Know your chook breeds
Breed: Plymouth Rock
Type: Soft feather
Size: Large and bantam
Egg production: Medium,
with large tinted eggs
Dual purpose: Yes
Temperament: Steady
Colours: Dark- and lightbarred, blue, partridge, white,
black, buff, Columbian and
silver pencilled
Availability: Common
Contact: Plymouth Rock Club
of Australia www.freewebs.com
/plymouthrock
Breed: Australian
Langshan
Type: Soft feather
Size: Large and bantam
Egg production: High,
with large tinted eggs
Dual purpose: Yes
Temperament: Steady
Colours: Black, white
and blue
Availability: Common
Contact: Langshan Club
of Australia, Dot Birchall,
(02) 6372 1640
Breed: Pekin
Type: Soft feather
Size: Bantam
Egg production: Medium,
with small tinted eggs
Dual purpose: No
Temperament: Steady
Colours: Multitude of colours
including white, black, blue,
buff, cuckoo, lavendar and red
Availability: Common
Contact: Pekin Bantam Club
of Australia, Chris Hardman,
(02) 6772 9365
Breed: Silkie
Type: Soft feather
Size: Medium
Egg production: High,
with medium tinted eggs
Dual purpose: No
Temperament: Gentle
Colours: White, black,
blue, partridge, gold and
chinchilla
Availability: Common
Contact: Silkie Club of
Australia,
www.freewebs.com
/silkieclubofaustralia
Breed: Modern Game
Type: Hard feather
Size: Large and bantam
Egg production:
Medium, with medium
to small tinted eggs
Dual purpose: No
Temperament: Flighty
Colours: Black-red,
duckwings, pyles,
brown-red, brichens,
wheatens, blue-red,
white and ginger
Availability: Common
Contact: Modern Game
Club of Australia, Jeff
Burns,
(02) 6382 4423 www.freewebs.com/silkieclubofaustralia
Breed: Rhode Island
Type: Soft feather
Size: Large and bantam
Egg production: High,
with large tinted eggs
Dual purpose: Yes
Temperament: Steady
Colours: Darkish red
and white
Availability: Common
Contact: Rhode Island
Club of Australia, Kim
George, (02) 4832 1070
Breed: Pekin
Type: Soft feather
Size: Bantam
Egg production: Medium, with small tinted eggs
Dual purpose: No
Temperament: Steady
Colours: Multitude of colours including white, black, blue, buff, cuckoo, lavendar
and red
Availability: Common
Contact: Pekin Bantam Club of Australia, Chris Hardman, (02) 6772 9365
Breed: Leghorn
Type: Soft feather
Size: Large and
bantam
Egg production:
High, with large
white eggs
Dual purpose: No
Temperament:
Flighty
Colours: White,
black, brown, buff,
blue and more
Availability:
Common
Contact: Leghorn
Club of Australia,
www.leghornclub
australia.webs.com
Breed: Indian Game
Type: Hard feather
Size: Large or
bantam
Egg production:
Medium, with
medium tinted eggs
Dual purpose: Meat
only
Temperament: Can
be aggressive
depending on strain
Colours: Dark,
jubilee, blue-laced
and white
Availability:
Common
Contact: Indian
Game Club of
Australia, Shirley
Weis,
(02) 6778 4429
Breed:
Barnevelder
Type: Soft
feather
Size: Large
and bantam
Egg
production:
Medium, with
large
chocolatebrown eggs
Dual purpose:
Yes
Temperament: Steady
Colours: Laced, black, white, partridge, and silver
Availability: Rare
Contact: Rare Beeds Club Judy Witney, [email protected] or
Rare Poultry Breeders Association Robyn Anderson
[email protected]
.au
Breed: Wyandotte
Type: Soft feather
Size: Large and
bantam
Egg production:
Medium, with large
tinted eggs
Dual purpose: Yes
Temperament:
Steady
Colours: Partridge,
silver-laced, buff,
cuckoo, red, black
and white
Availability:
Common
Contact: Wyandotte
Club of Australia,
http://members.
ozemail.com.au
/~whitewyandottes/
Breed: Polish
Type: Soft feather
Size: Large and
bantam
Egg production:
High, with
medium white
eggs
Dual purpose: No
Temperament:
Flighty
Colours: White
crested black,
white, and blue
Availability: Rare
Contact: Crested
Breeds Club of
Australia,
www.crestedbreeds
.com
Breed: Belgian
Type: Soft feather
Size: Bantam
Egg production:
Medium, with
medium white to
tinted eggs
Dual purpose: No
Temperament:
Flighty
Colours: More than
20 available
Availability:
Common
Contact: Belgian
Bantam Club of
Australia
sites.google.com
/site/belgianbantam
club