g. Colours: Silver, Gold (Standardised UK). Useful to Know: Pronounced kam-peen, a rare breed that is seldom seen. The Campine also exists as a bantam […]
Booted Bantams
No. of Eggs 2.5/5 Easy to Keep? 2/5 Uses: Exhibition. Eggs: 150 – 180 tinted.Origin: Germany, The Netherlands, Great Britain.Weight: Cock: 850g, Hen: 750g.Colours: Black, White, Blue, Lavender, Cuckoo, Black Mottled, Buff Mottled, Gold, Silver & Lemon Millefleur, Porcelain. Many more colours are found on the continent.Useful to Know: A true bantam and […]
Barnevelder Chickens
No. of Eggs 3.2/5 Easy to Keep? 4.7/5 Uses: Utility – Egg Layer. Eggs: 180 – 230 brown. Origin: Barnevelder, The Netherlands. Weight: Cock: 3.2 – 3.6Kg Hen: 2.7 – 3.2Kg. Bantam Cock: 910g Hen: 740g Colours: Black, Double Laced, Partridge (extinct), Silver. Useful to Know: Barnevelders lay attractive brown eggs. The Double […]