← All breeds Rosecomb Rosecomb breed profile: Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb, slate legs, bantam, light layer.
Standard at a glance This is an approximate profile for a rarer or variable breed. Check it against your own standard.
Eggs
Comb Rose comb
Feather pattern Solid feathers
Legs Slate
Skin White Size, laying and temperament
Frame height bantam
Egg production light layer
Broodiness rarely broody
Docility wary
Bone density fine-boned
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 Rosecomb What a Rosecomb 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, rose comb × Bielefelder Brown eggs, rose comb × Black Australorp Brown eggs, rose comb × Black Copper Marans Brown eggs, rose comb × Blue Andalusian Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Buff Orpington Brown eggs, rose comb × Cochin Brown eggs, rose comb × Delaware Brown eggs, rose comb × Dominique Brown eggs, rose comb × Easter Egger Green or Cream/tinted eggs, walnut comb × Faverolles Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Golden Comet Brown eggs, rose comb × ISA Brown Brown eggs, rose comb × Jersey Giant Brown eggs, rose comb × Legbar Green eggs, rose comb × Light Brahma Brown eggs, walnut comb × New Hampshire Brown eggs, rose comb × Olive Egger Olive or Brown eggs, walnut comb × Polish Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Rhode Island Red Brown eggs, rose comb × Silkie Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Silver-Laced Wyandotte Brown eggs, rose comb × Speckled Sussex Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Welsummer Brown eggs, rose comb × White Leghorn Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb Now with your own birds Load the Rosecomb 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 Rosecomb 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.