Chicken breeds
Pure breeds recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain, along with the commercial hybrids most UK keepers start with.
Showing 115 of 115 breeds
| Breed | Eggs a year | Egg colour | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancona chicken180–220 eggs a year · white eggs · RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners | 180–220 | White | RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners |
| Andalusian chicken160–200 eggs a year · white eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 160–200 | White | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Appenzeller Barthüner chicken190–220 eggs a year · white eggs · Bantam | 190–220 | White | Bantam |
| Appenzeller Spitzhauben chicken230–280 eggs a year · white eggs | 230–280 | White | – |
| Araucana chicken170–200 eggs a year · blue/green eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 170–200 | Blue/green | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Asil chicken5–20 eggs a year · cream/tinted eggs · Bantam | 5–20 | Cream/tinted | Bantam |
| Australorp chicken200–250 eggs a year · light brown/tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners | 200–250 | Light brown/tinted | RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners |
| Ayam Cemani chickencream/tinted eggs · Bantam | – | Cream/tinted | Bantam |
| Barnevelder chicken180–230 eggs a year · dark brown eggs · Bantam | 180–230 | Dark brown | Bantam |
| Belgian chicken200–250 eggs a year · white/cream eggs · Bantam | 200–250 | White/cream | Bantam |
| Black Rock chickenabout 280 (first year) eggs a year · brown eggs · Beginners | about 280 (first year) | Brown | Beginners |
| Bluebelle chicken260–300 (first year) eggs a year · brown eggs | 260–300 (first year) | Brown | – |
| Booted chicken150–180 eggs a year · white/cream eggs · Bantam | 150–180 | White/cream | Bantam |
| Bovans Goldline chicken300+ (first year) eggs a year · brown eggs | 300+ (first year) | Brown | – |
| Brabanter chickenwhite eggs · Bantam | – | White | Bantam |
| Brahma chicken120–180 eggs a year · tinted eggs · Bantam · Beginners | 120–180 | Tinted | Bantam · Beginners |
| Brakel chicken180–200 eggs a year · white eggs · Bantam | 180–200 | White | Bantam |
| Breda chickenwhite eggs · Bantam | – | White | Bantam |
| Bresse-Gauloise chickenwhite/cream eggs · Bantam | – | White/cream | Bantam |
| Brockbar chickentinted/brown eggs · Bantam | – | Tinted/brown | Bantam |
| Brussbar chickentinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | – | Tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Burmese chickencream eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | – | Cream | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Cambar chickenwhite eggs · Bantam | – | White | Bantam |
| Campine chicken140–170 eggs a year · white eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 140–170 | White | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Carlisle Old English Game chicken50–80 eggs a year · cream/tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 50–80 | Cream/tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Cochin chicken150–200 eggs a year · tinted eggs · RBST priority | 150–200 | Tinted | RBST priority |
| Columbian Blacktail chicken280–300 (first year) eggs a year · light brown eggs | 280–300 (first year) | Light brown | – |
| Cream Legbar chicken180–200 eggs a year · blue/green eggs · RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners | 180–200 | Blue/green | RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners |
| Crèvecoeur chicken120–150 eggs a year · white eggs · Bantam | 120–150 | White | Bantam |
| Croad Langshan chicken180–240 eggs a year · brown (plum-tinted) eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 180–240 | Brown (plum-tinted) | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Dandarawi chickenabout 260 eggs a year · white/tinted eggs | about 260 | White/tinted | – |
| Derbyshire Redcap chicken150–200 eggs a year · white eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 150–200 | White | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Dominique chicken160–200 eggs a year · brown eggs · Bantam · Beginners | 160–200 | Brown | Bantam · Beginners |
| Dorbar chickenwhite/tinted eggs · Bantam | – | White/tinted | Bantam |
| Dorking chicken120–170 eggs a year · white/tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 120–170 | White/tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Dutch chicken80–160 eggs a year · white/cream eggs · Bantam | 80–160 | White/cream | Bantam |
