List of North American chicken breeds

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This is a list of chicken breeds usually considered to originate in Canada and the United States. [1] [2] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.

NameNotesMaleFemaleChick
Ameraucana Blue Ameraucana Cock.jpg Ameraucana.jpg Ameraucana chicks.jpg
American Game American Game hen.jpg
Brahma Brahmahahn.png Brahma hen an a lush green meadow.jpg Brahma wit zwartcolumbia 3 dagen.jpg
Buckeye Walter, Buckeye Rooster.jpg Buckeye bantam.JPG
bantam hen
California Gray California Gray chicken.jpg
Chantecler Canada Chantecler coq 1926.jpg Chantecler hen 1926.jpg
Delaware Speedy in repose.jpg Delaware chick, 3 weeks cropped.jpg
Dominique Dominique rooster Mt. Vernon.jpg Dominique chicken.JPG
Holland
Iowa Blue
Java Black Java male, 1905.png
Jersey Giant Coq Geante de Jersey noir (1).jpg Poule Geante de Jersey noir (2).jpg
Lamona 1933-Lamona pullet.jpg
New Hampshire New Hampshire Red Cockerel.jpg New Hampshire Red Hen.jpg New Hampshire, kuiken, 8 dagen.jpg
Plymouth Rock Trebechovice pod Orebem, zluta plymutka 06.jpg
buff cock and hens
Plymouth Rock Chicken.jpg BRock3.JPG
barred chick
Pyncheon
Rhode Island Red Rhode Island Red Rooster.JPG Amberbock.jpg
Rhode Island White Rhode Island White hen.jpg
Wyandotte Viandoti z gospodarstva Katerini Kasatkinoyi 1.jpg golden laced cock and hens Wyandottes chateau Villemonteix.jpg
silver laced and white hens
SLW3.JPG
silver laced chick

References

  1. Conservation Priority List: Chickens. The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed September 2017.
  2. Breeds reported by the United States: Chicken. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2017.