Chicken egg color by breed
My biggest regret with my first flock
Was not doing more research on chicken breeds and the color of eggs they lay. Don’t make the same mistake – chicken math is real but at some point you can only have so many. I put this guide together to help you determine the chicken egg color by breed
Egg Colors and breeds
Different breeds of chickens lay different colored eggs.
You can purchase pure breed chickens that will lay colored eggs. You can also achieve this by crossbreeding. The chart shows a few breeds that are good for the different color eggs.
There are obviously many more breeds but this is a good list to get started with. You can also cross breed chickens if you are looking to hatch your own. Cross breeding is very simple, especially if you know what color egg each chicken lays. You can read more about cross breeding here
Note on purchasing chickens. If you are adamant on getting the exact breed and color, I highly recommend going through a hatchery versus buying them from a source that doesn’t come with a guarantee. I learned this the hard way myself.
white
Silkie
Polish
Leghorn
Hamburg
BROWN
Brahma
Barnevelders
Black Copper Maran
BLUE
Araucana
Ameraucana
Cream Legbar
GREEN
Olive Egger
Easter Egger
Pink
Australorp
Easter Egger
Light sussex
Plymouth Rock
Speckled
Welsummer
Cuckoo Maran
Crossbreeding
You can also cross breed your chickens if you are able and willing to hatch them on your own. Hatching chickens is relatively simple. I go more in detail in my blog but in regards to egg color, here’s a handy chart
