Catalog · Live animals & hatching eggs
Breeds & strains
Supplier strain offers appear here only once a supplier's documentation is verified. Meanwhile, sourced general profiles of established breeds help you name the breed or line you need in a request.
Quick answer
Breeds are established populations described by breed organisations; commercial strains are breeding-company lines. HatchMatch lists a strain offer only after reviewing a supplier's documents. Until then, use the general breed profiles below to name the breed or line you need in a hatching egg, chick or pullet request.
This catalog shows what you can request, not stock. HatchMatch has no verified supplier data on these pages yet, so suppliers, availability, prices, origin and claims are confirmed for each request. Your request is reviewed by our team, who contact suppliers on your behalf — there is no direct supplier contact.
What sets these items apart
- Commercial broiler and layer strains are products of breeding companies, sold under their own terms and distribution rights.
- Performance, disease-resistance and suitability figures are the breeder's published claims for stated conditions — not facts HatchMatch can verify.
- Traditional and local breeds are documented by national programmes in FAO's DAD-IS; that record is not evidence of commercial availability.
Supplier-confirmed strains
No breed or strain is listed yet, because none has supplier documentation reviewed by HatchMatch. You can still name the breed or strain you need in a hatching egg, chick or pullet request.
General breed profiles
Standard-bred (heritage) breeds described from a published breed-conservation source. They are background information for writing a request, not an offer of birds.
General breed information
Leghorn
A light, egg-type breed named after the Italian port of Livorno.
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General breed information
Rhode Island Red
A dual-purpose breed developed in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the 1880s and 1890s, bred to lay well and dress out as a table bird.
Not a supplier offer
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General breed information
Plymouth Rock
An American breed first exhibited in Boston in 1849 and accepted into the American Poultry Association standard in 1874.
Not a supplier offer
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General breed information
Sussex
A British table breed from the Kent, Sussex and Surrey area, long known there for table poultry.
Not a supplier offer
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Sources and references
Published standards and reference sources for context — not endorsements and not evidence about any supplier.
- FAO: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DAD-IS) (checked 2026-10-23)
- FAO: Gateway to poultry production and products (checked 2026-10-23)
- The Livestock Conservancy: Leghorn – non-industrial chicken (breed facts) (checked 2026-10-23)
- The Livestock Conservancy: Rhode Island Red – non-industrial chicken (breed facts) (checked 2026-10-23)
- The Livestock Conservancy: Plymouth Rock chicken (breed facts) (checked 2026-10-23)
- The Livestock Conservancy: Sussex chicken (breed facts) (checked 2026-10-23)
Not listed? Request it anyway
The catalog covers common item types. Poultry and egg goods use the product request; farms, hatcheries and equipment use the project request. Qualification rules are shown on each form.
HatchMatch facilitates sourcing and RFQs; it does not manufacture, sell or export the products. Suppliers are responsible for their products meeting the rules of the origin and destination countries, and you remain responsible for your own import permissions, local requirements and due diligence. Requirements differ by product and country, and we do not guarantee any supplier's compliance. Who is responsible for which rules