Small chicken breeds

Are you thinking about starting a backyard chicken coop of your own? Are you looking for small egg laying hens? If you have always wanted one, it helps to know more about the different small chicken breeds that you can bring into the backyard flock and take care of for years.

In this blog, we’ll introduce you to some of the smallest chicken breeds that are perfect for compact spaces. These tiny chickens might be small in size, but they are big in personality and charm.

Bantam Chicken Breeds are perfect for small spaces, and they're some of the best options for a small suburban backyard coop. This article is written by Rea Yoh, a freelance writer who grew up in

Here's a list of the Top 10 Favorite Backyard Chicken Breeds as voted by one of the biggest online backyard chicken communities.

I raise the d'Uccle breed of bantam chickens. We currently only have Mille Fleur colored d'Uccles. THese little birds are full of personality and once you meet them, you just have to start raising them yourself!

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We have a few clutches for sale each year. We usually have both smooth and frizzle varieties and once in a while we have a silkie or two. To see our current

Not only are silkies the fluffiest of the fluffy chicken breeds, but they’re also renowned for being excellent brooders. Silkies are small chickens native to China. Their feathers are so fine they feel almost like hair, making these birds little puffs of fluff with talons and beaks. Photo Credit: @chickens_ark

My dear husband, Jim, has agreed to build me a chicken coop for my birthday; which is coming up very soon on April 12. Meanwhile, I have been gathering information about chickens so I can start off running instead of making some stupid mistakes with my first flock of sweet little chickens. This blog will be lots of chicken information amassed over several weeks. I have also ordered the pictured book for reference: An inspiringly clean chicken coop Here at Sunset, we solve the problem of the…