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Learn about various chicken breeds, browse tons of pictures, and read people's experiences with the diversity of types of chickens.

  • Bobwhite

    Breed Details: They ARE aggressive, especially in breeding season. The chicks need a 24% (or better) Gamebird Starter (GBS) and fresh water...

  • Crested White

    Breed Details: These are beautiful ornamental/show ducks with a big pouf of feathers (crest) on the top of the head. Most people (myself included)...

  • Belgian D Anver

    Chicken Breed Info: Breed Purpose: Ornamental Comb: Rose Broodiness: Frequent Climate Tolerance: All Climates General Egg Info: Egg Productivity...

  • Ancona 350

    Breed Details: The Ancona duck is a beautiful duck that is built a bit stockier than its cousin, the Magpie, and weighs 6 to 6.5 lbs at maturity...

  • Leghorn Bantam

    Chicken Breed Info: Breed Purpose: Ornamental Comb: Single Broodiness: Seldom Climate Tolerance: All Climates General Egg Info: Egg Productivity...

  • Button Quail

    Breed Details: The temperament of each bird may vary widely. Buttonquails are small, drab, running birds, which avoid flying. In length and 1.9 to...

  • Wyandotte

    Chicken Breed Info: Breed Purpose: Dual Purpose Comb: Rose Broodiness: Frequent Climate Tolerance: Cold General Egg Info: Egg Productivity: High...

  • Holland

    Chicken Breed Info: Breed Purpose: Dual Purpose Comb: Single Broodiness: Average Climate Tolerance: All Climates General Egg Info: Egg...

  • Jumbo Brown Pharoah Cortunix

    Breed Details: The Jumbo is quite larger than the standard Pharoah or the XLD1. There are threads on BYC comparing weights...

  • call-duck

    Breed Details: Calls are currently located in the top five exhibition breeds in the United States. Call Ducks are very energetic and loud. They...

  • Silver Appleyard

    Breed Details: Silver Appleyard Duck is a breed of domestic duck. In a 2000 census there were only 128 breeding Silver Appleyard Ducks reported...

  • Muscovy

    Breed Details: The Muscovy are considered by some to be ugly birds because of the large red "warty" caruncles around their eyes and beaks. And...

  • Wild Eastern

    Breed Details: They make wonderful pets and make great table fair as well. Tom Hen Egg Poult Jake and Jenny's

  • Cayuga

    Breed Details: Very Quiet Breed, second only to the Muscovy. They are very docile , are excellent foragers, but can be slighly shy. They are a...

  • mallard

    Breed Details: I myself have never had mallards, but would love to! Where I live though is there winter migrating land soo..... Please pm me if...

  • Welsh Harlequin

    Breed Details: Weight classification: Lightweight breed. 5-6 pounds. Dual purpose. Great egg layer. Plucks clean. Brooding: Welsh Harlequin hens...

  • Mandarin

    Breed Details: Mandarins are a great aviary duck and can reside with many other breeds without crossbreeding. They can fly very well and therefore...

  • Oriental Roller Pigeons

    Breed Details: They have a high tail, low wing set. The birds care for their own young, and no intervention is necessary. My experience is they...
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