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2025 Interactive Breed Guide
Use our interactive breed guide below to learn about our core assortment of birds. If you'd rather view this information as a table, click here for our downloadable breed guide. If you're still unable to find breeds that are a good fit for your flock, view our special order list to see what else we can help you get!
A Family Farm & Home Exclusive Breed
Diamond Duchess
Available only at Family Farm & Home, our Diamond DuchessTM hen has the look of a Barred Rock, but with colored eggs!
Old Faithful Birds
Barred Rock
Also known as a Barred Plymouth Rock, this bird is an old time farm favorite with high egg production and large, meaty bodies. These are the perfect addition for a dual purpose flock.
Black Australorp
A very good brown egg layer with a large body, Black Australorps are a great dual purpose breed. Their quiet, docile temperament makes them easy to handle and great for any flock!
Buff Orpington
One of the best breeds for newcomers, and families with young children. Orpingtons are quiet birds who come in several fluffy feather colors that keep them warm during frigid weather.
Tried & True Birds
Americana
Americana hens lay an assortment of colored eggs from turquoise to olive, to light brown. The variation in color not only applies to their eggs, but also their beautiful plumage.
Olive Egger
Olive Eggers lay a beautiful speckled green egg, with a chance of brown eggs as well. Winter hardy and great egg layers, these hens will be sure to add color to your egg basket.
Silver Laced Wyandotte
The Silver Laced Wyandotte is an attractive, large breed that lays a nice brown egg, has a calm disposition, and will add an interesting look to your flock!
Fancy & Fun Birds
Barnevelder
Barnevelders are medium heavy, dual-purpose birds that are very cold hardy. Their beautiful double-laced brown and blue feathers are just another perk of this docile bird that takes to foraging easily.
Blue Jersey Giant
Blue Jersey Giants, like their Black counterparts, are one of the largest and most impressive breeds of chicken. Their large, imposing size combined with their beautiful blue feathers makes the Blue Jersey Giant truly a one-of-a-kind bird.
Blue Laced Gold Wyandotte
These lacy girls are not all show with their elegantly patterned feathers. They are also great egg layers! Wyandottes are one of the most strikingly beautiful chickens to grace a backyard flock. They are quiet, easy to manage, and are one of the most winter-hardy breeds.
Chocolate Orpington
These birds make a great dual-purpose bird for any flock as they combine unique plumage color and high egg production with a well-fleshed carcass. This cross also has a docile temperament much like both of its parent breeds.
Midnight Majesty Maran
The Midnight Majesty Marans have black plumage and most hatch with feathered feet, but some do not. Deep browns show up through their down feathering underneath, making them a mix of beautiful dark brown and black plumage.
Sapphire Splash
Also known as Sapphire Skys, this Czech breed has a mix of light to medium dark grey plumage with occasional specks of darker feathering. A high egg producer, both cold and hot weather hardy.
Speckled Sussex
Speckled Sussex originated in England in AD 43, making them one of the oldest known breeds. The oldest and most common coloring is the speckled breed that has dark brown or mahogany-colored feathers and some black and blue feathers with white ends making the speckles show throughout their plumage.
Welsummer
The Welsummer hen lays large eggs which are a terracotta dark brown, often with dark speckles. It is a light, friendly, and intelligent breed, with rustic-red and orange color. Like the Marans the Welsummer tends to be more athletic, taking to foraging and free ranging more often than other breeds.
Meat Birds
Cornish Rock Cross
This is the bird that single-handedly changed American eating habits.Cornish Cross Broilers require special feeding and care but grow astonishingly fast. Cornish Cross Broilers are the best choice for a person who wants to quickly produce delicious meat and has no plan to save hens for egg production.
Rudd Ranger
This "haus" loves to free-range and finishes out slower than the Cornish Cross Broiler, but the wait is worth it! The Rudd Ranger® is a versatile bird that can be raised in more confined areas or free-range environments but prefers the latter.
Rare Birds
Bielefelder
Adult Bielefelders are beautiful birds and have a color pattern similar to the crele color pattern found in other breeds. The hens have a brown ground color overlaid with faint bars of white and gray. Bielefelders are an excellent dual-purpose breed that lays an abundance of brown eggs while still having a well-fleshed carcass.
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
These lacy girls are not just all show with their elegantly patterned feathers, they are also great egg layers. Wyandottes are one of the most strikingly beautiful chickens to grace a backyard flock. Developed in New York, they are quiet, easy to manage, and one of the most winter-hardy of all breeds.
Cream Legbar
Legbars are a lightweight British breed created in the 1930s by mating blue egg-laying birds from South America (similar to the Araucana) with Golden Penciled Hamburgs, and Buff, Brown, and White Leghorns. The plumage is a mix of cream shades overlaid with faint black barring and features a small crest on the top of the head.
French Black Copper Maran
The Maran breed originates from a town called Marans, France. It is a very winter hardy breed with a docile temperament. They are more athletic and take to foraging and free ranging more often than other breeds. The French Copper Marans lay dark brown eggs.
French Blue Copper Maran
The French Blue Copper Marans is an extremely rare and beautiful chicken. They are feather-legged, medium large birds that lay a dark brown egg. They will have a blue-grey body with some orange on the neck.
French Cuckoo Maran
The Maran breed originates from a town called Marans, France. It is a very hardy breed with a docile temperament. This breed tends to be more athletic, taking to foraging and free ranging more often than other breeds.
Lavender Orpington
One of the best breeds for newcomers to chickens, and for families with young children. Named for the English town where they were developed, Orpingtons come in several feather colors, but all are big quiet birds with fluffy feathers that keep them toasty warm during frigid weather.
Welbar
The Welbar is a cross between the Welsummer and the Barred Plymouth Rock. Welbars exhibit unusual crele coloration. They are docile birds, very good egg layers, are a great choice for a dark brown egg layer.
Elite Birds
Ducks
Cayuga
The Cayuga duck is one of the most popular ducks for exhibition. They are calm and love foraging for many of the destructive insects in your yard and/or garden. The hens are good egg producers and lay a variety of shades of black, gray, and white eggs.
Khaki Campbell
The Khaki Campbell is one of the more famous and popular duck breeds due to its excellent egg production. Khaki Campbells are a very hardy breed that tends to be nervous, energetic, are great foragers, and do tend to be broody.
Rouen
Rouen ducks are larger than the Mallard breed but are similar in color. This is a close second favorite breed of duck next to the Pekin. They have very tasty meat and have a lean body. Their temperament is calm, and they lay a decent amount of eggs per year. A great addition to any size farm.
White Pekin
The Pekin duck is the most popular breed for eating and they are the most common domestic duck. If managed carefully, they have excellent egg production too. The duck can be processed around 40 days old when it reaches around 7 lbs. The Pekin are calm, do not fly, and are not as motherly as other duck breeds.
Guineas & Turkeys
French Pearl Guineas
The French Pearl Guinea is the most common variety of Guinea sold. They sport dark grey or black plumage with specks of white. These beautiful birds make the best watch dogs for your farm or yard.
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