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List of North American chicken breeds

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This is a list of chicken breeds usually considered to originate in Canada and the United States.[1][2] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.

Name Notes Male Female Chick
Ameraucana
American Game
Brahma
Buckeye
bantam hen
California Gray
Chantecler Canada
Delaware
Dominique
Holland
Iowa Blue
Java
Jersey Giant
Lamona
New Hampshire
Plymouth Rock
buff cock and hens

barred chick
Pyncheon
Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island White
Wyandotte golden laced cock and hens
silver laced and white hens

silver laced chick

References

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  1. ^ Conservation Priority List: Chickens. The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed September 2017.
  2. ^ Breeds reported by the United States: Chicken. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2017.