10 Rare & Exotic Chicken Breeds

#9. Campine
A Campine standing among other chickens
Purpose: dual-purpose, eggs

Origin: Belgium

Personality: flighty, very inquisitive, friendly

Appearance: large single comb, clean legged, two color varieties: Silver and Golden

Special Features: The Campine is a small chicken breed that is still considered a dual-purpose breed. The hens are good layers of small white eggs. They are not a very hardy breed, which contributes to them being a rare breed.

When Silver Campines and Golden Campines are bred together, they can produce auto-sexing chicks who can be sexed at hatch. The female chicks will have a reddish hue to their down feathers and the males will have gray on top of their heads. C

ampine hens are not likely to go broody. The Campine is a good forager and is heat tolerant but not cold hardy.