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16 Friendliest Breeds of Chickens
#1 - Plymouth Rock #9 - Bantam Silkie
#2 - Buff Orpington #10 - Wyandote
#3 - Australorps #11 - Sussex
#4 - Cochins #12 - Jersey Giant
#5 - Brahmas #13 - Black or Red Star
#6 - Polish #14 - Sultan
#7 - Faverolles #15 - Barbu D'Uccles
#8 - Easter Egger #16 - Barred Rocks
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13 Broodiest Chickens
#1 - Brahmas #8 - Chantecler
#2 - Sussex #9 - Dorking
#3 - Cochins #10 - Marans
#4 - Silkies #11 - Dominique
#5 - Cubalaya #12 - Orloff
#6 - Orpingtons #13 - Buff Rocks
#7 - Icelandics
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11 Best Meat Birds
#1 - Cornish Cross (hybrid - not overly healthy)
(8-10 lbs in 6-8 weeks)
#2 - Big Red Broilers (7-10 lbs in 12-14 weeks)
#3 - Turken (7-9 lbs in 20 weeks)
#4 - Dark Cornish (8-10 lbs in 6 months)
#5 - New Hampshire Red (7-9 lbs in 4-6 months)
#6 - Jersey Giant (9-13 lbs in 6 months)
#7 - Orpington (7-10 lbs in 6-12 months)
#8 - Buckeye (6-9 lbs in 4-6 months)
#9 - Chantecler (14-17 lbs in 4-6 months)
#10 - Dorking (8-14 lbs in 6-8 month)
#11 - Rhode Island Red (6-8 lbs in 4-6 months)
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15 Best Egg Producers
#1 - Leghorn (300 large white eggs/year)
#2 - Rhode Island Red (260 large brown eggs/year)
#3 - Plymouth Rock (250 large brown eggs/year)
#4 - Australorps (260 large brown eggs/year)
#5 - Red Star (300 large brown eggs/year)
#6 - Marans (250 medium brown eggs/year)
#7 - Speckled Sussex (220 large brown eggs/year)
#8 - Barnevelder (200 large brown eggs/year)
#9 - Isa Red (300 large brown eggs/year)
#10 - Delaware (230 large brown eggs/year)
#11 - Austra White (250 large brown eggs/year)
#12 - Lohmann Brown (300 med brown eggs/year)
#13 - Black Star (250 large brown eggs/year)
#14 - Golden Comet 300 med-lg brown eggs/year)
#15 - Ancona (220 medium white eggs/year)