Choosing a chicken: Australia breeds for garden flocks
Choose your chicken breeds around the space you have, the eggs you want and the time you can give them. A bird’s colour is only one part of the decision. Compare mature size, age, sex and the kind of housing you can provide before ordering.
Small chicken breeds and bantams
Bantams are worth comparing when you want smaller birds. Start with our bantam chickens, Silkies and Silver Sebright Bantams. Choose a bird by its actual breed and size; a small photograph does not mean a small adult chicken.
Silver Laced Wyandotte Bantam or standard Wyandotte?
A silver laced Wyandotte bantam is a size-specific choice. Our Wyandotte listing covers standard-sized varieties, including Silver Laced, so it should not be used to order a bantam. Ask us about bantam availability if that is the size you need.
Barbu d’Uccle and other Belgian bantams
Barbu d’Uccle is one of the Belgian bantam breeds recognised by the Poultry Club. Ask for this breed by name and confirm the colour with the breeder. We do not currently have a separate d’Uccle purchase option; ask about that breed if you are looking for it.
Hybrid hens for sale: age matters
Our hybrid hen choices include Amber Star, Black Star and Red Star. Select the female option when you want hens, then check the age description. Adult female does not automatically mean a pullet at the point of lay.
Comparing hybrid pullets for sale
Ask how old the birds are and whether they have started laying. A chick still needs rearing, while an older hen may already be laying. Choose the age shown on the product page; contact us if you need a confirmed laying stage before placing your order.
A blue egg chicken for your garden
Egg colour and feather colour are separate things. Compare Cream Legbar chickens with Ameraucana chickens if blue eggs are part of your plans. Choose the actual breed and age, and ask about the parent flock when buying eggs for hatching.
Cream Legbar eggs for hatching
Cream Legbar chicken eggs are an option in our Chicken Hatching Eggs listing. Select Cream Legbar, choose 6, 12, 24 or 30 eggs, then choose how many packs you need. These are hatching-egg packs, separate from the live Cream Legbar chicks.
Lavender Ameraucana and other colour requests
Our Ameraucana selector includes Blue, Ermine and Black. Lavender Ameraucana is not one of those choices. If you want Lavender, check that specific variety with us rather than choosing Blue as a substitute.
Araucana: silver and other varieties
Araucana and Ameraucana are different breed names. The British Araucana has its own breed standard. A request for a silver Araucana should identify the breed and colour together; our Ameraucana page is not an order page for a silver Araucana.
Brahma and Lakenvelder colour names
Brahma: Isabelle or Isabella?
Isabella is a colour name used by Brahma breeders; Isabelle is another wording you may see in a search. Our Brahma choices are Light, Buff and Buff Brahma Bantam. Confirm a different colour with us before ordering one of those options.
Silver Lakenvelder
If you are looking for a silver Lakenvelder, compare the bird description and photographs on our Lakenvelder listing. It has chick, adult male, adult female and pair options. A colour word on its own does not tell you which age or sex you are buying.
Compare crests, feathers and everyday care
Read about Silkie colours and hens, Showgirl and Frizzle Silkies or Polish and Padovana chickens. Before ordering, prepare a chicken house and run and read our notes on mites, foot problems and laying trouble.
Browse chickens for sale in Australia or ask for help choosing your birds.
Breed references: Belgian bantams, Araucana and Cream Legbar.
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