List of chicken colours

Breeders and fanciers of chickens accurately describe the colours and patterns[1] of the feathers of chicken breeds and varieties. This is a list of the terms used in this context.

Colour Image Notes
Barred Divided into Dark and Light in Australian Plymouth Rocks
Birchen Sometimes called Grey in Japanese bantams.
Black
Black Breasted Red

Black Laced
Black-tailed Buff

Black-tailed White
Black-tailed red
Blue

Blue Brassy Back
Blue Breasted Red

Blue Golden Duckwing
Blue Laced

Blue Laced Red
Blue Light Brown
Blue Silver Duckwing
Blue Mottled

Blue Wheaten
Blue-red
Brassy Back
Brown
Brown Red Sometimes called Gold Birchen.
Buff
Buff Columbian

Buff Laced

Alternatively known as Chamois.[2]
Citrus Spangled

Coloured
Columbian

Coronation
Cream Light Brown

Crele

Silver Cuckoo

Golden Cuckoo
Dark brown
Exchequer Found only in Leghorns with the exception of Serama. [3]
Fawn Silver Duckwing

Ginger Red
Golden
Golden Duckwing
Golden Laced

Golden Neck
Golden-necked mille fleur
Golden Pencilled
Golden Spangled

Gray
Lavender

Lemon Blue
Lemon Mille Fleur
Light
Light Brown
Mille Fleur

Mottled
Partridge

Porcelain
Pyle Alternatively spelt Pile.
Quail

Red

Red Pyle

Salmon
Self Blue
Silver
Silver Blue
Silver Duckwing
Silver Gray

Silver Laced

Silver Pencilled

Silver Spangled

Spangled
Speckled

Splash

Tolbunt Seen only in Polish chickens
Wheaten

White

White Laced Red

References

  1. All About Chickens: All the chicken colours under the sun Accessed January 2012.
  2. Wright, Lewis (2005). The new book of poultry. Ripol Classic Publishing House. p. 447. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. scnaonline.org

See also

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