| Ex-batt hybrid chickenbrown eggs | – | Brown | – |
| Faverolles chicken160–200 eggs a year · tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 160–200 | Tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Fayoumi chicken180–220 eggs a year · white/tinted eggs | 180–220 | White/tinted | – |
| Friesian chicken150–180 eggs a year · white eggs | 150–180 | White | – |
| Frizzle chickenabout 160 eggs a year · tinted/white eggs · Bantam | about 160 | Tinted/white | Bantam |
| German Langshan chicken150–200 eggs a year · brown eggs · Bantam | 150–200 | Brown | Bantam |
| Gingernut Ranger chicken300–320+ (first year) eggs a year · brown eggs · Beginners | 300–320+ (first year) | Brown | Beginners |
| Groninger chickenwhite eggs | – | White | – |
| Hamburgh chicken170–200 eggs a year · white eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 170–200 | White | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Houdan chicken180–240 eggs a year · white eggs · Bantam | 180–240 | White | Bantam |
| Hybrid layer chickenbrown (varies) eggs · Beginners | – | Brown (varies) | Beginners |
| Indian Game chicken60–90 eggs a year · light brown eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 60–90 | Light brown | RBST priority · Bantam |
| ISA Brown chicken300+ (first year) eggs a year · light brown eggs | 300+ (first year) | Light brown | – |
| Ixworth chicken160–200 eggs a year · tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 160–200 | Tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Japanese chicken80–160 eggs a year · cream/tinted eggs · Bantam | 80–160 | Cream/tinted | Bantam |
| Jersey Giant chicken150–170 eggs a year · brown eggs · Bantam · Beginners | 150–170 | Brown | Bantam · Beginners |
| Ko Shamo chickentinted eggs · Bantam | – | Tinted | Bantam |
| Kraienköppe chicken150–180 eggs a year · cream/tinted eggs · Bantam | 150–180 | Cream/tinted | Bantam |
| Kulang chickentinted eggs | – | Tinted | – |
| La Flèche chicken150–180 eggs a year · white eggs · Bantam | 150–180 | White | Bantam |
| Lakenvelder chickenabout 190 eggs a year · white/tinted eggs · Bantam | about 190 | White/tinted | Bantam |
| Legbar chickenwhite/cream eggs · RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners | – | White/cream | RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners |
| Leghorn chicken180–250 eggs a year · white eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 180–250 | White | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Lincolnshire Buff chicken120–150 eggs a year · tinted eggs · Bantam | 120–150 | Tinted | Bantam |
| Lohmann Brown chicken300+ (first year) eggs a year · light brown eggs | 300+ (first year) | Light brown | – |
| Malay chickentinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | – | Tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Marans chicken160–210 eggs a year · dark brown eggs · Bantam | 160–210 | Dark brown | Bantam |
| Marsh Daisy chicken160–210 eggs a year · tinted eggs · RBST priority | 160–210 | Tinted | RBST priority |
| Minorca chicken170–220 eggs a year · white eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 170–220 | White | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Modern Game chicken50–80 eggs a year · tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 50–80 | Tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Modern Langshan chicken160–180 eggs a year · brown eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 160–180 | Brown | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Nankin chicken150–180 eggs a year · cream/tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 150–180 | Cream/tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Nankin Shamo chickentinted eggs · Bantam | – | Tinted | Bantam |
| New Hampshire Red chicken160–240 eggs a year · brown eggs · Bantam | 160–240 | Brown | Bantam |
| Norfolk Grey chicken150–220 eggs a year · tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners | 150–220 | Tinted | RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners |
| North Holland Blue chicken150–180 eggs a year · tinted/light brown eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 150–180 | Tinted/light brown | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Ohiki chickentinted eggs · Bantam | – | Tinted | Bantam |
| Old English Game Bantam chicken100–160 eggs a year · cream/tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 100–160 | Cream/tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Old English Pheasant Fowl chicken160–200 eggs a year · white eggs · RBST priority | 160–200 | White | RBST priority |
