← All breeds Cornish Cornish breed profile: Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb, yellow legs, large, light layer.
Standard at a glance
Eggs
Comb Pea comb
Feather pattern Laced feathers
Legs Yellow
Skin Yellow Size, laying and temperament
Frame height large
Egg production light layer
Broodiness sometimes broody
Docility easygoing
Bone density heavy
Foraging skill fair forager
Cold hardiness fairly hardy On the app's 1 to 5 scale. Load this breed as a goal and every bird you score is matched against it.
Crosses with Cornish What a Cornish hen throws with a rooster of each breed. Open one for both directions and the full genetics.
× Ameraucana Green eggs, pea comb × Araucana Green eggs, pea comb × Barred Plymouth Rock Brown eggs, pea comb × Bielefelder Brown eggs, pea comb × Black Australorp Brown eggs, pea comb × Black Copper Marans Brown eggs, pea comb × Blue Andalusian Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb × Buff Orpington Brown eggs, pea comb × Cochin Brown eggs, pea comb × Delaware Brown eggs, pea comb × Dominique Brown eggs, walnut comb × Easter Egger Green or Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb × Faverolles Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb × Golden Comet Brown eggs, pea comb × ISA Brown Brown eggs, pea comb × Jersey Giant Brown eggs, pea comb × Legbar Green eggs, pea comb × Light Brahma Brown eggs, pea comb × New Hampshire Brown eggs, pea comb × Olive Egger Olive or Brown eggs, pea comb × Polish Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb × Rhode Island Red Brown eggs, pea comb × Silkie Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb × Silver-Laced Wyandotte Brown eggs, walnut comb × Speckled Sussex Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb × Welsummer Brown eggs, pea comb × White Leghorn Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb Now with your own birds Load the Cornish standard as your breeding goal in one tap. Add your flock, set a breeding goal, and the pairing engine ranks every hen and rooster you own against it. Free for up to 15 birds.
Sources Cornish Breed standards and profiles The Livestock Conservancy: breed pages and the "Pick a Breed" comparison chart (egg colour, rate of lay, broodiness, temperament, foraging, cold hardiness) Oklahoma State University, Breeds of Livestock: chickens (comb, skin and shank colour, egg colour, weights, origin) University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension A2880, Chicken Breeds and Varieties (egg colour, skin colour, comb, class and use) American Poultry Association, recognised breeds and varieties (which breeds and varieties are standardised) The Poultry Club of Great Britain, breed pages (British and rare breeds) Checked September 2026. Hybrids and breeds no reference covers are marked approximate. Egg colour on these pages follows one rule: Brown is any shade a buyer would call brown; Cream/tinted is off-white.