← All breeds Malay Malay breed profile: Brown eggs, walnut comb, yellow legs, giant, light layer.
Standard at a glance
Eggs
Comb Walnut comb
Legs Yellow
Skin Yellow Size, laying and temperament
Frame height giant
Egg production light layer
Broodiness sometimes broody
Docility wary
Bone density heavy
Foraging skill good forager
Cold hardiness tender 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 Malay What a Malay hen throws with a rooster of each breed. Open one for both directions and the full genetics.
× Ameraucana Green eggs, walnut comb × Araucana Green eggs, walnut comb × Barred Plymouth Rock Brown eggs, walnut comb × Bielefelder Brown eggs, walnut comb × Black Australorp Brown eggs, walnut comb × Black Copper Marans Brown eggs, walnut comb × Blue Andalusian Cream/tinted eggs, walnut comb × Buff Orpington Brown eggs, walnut comb × Cochin Brown eggs, walnut comb × Delaware Brown eggs, walnut comb × Dominique Brown eggs, walnut comb × Easter Egger Green or Cream/tinted eggs, walnut comb × Faverolles Brown eggs, walnut comb × Golden Comet Brown eggs, walnut comb × ISA Brown Brown eggs, walnut comb × Jersey Giant Brown eggs, walnut comb × Legbar Green eggs, walnut comb × Light Brahma Brown eggs, walnut comb × New Hampshire Brown eggs, walnut comb × Olive Egger Olive or Brown eggs, walnut comb × Polish Cream/tinted eggs, walnut comb × Rhode Island Red Brown eggs, walnut comb × Silkie Brown eggs, walnut comb × Silver-Laced Wyandotte Brown eggs, walnut comb × Speckled Sussex Brown eggs, walnut comb × Welsummer Brown eggs, walnut comb × White Leghorn Cream/tinted eggs, walnut comb Now with your own birds Load the Malay 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 Malay 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.