Chicken Breeds

Trying to pick the best chicken breeds for your backyard chicken coops? We've got chicken breeds with pictures, along with resources for picking the best chicken breeds for eggs, best chicken breeds for kids, and best chicken breeds for meat!
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Plymouth Rock
The Plymouth Barred Rock hen is often agreed to be the best backyard chicken. They are great egg layers and are cuddly and quiet. And no, you do not need a rooster for hens to lay eggs...
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Rhode Island Red Urban Farms
Urban Uses: Rhode Island Reds are excellent layers, producing five eggs per week. They are also known for their meat and are hardy enough for cold climates.
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How Do Chickens Mate? For Healthy Hens, You Need To Know
I think you'll be surprised how chickens mate. But did you know it can effect the health of your hens, too?
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Top 10 Chicken Breeds for Kids
These fluffy chickens have feathered feet, and some have curly feathers. They come in eight different colors, and both standard and bantam sizes. Easily able to adapt to living in a coop for their entire lives, they also have the ability to be free-range as well. RELATED: Country Living Readers' Adorable Chicken Coops - http://CountryLiving.com
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mychickencoop.net
Tips For Keeping Dogs And Chickens: http://www.mychickencoop.net/tips-keeping-dogs-chickens/
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Top 10 Chicken Breeds for Kids
Brahmas come in both standard and bantam sizes.These chickens are friendly, not skittish, and trainable, making them good birds for children to show. They do not mind being handled, and even the males are a bit more docile than other breeds. They come in a variety of colors, have feathers on their feet, and lay lovely brown eggs approximately three times per week. - http://CountryLiving.com
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Top 10 Chicken Breeds for Kids
These are standard-sized chickens known for living a long time. They're gentle creatures who do very well with people and get along with other pets, and they lay four or five pinkish brown eggs per week. - http://CountryLiving.com
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Basic Care Archives
The Intricacies of Keeping Goats & Chickens in the Same Yard
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Chicken Care | The Chicken Chick®
Eggs by breed via The Chicken Chick on Facebook. www.The-Chicken-Chick.com
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What Kind Of Chickens Lay Blue Eggs (Or Green...Or Olive...)? [Podcast]
Here's chicken breeds guaranteed to lay blue eggs plus how to make sure you're getting the right breed.
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Information and Pictures of Over 60 Chicken Breeds
60 Breeds of Chickens with pictures and information.
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Breed Profile: Wyandotte
Wyandotte chickens are an all round amazing breed. They’re stylish, gifted egg layers and have a bold but friendly personality. Check out their breed profile here, http://www.backyardchickencoops.com.au/gold-laced-wyandotte/ #loveyourchickens #infographic #Wyandottechickens
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Chicken Breeds For Children [Podcast]
5 chicken breeds for children and how to teach children about chickens.
the top 4 popular chicken breeds are in this postcard, which includes chickens and roosters
How to Build a Chicken Coop
Top 4 Dual Purpose Breeds And Laying Chicken Breeds - with infographs