| Orloff chickenabout 100 eggs a year · tinted eggs · Bantam | about 100 | Tinted | Bantam |
| Orpington chicken100–180 eggs a year · tinted/light brown eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 100–180 | Tinted/light brown | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Oxford Old English Game chickencream/tinted eggs · RBST priority | – | Cream/tinted | RBST priority |
| Pekin chicken120–160 eggs a year · white eggs · Bantam | 120–160 | White | Bantam |
| Plymouth Rock chicken190–240 eggs a year · tinted/light brown eggs · Bantam | 190–240 | Tinted/light brown | Bantam |
| Poland chicken120–150 eggs a year · white eggs · Bantam | 120–150 | White | Bantam |
| Rhode Island Red chicken250+ eggs a year · brown eggs · Bantam | 250+ | Brown | Bantam |
| Rhodebar chicken180–200 eggs a year · brown eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 180–200 | Brown | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Rosecomb chicken150–180 eggs a year · white/cream eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 150–180 | White/cream | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Rumpless Araucana chicken170–180 eggs a year · blue/green eggs · Bantam | 170–180 | Blue/green | Bantam |
| Rumpless Game chickentinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | – | Tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Satsumadori chickentinted eggs | – | Tinted | – |
| Scots Dumpy chickenup to 180 eggs a year · white/tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | up to 180 | White/tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Scots Grey chicken180–200 eggs a year · white/tinted eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 180–200 | White/tinted | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Sebright chicken50–80 eggs a year · white/cream eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 50–80 | White/cream | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Serama chicken80–160 eggs a year · tinted/brown eggs · Bantam | 80–160 | Tinted/brown | Bantam |
| Shamo chickentinted eggs · Bantam | – | Tinted | Bantam |
| Sicilian Buttercup chicken140–180 eggs a year · white eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 140–180 | White | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Silkie chicken90–120 eggs a year · cream/tinted eggs · Bantam | 90–120 | Cream/tinted | Bantam |
| Spanish chicken120–160 eggs a year · white eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | 120–160 | White | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Speckledy chicken250–300 (first year) eggs a year · brown, often speckled eggs | 250–300 (first year) | Brown, often speckled | – |
| Suffolk Chequer chickencream/tinted eggs · Bantam | – | Cream/tinted | Bantam |
| Sulmtaler chicken130–180 eggs a year · cream/tinted eggs · Bantam | 130–180 | Cream/tinted | Bantam |
| Sultan chickenwhite eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | – | White | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Sumatra chickenabout 100 eggs a year · white/tinted eggs · Bantam | about 100 | White/tinted | Bantam |
| Sussex chicken180–210 eggs a year · tinted/light brown eggs · RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners | 180–210 | Tinted/light brown | RBST priority · Bantam · Beginners |
| Taiwan chickentinted eggs | – | Tinted | – |
| Thai Game chickentinted eggs | – | Tinted | – |
| Thüringian chicken140–180 eggs a year · white/cream eggs · Bantam | 140–180 | White/cream | Bantam |
| Transylvanian Naked Neck chickentinted/brown eggs · Bantam · Beginners | – | Tinted/brown | Bantam · Beginners |
| Tuzo chickentinted eggs · Bantam | – | Tinted | Bantam |
| Vorwerk chicken160–190 eggs a year · cream/tinted eggs · Bantam · Beginners | 160–190 | Cream/tinted | Bantam · Beginners |
| Welbar chickendark brown eggs · RBST priority · Bantam | – | Dark brown | RBST priority · Bantam |
| Welsummer chicken200–250 eggs a year · dark brown (speckled) eggs · Bantam | 200–250 | Dark brown (speckled) | Bantam |
| White Star chicken300–350 (first year) eggs a year · white eggs | 300–350 (first year) | White | – |
| Wyandotte chicken100–200 eggs a year · tinted/light brown eggs · Bantam · Beginners | 100–200 | Tinted/light brown | Bantam · Beginners |
| Wybar chickentinted eggs · Bantam | – | Tinted | Bantam |
| Yakido chickentinted eggs | – | Tinted | – |
| Yamato-Gunkei chicken5–20 eggs a year · tinted eggs · Bantam | 5–20 | Tinted | Bantam |
| Yokohama chicken80–100 eggs a year · tinted eggs · Bantam | 80–100 | Tinted | Bantam |