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Breed profiles

Pick the right hens for your space, climate, and egg goals — clear, at-a-glance facts plus the trade-offs nobody mentions.

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• Ameraucana

  150–200 eggs/yr · Blue · Active, alert, friendly

• Australorp

  250–300 eggs/yr · Brown · Calm, friendly, notably quiet

• Brahma

  150–200 eggs/yr · Brown · Gentle giant — calm and docile

• Buff Orpington

  180–250 eggs/yr · Brown · Exceptionally docile and affectionate

• Cochin

  150–180 eggs/yr · Brown · Extremely docile and gentle

• Easter Egger

  200–280 eggs/yr · Blue / green · Friendly, curious, hardy

• Faverolles

  150–200 eggs/yr · Cream to light brown · Exceptionally gentle and sweet

• Jersey Giant

  150–200 eggs/yr · Brown · Calm, docile, gentle

• Leghorn

  250–320 eggs/yr · White · Active, alert, flighty — not a lap hen

• Marans

  150–200 eggs/yr · Dark chocolate brown · Calm, quiet, easygoing

• Olive Egger

  180–240 eggs/yr · Olive green · Friendly, hardy, varied

• Plymouth Rock

  200–280 eggs/yr · Brown · Docile, friendly, calm

• Polish

  150–200 eggs/yr · White · Gentle but easily startled (limited vision)

• Rhode Island Red

  200–300 eggs/yr · Brown · Hardy, active, hens calm; some roosters assertive

• Silkie

  100–120 eggs/yr · Cream to tinted · Calm, gentle, people-friendly

• Speckled Sussex

  200–250 eggs/yr · Cream to light brown · Friendly, curious, talkative

• Welsummer

  160–200 eggs/yr · Dark terracotta brown, often speckled · Calm, friendly, intelligent

• Wyandotte

  180–260 eggs/yr · Brown · Calm but confident; can be dominant

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