CLASSIFICATION OF CHICKEN

A.Based on the place of origin (Standard or official classification)

B.Based on utility, economics or commercial value.

C.BASED ON THE PLACE OF ORIGIN

1)American Class
2)Asiatic Class
3)English Class
4)Mediterranean Class
5)Continental Class
6)Miscellaneous Class: (All Other Standard Breeds)
These breeds are still wonderful but do not otherwise fit into one of
the above classes of birds.
 CLASSIFICATION OF CHICKEN
B- BASED ON UTILITY, ECONOMICS OR COMMERCIAL VALUE

1.Egg-type: E.g., White Leghorn

2.Meat-type: E.g., Cornish, Plymouth Rock
3.Dual purpose: E.g., Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire
4.Game type: E.g., Aseel
5.Fancy variety or Exhibition type:
E.g., Silky, Frizzled, Bantams
Standard Weights: Cock-4.5kg
Hen-3.5 Kg
Use: Excellent fleshing property used for
broiler production.
Origin: America
Variety- 7 (Barred & White )
Characteristics:
They possess long deep body. Single comb
Grayish-white plumage-black bars.
Auto sexing
Brown-eggs
 Rhode Island Red
Standard Weights:
Cock-3.8kg
Hen-2.9 Kg
Varieties: Single Comb, and Rose Comb
• Egg Shell Color: Brown
• Use: Egg production. 300 eggs /year
•Origin: Massachusetts and Rhode
Island.
• Characteristics:
Long rectangular body, golden brown
plumage
-Relatively hardy.
-The best egg layers of the dual
purpose breeds.
-handle marginal diets and poor
housing conditions.
 New Hampshire
• Standard Weights:
Cock- 3.8kg Hen-2.9 Kg
• Use: broiler production, large egg size,
early maturity.
• Origin: Massachusetts and New
Hampshire (developed from RIR).
• Characteristics:
- They possess a deep, broad body, grow
feathers rapidly.
- Single comb
- The color is chestnut red .
- Brown-eggs
• Body size – Small (light weight)
• Mature at early age
•Produces large number of eggs
•non-broody
• Egg shell color -White
• Ear lobes -White
• Shanks - Clean and yellow/slate coloured
• Skin -Yellow or White
• Eg: Leghorn, Minorca, Ancona, Andalusian
 Leghorn
• Weights: cock-2.7kg, hen-
2.0kg.
• Egg Shell Color: White.
• Varities-16
• Use: An egg-type chicken,
excellent laying.
• E.P-300 eggs/year
• Origin: city of Leghorn, Italy.
• Characteristics: A small, compact
and light body, active.
• Small head with well set comb
• Neatest of all birds
Ancona
• Body size -Heavy
• Low egg production
•Broody with motherly instinct
• Egg shell colour-Brown
• Ear lobes -Red, mostly
• Shank -feathered and yellow
• Skin - Yellow (except Langshan)
• Eg: Brahma, Cochin, Langshan
Brahma
 English Class

• Body size - Medium to large

•Dual purpose
• Egg shell colour-Brown
• Ear lobes - Red
• Shank -Clean and White
• Skin -White
• Comb shape -Single (except Cornish with pea
comb)
• E.g.: Australorp, Cornish, Dorking, Orpington and
Sussex
 Australorp
• The Australorp is a chicken
breed of Australian origin.
• Developed as a utility
breed with a focus on egg
laying and is famous for
laying more than 300 eggs.
• Skin color: White
• Use: Dual-purpose breed:
eggs, meat
 CORNISH
• Standard Weights:
Cock-5kg
Hen-3.5Kg
• Use: broiler production, rapid
growth.
• Origin: England.
• Characteristics:
— Close compact feathering and heavy flesh
— Breast is very deep and broad at shoulder.
— pea comb
— Verities- 4
 Golden Buff
•British breed of chicken.
•It was intended to be a dual-
purpose breed, to be reared both
for eggs and for meat, but soon
became exclusively a show bird.
•very hardy in all weather
conditions
•medium to large size brown eggs
•Laying Breed
•Egg colour: brown
•Skin colour: white
•Weight: :
Male: 3.60–4.55 kg;
Female: 2.70–3
Mediterranean
Are you looking for the most exceptional foraging and escaping from predator skills?
These breeds might be of great interest to you. Originating in Italy and Spain, these
breeds are very productive layers of white eggs. They can be flighty and will not likely
want to sit in your lap like a pet chicken.

Ancona– Single Comb and Rose Comb

Andalusians – Blue
Catalanas- Buff
Leghorns (single comb): Dark Brown, Light Brown, White, Black, Buff Silver, Red, Black
Tailed Red, Columbian, Golden; RC- Dark Brown, Light Brown, Buff, Silver, Black,
White
Minorcas (single comb)- Black, White, Buff
Minorcas (rose comb)- Black, White
Sicilian Buttercup
Spanish- White Faced Black
Miscellaneous (All Other Standard Breeds)

These breeds are still wonderful but do not otherwise fit into one of the above classes of birds.

Ameraucauna – Black, Blue, Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver, White

Araucana- Black, Black Breasted Red, Golden Duckwing, Silver Duckwing, White
Aseel- Black Breasted Red, Dark, Spangled, Wheaten, White
Cubalaya- Black, Black Breasted Red, White
Malay- Black, Black Breasted Red, Red Pyle, Spangled, Wheaten, White
Modern Game- Birchen, Black, Black Breasted Red, Brown Red, Golden Duckwing, Black, Red
Pyle, Silver Duckwing, Wheaten, White
Naked Neck- Black, Buff, Red, White
Old English Game- Black Crele, White, Spangled, Self Blue, Red Pyle, Brown Red, Lemon Blue,
Black Breasted Red, Blue Breasted Red, Blue Golden Duckwing, Blue Silver Duckwing, Golden
Duckwing, Silver Duckwing
Phoenix- Golden, Silver, Black Breasted Red
Shamo- Black, Dark, Black Breasted Red, Wheaten
Sultan – White
Sumatra – Black, Blue
Yokohama – Red Shoulder, White