15 breeds
Chickens for a rainbow egg basket
The whole appeal of a backyard flock in one photo: a carton where no two eggs are the same color. Mix a few of these breeds and you'll collect blue, green, cream, and chocolate eggs from the same coop.
1Easter Egger🌱Blue, green, or olive eggs · 200–280 eggs/yrUnited States2Ameraucana🌱Blue eggs · 180–250 eggs/yrUnited States3Cream Legbar🌱Blue eggs · 180–230 eggs/yrEngland4Welsummer🌱Dark terracotta brown eggs · 160–220 eggs/yrNetherlands5Barnevelder🌱Dark brown eggs · 150–200 eggs/yrNetherlands6Black Copper Marans🌱Chocolate brown eggs · 150–200 eggs/yrFrance7Langshan🌱Dark brown eggs · 150–200 eggs/yrChina8SeramaCream eggs · 150–200 eggs/yrMalaysia9VorwerkCream eggs · 150–190 eggs/yrGermany10AraucanaBlue eggs · 140–180 eggs/yrChile11Old English GameCream eggs · 100–160 eggs/yrEngland12PhoenixCream eggs · 60–120 eggs/yrGermany13Silkie🌱Cream eggs · 100–120 eggs/yrChina14YokohamaCream eggs · 60–100 eggs/yrGermany15SebrightCream eggs · 60–80 eggs/yrEngland
How this list is built: Breeds that lay something other than a plain brown or light-brown egg — the ones that add color to the basket. Ranked by production. It updates automatically as we add breeds — no hand-picking.
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