For better poultry farming, cognizance about different breeds should be important. To go either layer or broiler farming, breeds are the considerable factors. All are differentiated in terms of their geographical distribution, utility, colour etc.

2. AMERICAN CLASS OF
CHICKEN
Breed Comb
type
Colour of
ear lobe
Colour of
skin
Colour of
shank
Egg shell
colour
Shank
Feathers
Ply mouth
rock
Single Red Yellow Yellow Brown No
Wyandotte Rose Red Yellow Yellow Brown No
Rhode
Island Red
Single/R
ose
Red Yellow Yellow Brown No
New
Hampshire
Single Red Yellow Yellow Brown No
Jersey Black
Giant
Single Red/Grey Yellow/Bl
ack
Brown Brown No

3. PLY MOUTH ROCK
 White ply mouth rock
 Dual purpose
 Barred ply mouth
rock

4. WYNDOTTE
 Buffed Wyndotte
 Dual type
 White Wyndotte

5. RHODE ISLAND RED
 Obtained by
crossing of
Brahma/Langshan
and Chittagong
fowls.
 Dual purpose breed
 Suited to tropical
climate

6. NEW HAMPSHIRE
 Evolved from Rhode
Island Red
 Dual purpose type.

7. JERSEY BLACK GIANT
 Largest chicken
breed

8. ENGLISH CLASS BREEDS
Breed Comb
type
Colour of
ear lobe
Colour of
skin
Colour of
shank
Egg shell
colour
Shank
Feathers
Australorp Single Red White/bla
ck
Black Brown No
Cornish Pea Red Yellow Yellow Brown No
Dorking Single Red White White Tinted
brown
No
Orphington Single Red White Bluish Brown No
Sussex Single Red White White Tinted
brown
No

9. AUSTRLORP
 Lustrous Greenish
black
 Developed from
Orphington
 Dual purpose

10. Dark Cornish
White Cornish
White Laced
Red Cornish
Produced by crossing Aseel/Malay breed with
English game breeds

11. DORKING
 Silver grey colour

12. ORPINGTON
Black
White
Blue
Buff

13. SUSSEX
Light
Red
Speckled

14. MEDITERRANEAN CLASS
Breed Comb
type
Colour of
ear lobe
Colour of
skin
Colour of
shank
Egg shell
colour
Shank
Feathers
Leghorn Single/R
ose
White Yellow Yellow White No
Minorca Single White Black/whi
te/blue
Black/blu
e
White No
Ancona Single/R
ose
White Yellow Yellow White No
Andalusian Single White White Black White No

15. LEGHORN
 12 Varieties.
 White is popular

16. MINORCA
White
Buff
Black

17. ANCONA
Looks like White Leghorn
Good forager, non broody

18. ANDALUSIAN

19. ASIATIC CLASS
Breed Comb
type
Colour of
ear lobe
Colour of
skin
Colour of
shank
Egg shell
colour
Shank
Feathers
Brahma Pea Red Yellow Yellow Brown Yes
Cochin Single Red Yellow Blue/black Brown Yes
Langshan Single Red Black/bro
wn
Yellow Brown Yes

20. BRAHMA
Light
Buff
Dark

21. COCHIN
White
Black
Buff
Patridge

22. LANGSHAN
White
Black

23. POPULAR CROSSES
Australorp-White Leghorn-RIR cross

24.  Red Rock cross
 Male RIR and
female Ply Mouth
rock.

25.  Single comb White leghorn is used
widely for hybrid egg production
 The White Plymouth Rock is commonly
used for crossbred broiler production