BREED GUIDES

Chicken breed guides

Real feed cost and egg numbers for 21 common backyard breeds.

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Rhode Island Red

5-6 eggs/week · Brown eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Leghorn

5-6 eggs/week · White eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Orpington

3-4 eggs/week · Brown eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Plymouth Rock

4-5 eggs/week · Brown eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Wyandotte

4-5 eggs/week · Brown eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Australorp

5-6 eggs/week · Brown eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Sussex

4-5 eggs/week · Brown eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Brahma

3-4 eggs/week · Brown eggs · ~$28.81/mo (flock of 6)

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Silkie

2-3 eggs/week · Cream / tinted eggs · ~$6.78/mo (flock of 6)

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Ameraucana

3-4 eggs/week · Blue eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Easter Egger

4-5 eggs/week · Blue, green, or pink (varies by bird) eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Cochin

2-3 eggs/week · Brown eggs · ~$28.81/mo (flock of 6)

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Marans

3-4 eggs/week · Dark chocolate brown eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Barnevelder

3-4 eggs/week · Dark brown eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Jersey Giant

3-4 eggs/week · Brown eggs · ~$28.81/mo (flock of 6)

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Polish

3-4 eggs/week · White eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Hamburg

4-5 eggs/week · White eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Faverolles

3-4 eggs/week · Light brown / tinted eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Dominique

4-5 eggs/week · Brown eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)

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Welsummer

4-5 eggs/week · Dark speckled terracotta eggs · ~$21.19/mo (flock of 6)