Rare & Specialty Chicken Breeds

Want a flock that turns heads? These breeds bring unusual feathers, colorful eggs and big personalities. They are still practical backyard birds, but they are chosen for keepers who want something beyond the classic brown-egg hen.

Our rare and specialty breeds

• Cream Legbar: Auto-sexing chicks, so you can tell pullets at hatch; hens lay medium blue eggs, about 180–200 a year.
• BBS Ameraucana: Blue, black and splash feathers, with medium–large blue eggs, about 150–200 a year.
• French Black Copper Marans: Famous for some of the darkest eggs of any breed: large dark chocolate eggs, about 150–200 a year.
• Lavender Orpington: Soft lavender feathers and a sweet nature, with large light brown eggs, about 150–200 a year.
• Blue Laced Red Wyandotte: Mahogany feathers laced in blue, with large brown eggs, about 200 a year.
• Assorted Polish: Crested, quirky and entertaining, with medium–large white eggs, about 150–200 a year.
• Salmon Faverolles: Bearded, gentle and quiet, with medium cream/tinted eggs, about 180–200 a year.
• Delaware: A heritage breed that is hard to find, with large–jumbo brown eggs, about 200 a year.
• Ayam Cemani: Black from feathers to skin, with medium cream eggs, about 80–120 a year.

Good to know

Specialty breeds often lay a little less than production breeds, and some, like Polish, need extra care in wet weather because of their crests. Many keepers mix a few specialty birds into a flock of dependable layers for the best of both.

How ordering works

Mix and match any breeds to reach the 6-chick shipping minimum, and choose your hatch date at checkout. Shipped chicks are covered by our live arrival guarantee, and local pickup in Preston, MD has no minimum. 2027 orders open November 1, 2026.

Also see our colored egg layers and the chicken egg color chart.