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Best chicken breeds

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28contenders high-voltage

130votes

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0commentsUpdated on 10/17/2026 at 12:00 AM

Double Laced Barnevelder1618

The worldwide ranking generated by 130 votes

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Double Laced Barnevelder1618

Red Swedish Flower Hen1585

Vorwerk Chicken1585

Janze Chicken1575

Blue Red Swedish Flower Hen1572

Red Chicken1559

Blue Ash Chicken1555

Silver Laced Orpington1540

Leghorn Chicken1528

#10

Ayam Cemani Chicken1525

#11

Gold Laced Wyandotte1517

#12

Coucou de Rennes Chicken1514

#13

Noirans Chicken1512

#14

Gournay Chicken1496

#15

Wyandotte Chicken1493

#16

Sussex Chicken1484

#17

Cream Legbar Chicken1469

#18

Black Copper Marans Chicken1466

#19

Amrock Chicken1464

#20

Golden Laced Dutch Bantam1460

#21

Lakenvelder Chicken1459

#22

Médicis Chicken1458

#23

Silver Braekel Chicken1452

#24

Silver Laced Dutch Bantam1445

#25

Black Arco Chicken with Golden Hackle1433

#26

Silver Leghorn Chicken1424

#27

Bielfelder Chicken1421

#28

Blue Appenzeller Chicken1392

What the community says

Discover the world's best chicken breeds! Rank your favorites among 28 varieties: Marans, Wyandotte, Leghorn, Sussex & more. What's yours?

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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