Golden Comet
250–330 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 17–20 wks
4 lb hen · cold good
Breed library
Chicken Breed Profiles
Quick facts for the breeds backyard keepers actually order, in one honest place: eggs per year, when the first egg lands, egg color, mature weight, and how the breed handles cold. Every number carries its source — university extension charts first, hatchery strain data second — and where sources disagree we publish the range instead of a tidy average. Tag any two breeds to see them side by side.
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White Leghorn
250–300 eggs/yr
white eggs · first egg 15–18 wks
4.5 lb hen · cold good
ISA Brown
300 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 17–20 wks
4.4 lb hen · cold excellent
Sapphire Gem
290 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 18–24 wks
size varies · cold good
Rhode Island Red
250–280 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 18–24 wks
6.5 lb hen · cold excellent
Buff Orpington
200–280 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 22–30 wks
8 lb hen · cold excellent
Plymouth Rock
200–280 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 20–24 wks
7.5 lb hen · cold excellent
Australorp
200–280 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 20–24 wks
6.5 lb hen · cold excellent
Easter Egger
180–280 eggs/yr
blue eggs · first egg 20–26 wks
4 lb hen · cold excellent
Delaware
200–280 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 20–24 wks
6.5 lb hen · cold excellent
Black Sex Link
200–280 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 20–24 wks
6 lb hen · cold excellent
Naked Neck (Turken)
180–280 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 26 wks
6.5 lb hen · cold excellent
Wyandotte
180–260 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 20–26 wks
6.5 lb hen · cold good
Jersey Giant
150–260 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 22–30 wks
10 lb hen · cold excellent
Araucana
180–260 eggs/yr
blue eggs · first egg 20–24 wks
4 lb hen
Light Brahma
180–240 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 24–30 wks
10 lb hen · cold excellent
Salmon Faverolles
180–240 eggs/yr
tinted eggs · first egg 20–26 wks
6.5 lb hen · cold good
New Hampshire Red
200–240 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 20–24 wks
6.5 lb hen · cold excellent
Dominique
150–220 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 20–26 wks
5 lb hen · cold excellent
Chantecler
150–220 eggs/yr
brown eggs
6.5 lb hen · cold excellent
Ameraucana
180–200 eggs/yr
blue eggs · first egg 20–26 wks
5 lb hen · cold excellent
Sussex
180–200 eggs/yr
tinted eggs · first egg 20–26 wks
7 lb hen · cold good
Black Copper Marans
200 eggs/yr
dark brown eggs · first egg 24–30 wks
6 lb hen · cold good
Buckeye
150–200 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 22–26 wks
6.5 lb hen · cold excellent
Welsummer
160–200 eggs/yr
dark brown eggs · first egg 22–26 wks
5 lb hen · cold excellent
Cream Legbar
180–200 eggs/yr
blue eggs · first egg 22–24 wks
5.5 lb hen · cold good
Barnevelder
150–200 eggs/yr
dark brown eggs · first egg 20–24 wks
6 lb hen · cold good
Olive Egger
180–200 eggs/yr
olive eggs · first egg 18–23 wks
5.5 lb hen · cold good
Swedish Flower Hen
150–200 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 16–20 wks
5.5 lb hen · cold good
Cochin
100–160 eggs/yr
brown eggs · first egg 24–30 wks
8 lb hen · cold good
Polish
150 eggs/yr
white eggs · first egg 20–26 wks
4.4 lb hen · cold poor
Silkie
100 eggs/yr
tinted eggs · first egg 24–30 wks
2 lb hen
How to read the eggs-per-year numbers
- The headline range is the extension chart. University extension laying charts are the independent baseline we lead with; hatchery strain figures (often higher) are noted on each profile, because production strains genuinely lay more than heritage lines.
- Year one only. These figures describe the first laying year. Production eases after about 13 months; the egg calculator prices that year-two ease-off into a hen count for your kitchen.
- Weight drives coop size. Hen weight feeds the coop size calculator: an 8-pound Orpington and a 4.5-pound Leghorn do not need the same coop.
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