What Chicken Breeds Will Suit You The Best?

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There are many varieties of chickens. Choosing the chicken breeds that are best for you can be done by examining what you want out of your chickens. Are you looking forward to eating your own home grown eggs? Are you raising meat chickens to harvest and eat? Do you just want to enjoy your chickens and keep them just to look at or as conversation pieces? Whatever your motivation there is a chicken breed for you.

Many backyard chicken owners use their chickens for fresh eggs, including us. There arenumerous egg-laying varieties of chickens. There may be some debate though as to what backyard chicken breeds are the best. Follow the link to see which breeds may be the overall best for new backyard flock owners.

Some of these excellent egg-layers include:

What you need to decide as you get your flock is what size and color eggs you will prefer.

Click here to get a more detailed look at the breeds of the best egg-layers.

Some people prefer to grow their own birds to eat. We have never really gotten into this(just can't manage to kill them after we get to know them), but others do. On a side note, if you do plan on killing them, I've been told that it is easier when you don't name them. I guess killing "that chicken" as opposed to "Bert the chicken" makes a difference. Who knows?

There are also many types of broilers that can be grown and harvested, for great tasting chicken.

Some of these breeds include:

Click here to learn more about these meat chickens.

Some breeds of chicken fall into a dual purpose category as well, which means that they are both good egg-laying chickens, but also have the right body to be slaughtered for meat. Some of these birds are the most popular birds raised by backyard flock owners. We have focused on some of these birds including:

Bantams are ever-growing in popularity as well. They are miniature chickens that usually are one fourth to one fifth the size of standard varieties of chickens. There are numerous types, colors, and patterns of bantams. They are believed to have originated in the Far East.

Everyone needs a few bantams.

Check out some of the different types and varieties of these bantams.

Many people also enjoy adding some spice to their flock. There are numerous exotic breeds out there that can do just that. Whether you are looking for birds with top hats or birds with feathered feet, there is a breed out there for you. These interesting birds can be great conversation pieces and can make you the envy of your friends and neighbors. Click here to take a closer look at some of these exotic chickens.

For a look at many other chicken breeds go check out our poultry breeds page.

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