11 breeds
Smallest chicken breeds & bantams
Short on space? Small breeds and bantams need less room and less feed, tuck into a tidy coop, and pack an outsized personality into a pint-sized frame — often for a genuinely useful number of eggs.
1Serama0.5–1.1 lbs · 150–200 eggs/yrMalaysia2Sebright1–1.5 lbs · 60–80 eggs/yrEngland3Silkie🌱2–3 lbs · 100–120 eggs/yrChina4Appenzeller Spitzhauben3.5–4.5 lbs · 150–180 eggs/yrSwitzerland5Campine3.5–4.5 lbs · 150–200 eggs/yrBelgium6Hamburg3.5–4.5 lbs · 150–220 eggs/yrNetherlands and Germany7Lakenvelder3.5–4.5 lbs · 150–200 eggs/yrGermany and the Netherlands8Phoenix3.5–4.5 lbs · 60–120 eggs/yrGermany9Sultan3.5–4.5 lbs · 50–100 eggs/yrTurkey10Sumatra3.5–4.5 lbs · 100–120 eggs/yrIndonesia11Yokohama3–4.5 lbs · 60–100 eggs/yrGermany
How this list is built: Breeds whose hens stay around 4.5 lbs or lighter, ranked smallest first. It updates automatically as we add breeds — no hand-picking.
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