Skip to main content
Conservation LegacyLiving heritage · shared future
My Legacy
Species Hall / Chickens
This species’ Library & Archive →
A Dominique chicken: an example of a listed heritage breed.
← Chickens World HomeConservation Legacy original · General species learning

Chickens
Animal identity

One living story. Knowledge kept together.

A Dominique chicken: an example of a listed heritage breed. · gunthercox · CC0 · License terms

Traits · roles · population boundaries

Recognize what makes this population itself.

A Dominique chicken: an example of a listed heritage breed.
A Dominique chicken: an example of a listed heritage breed. gunthercox · CC0

Domestic chickens are associated with Gallus gallus. The scientific species name and the many domestic breed names operate at different levels; a chicken breed is not a separate species.

Within this animal group, body size, productive roles, coat or plumage and local breeding histories vary. Read each breed’s identity chapter for traits tied to that population.

Holland →Java →Dorking →Booted Bantam →Campine →Buckeye →Jersey Giant →Faverolles →Chantecler →Araucana →Leghorn – Non-Industrial →Old English Game →Minorca →Redcap →Hamburg →Modern Game →Langshan →Aseel →Ancona →Shamo →Spitzhauben →Belgian Bearded D’uccle Bantam →Malay →Sebright →Icelandic →Andalusian →Japanese Bantam →Russian Orloff →Polish →Delaware →Rhode Island White →Crèvecœur →Buttercup →Yokohama →Sumatra →Sultan →Sussex →Lakenvelder →Houdan →White-Faced Black Spanish →La Flèche →Cornish →New Hampshire →Catalana →Phoenix →Nankin →Dominique →Cochin →Cubalaya →

Sources for general species learning

Keep learning from official information.

These research portals help locate further material. A search link is a route for exploration; it is separate from the sources used for the article above. Domestic breed information, wild-species assessment, historical books and new research need their own context.