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Size:Bantam Colors:VariousEggs:?Temperament:Sweet & Docile Pekin is the name used to describe the Cochin in Europe and the Far East. The European standard lists them as Pekins. Many of the European colors are not recognized in the U.S. This photo sent courtesy of Graham Duncan of South...

Sebrights Size:Bantam Colors:Golden, SilverEggs:Off-whiteTemperament:Tame & Docile Sebrights are strikingly beautiful bantams -- ours are often pointed out by visitors over all other breeds. Silver roo named "Feathers", submitted by NIck:

Size:Bantam Colors:WhiteEggs:WhiteTemperament:Tame & Docile Sultans are fancy ornamental chickens and one of the more unique breeds of poultry. They originated from southeast Europe and became known in Turkey as Seral-Taook ("fowl of the sultan"). Sultans were, most likely because of their...

Size:Standard and Bantam Colors:Light, buff, darkEggs:BrownTemperament:Calm and friendly Brahmas are an asiatic breed of fowls that originated in the Brahmaputra district of India where they were also known as 'Gray Chittagongs'. They are thought to be a cross between the Malay and the...

Size:Standard and Bantam Colors:NumerousEggs:Brown - Light BrownTemperament:Sweet and tame Cochins were first imported to America and England in 1845. The large Standard Cochins are truly awesome birds. The Bantam variety make wonderful pets for children and is the easiest to tame. There are...

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Size:Standard Colors:Black, White, Buff, Blue, and patternsEggs:BrownTemperament:Docile and sweet The Orpington is a large bird from the English Class of chickens. The best known type of Orpington are buff in color but they were original developed in 1886 as black by William Cook in a...

Size:? Colors:?Eggs:?Temperament:? Shaver Reds submitted by Alison "Pictures of my beautiful Shaver Reds. An egg a day guaranteed. They follow me EVERYWHERE. They climb all over the shelves in my workshop, throwing boxes and tools onto the floor and chatting away to themselves. 100%...

Size:Standard Colors:SpangledEggs:Off-WhiteTemperament:Calm Appenzeller Spitzhaubens Appenzeller Spitzhaubens are one of two Appenzeller breeds. These are spangled like hamburgs, have a "V" comb, and a topknot that is supposed to be upright and face forward, not floppy like Polish. They are...

Size:Bantam Click for a slideshow Colors:VariousEggs:?Temperament:Tame Pictures and text are courtesy of message board member chickchair Turkens or Transylvanian Naked Necks are a love or hate breed. There seems no middle ground for these strange chickens, people either love them or despise...

Size:Standard Colors:WhiteEggs:?Temperament: (submitted by roosterinmissouri) Rooster - 17 weeks old

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the Barn-coop We just finished our coop and just in time too, the chickens are ready to go in. We kind of named it Barn-coop. I love the look of a barn. We built our home a year ago and had left over wood, mostly 2x4's. I had my husband and father-in-law help me. It was our first time building a...

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Sheila's coop I thought I would show everyone my coop. It took a while to build. We used 2 palettes for the base one 8x4 and one 4x4. I used left over logs to attach the corners, then covered it with wood from other palettes. The building is roughly framed with 2x4's my husband couldn't wait...

Josh & Tiff's Chicken Coop I decided to make it taller so that it would be easier to clean. The only downsides are that at this taller height, it doesn't provide as much shade as a lower version would and the ladder for the chickens is much steeper. The neighborhood kids like it though as they...