Color eggs Layers Best Laying hens Broiler Chickens
The number of eggs a chicken produces can
vary
based on factors such as age, season, and diet
You can eat any chicken, Some take way too long to mature and just aren’t meaty. Look at our Broiler chickens.
Ameraucana
Yearly Egg Production: 150-200 |
| Egg Color: Blue eggs some Green eggs |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Ancona
Yearly Egg Production: 200 plus year |
| Egg Color: Large White |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Appenzeller Hen
Yearly Egg Production: 170-290 |
| Egg Color: Medium White |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Ancona
Yearly Egg Production: 220 eggs |
| Egg Color: White Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Austra White
Yearly Egg Production: 250 -290 eggs |
| Egg Color: Cream White to Light Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Australorp
Yearly Egg Production: one hen laid 364 eggs in 365 days! |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Barnevelder
Yearly Egg Production: 180-200 eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Medium-large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Bearded d’Uccle
Yearly Egg Production: 180 to 280 eggs |
| Egg Color: Cream Egg Size: Small |
| Winter Egg layers: No |
Basque
Yearly Egg Production: 175-250 eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: large |
| Winter Egg layers: No, needs Warm climates |
Braekel chicken
Yearly Egg Production: 180-200 eggs eggs |
| Egg Color: White Egg Size: Small |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Bresse
Yearly Egg Production: up to 250 eggs per year |
| Egg Color: White Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Buckeye
Yearly Egg Production: 180 to 280 eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
California Gray
Yearly Egg Production: 300 eggs in a year |
| Egg Color: white Egg Size: Extra Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Chantecler
Yearly Egg Production: 175-250eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Cream Legbar
Yearly Egg Production: 150 to 200 eggs per year. |
| Egg Color: light blue or light green eggs Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: No not especially cold-hardy |
Croad Langshan
Yearly Egg Production: 150 to 200 eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes best laying is in winter. Heat hurts them. |
Delawares
Yearly Egg Production: 175 to 250 eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Large to Jumbo |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Dominique
Yearly Egg Production: 180 to 240 eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Easter egger
Yearly Egg Production: up to 280 eggs a year |
| Egg Color: blue to green to olive to aqua and sometimes even pinkish. Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes Best for: cold-hardy, different color of eggs |
Egyptian Fayoumi
Yearly Egg Production: 150–205 |
| Egg Color: Off-white or tinted Egg Size: Small |
| Winter Egg layers: No not especially cold-hardy Best for: Egyptian Fayoumi have reputation as a good free range predator resistant chicken to raise on your farm or acreage. |
Faverolles
Yearly Egg Production: 180 to 240 |
| Egg Color: Light brown to cream Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Best for: cold hardy, Good Winter layer, handles cold weather with ease. Not very heat or drought tolerant. |
Gingernut Rarganger
Yearly Egg Production: to 320 eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Golden Laced Wyandotte
Yearly Egg Production: 200 eggs |
| Egg Color: light brown Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
| Golden Comet Yearly Egg Production: to 320 eggs Egg Color: Light Brown Egg Size: Medium to large Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Gold Legbar
Yearly Egg Production: 150-200 eggs |
| Egg Color: Light blue or Green, White Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: No not especially cold-hardy |
Hamburg
Yearly Egg Production: 120-225 eggs |
| Egg Color: White Egg Size: Small to Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes Best for: Flighty, roosts in trees; winter hardy, good at avoiding predators |
iSA Brown
Yearly Egg Production: 300+ eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Jaerhon
Yearly Egg Production: 215 eggs |
| Egg Color: White to Off white Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Jersey Giants
Yearly Egg Production: 150-200 egg |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: No, Cold tolerance: Poor |
Langshan
Yearly Egg Production: 150 – 200 eggs |
| Egg Color: Dark Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Lavender Orpington
Yearly Egg Production: 170 to 200 eggs |
| Egg Color: Light Brown Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
Leghorn
Yearly Egg Production: 280-320 eggs |
| Egg Color: White Egg Size: Large to Ex Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, |
Light Brahma
Yearly Egg Production: 200 eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
Marans
Yearly Egg Production: 150-200 eggs |
| Egg Color: Chocolate to Russet Brown Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
Minorca
Yearly Egg Production: 170 to 220 eggs |
| Egg Color: White Egg Size:Large |
| Winter Egg layers: No not especially cold-hardy |
Marsh Daisy
Yearly Egg Production: 200 to 250 eggs |
| Egg Color: Cream to Light Brown Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
New Hampshire Red
| Yearly Egg Production: 150 to 220 eggs |
| Egg Color: CChocolate to Russet Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: No not Winter Egg layers: |
Olive Egger
Yearly Egg Production: 200 to 250 eggs |
| Egg Color: Olive green to mossy or khaki green hue Egg Size: Medium to Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
- Buff Orpington
Yearly Egg Production: 175 – 200 eggs |
| Egg Color: Light Brown Egg Size: Medium to large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes,cold-hardy |
Penedesenca
Yearly Egg Production: 200 eggs |
| Egg Color: Chocolate Egg Size: Meduim |
| Winter Egg layers: No not cold-hardy |
Plymouth Rock
Yearly Egg Production: 200-250 eggss |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Medium to large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
Redcap
Yearly Egg Production: 150 to 200 eggs |
| Egg Color: White Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
Red Sex Link
Yearly Egg Production: 250-300eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
- Rhode Island Red
Yearly Egg Production: 310 eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: XLarge |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURG
Yearly Egg Production: 200 eggs |
| Egg Color: White Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
Sex-Link
Yearly Egg Production: 250 to 300 eggs |
| Egg Color: Brown Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
Serama
True Bantam the smallest chicken in the world
Yearly Egg Production: 180 to 200 eggs Egg Color: Cream and Brown Egg Size: Tiny, Small Winter Egg layers: No not cold-hardy |
Swedish Black Hen
Yearly Egg Production: 250 eggs |
| Egg Color: White Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
Spanish
Yearly Egg Production: 180 to 280 eggs |
| Egg Color: Chalk White Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: No not cold-hardy |
Sussex
Yearly Egg Production: 180 to 320 eggs |
| Egg Color: Cream to Light Brown Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy |
SPECKLEDY HYBRID
Yearly Egg Production: to 280 eggs |
| Egg Color: Chestnut Brown Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: No not especially cold-hardy |
Turken (Naked Neck)
Yearly Egg Production: 250-300 eggs |
| Egg Color: Light Brown Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy Best for: Turkenn best chickens I’ve ever had, laid eggs all winter when no other breeds were laying |
Welsummer
Yearly Egg Production: 150-200 eggs |
| Egg Color: Deep brown eggs that are often speckled Egg Size: Medium to Large |
| Winter Egg layers: No, cold-hardy Yes. Best for: Welsummer during the winter months stops laying until the days begin to lengthen. Welsummer chicken breed is very hardy and can do well in both heat and cold weather. |
Whiting True Blue
Yearly Egg Production: 280-300 eggs |
| Egg Color: Powder Blue or “army” green eggs Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, cold-hardy Best for: Whiting True Blue really interesting about there eggs is that they are blue all the way through |
WHITE STAR HYBRID
Yearly Egg Production: 330 per year |
| Egg Color: White Egg Size: Large |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes, not especially cold-hardy |
Wyandotte
Yearly Egg Production: 175-250 eggs |
| Egg Color:Brown Egg Size: Medium |
| Winter Egg layers: Yes |
