List of chicken colours

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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.

Self

Self-coloured chickens are those which display one solid colour without patterning of any kind.

Colour Cock Hen Notes
Black Spanierhuhn (cropped).JPG Orpington chicken 2.jpg Green iridescence is desired for "beetle black" show chickens.
Blue Blauwe sumatra.jpg
Sumatra
Poule andalouse.jpg
dark blue-laced Andalusian
Splash or Blue Splashed White Splash Sumatra.jpg
Sumatra
Poule Soie splash.jpg
Silkie
Splash is the homozygous form of Blue
Buff Coq orpington fauve.JPG Buff Orpington chicken, UK.jpg
Lavender Lavender orpington lilac.jpg Pekin bantam female.JPG
Red lavender
Red Poule Sabelpoot rouge (1).jpg Amberbock.jpg Red is the intensified version of Buff
White Chicken in Finland.jpg Silky bantam.jpg Silkie

Barred and cuckoo

Colour Cock Hen Notes
Barred Barred Rock hen in backyard.jpg Miss peck2.jpg
Dark Barred Australian Plymouth Rock
Divided into Dark and Light in Australian Plymouth Rocks
Crele Bielefelder-kennhuhn.jpg The cuckoo pattern with black-breasted red pigmentation
Silver Cuckoo Cuckoo Marans.jpg
Golden Cuckoo

Columbian, belted

Colour Cock Hen Notes
White Columbian -2019-01-29 Light Sussex Large cockrill, Trimingham.JPG Sundheimer Glucke mit Küken.jpg
Sundheimer
Called 'light' in the Brahma and Sussex[2]
Buff Columbian Hedemorahöna Gammlia 2007-06-24.jpg
Golden Belted Coq vorwerk.jpg Poule vorwerk SIA.jpg Belted resembles Columbian but the head and neck are solid black, not merely striped
Silver Belted Lakenfelder.jpg
cock and hen
Silverlakenvelderchick.jpg
chick

Duckwing

Colour Cock Hen Notes
Golden Duckwing Blonder Italiener.JPG
Blue Golden Duckwing
Silver Duckwing 1,0 Kraienkopp cropped.jpg Dorking Henne.JPG
Blue Silver Duckwing
Fawn Silver Duckwing FawnSilverDutch.jpg

Laced

Colour Cock Hen Notes
Black Laced not used; black-laced plumage is named after the red series colour instead: "golden laced" for black and red, "citron laced" for black and buff, "silver laced" for black and white
Blue Laced Andalusian Blue chicken (male).jpg Andalusian gallus (hen).jpg
Blue Laced Red 2014nr124 – RGZV Frankenthal IMG022 – 0,1 Indische Zwerg-Kämpfer, blau-fasanenbraun (cut out).jpg Midge01cropped.jpg
Buff Laced Padoue dorée à liserés blancs.jpg Alternatively known as Chamois.[3]
Golden Laced Sebright Cock.jpg
Sebright
Poule Sebright Dorée.jpg
Silver Laced Silver Sebright hen.jpg Silver-laced Wyandotte rooster.jpg

Pencilled

Colour Cock Hen Notes
Birchen Sometimes called Grey in Japanese bantams.
Golden Pencilled
Silver Pencilled Tab30 Hühner (Geflügel-Album, Jean Bungartz, 1885).jpg

Mottled, spangled, mille fleur

Colour Cock Hen Notes
Blue Mottled Coq-pékin-bleue-cailloutée SDA2014.JPG
Citron Spangled Citron Spangled Hamburg bantam hen.jpg
Golden Spangled Tab29 Hühner (Geflügel-Album, Jean Bungartz, 1885).jpg
Silver Spangled Silver-Spangled Hamburg Sam dinner.jpg
Mille Fleur Mille Fleur Bantam Hen.jpg Speckled Sussex Chicken.jpg Called 'speckled' in the Sussex.
Lemon Mille Fleur
Porcelain A diluted version of Mille Fleur

Black-tailed

Colour Cock Hen Notes
Black-tailed Buff Japanese Bantam cockerel.jpg
Black-tailed White Pair of Japanese Bantams.jpg
Black-tailed red Šumava chicken cockerel.jpg

Black-breasted

Colour Cock Hen Notes
Black Breasted Red Black Breasted Red Onagadori.jpg
Blue Breasted Red Toulouse - Gallus gallus - 2012-02-29 - 3.jpg
Partridge CSN 179.jpg
Wheaten Fro1.jpg
Blue Wheaten

Others

Colour Cock Hen Notes
Brassy Back
Blue Brassy Back
Blue Light Brown
Blue-red
Brown
Brown Red Sometimes called Gold Birchen.
Coloured
Coronation
Cream Light Brown Orangehalsiger Onagadorihahn.jpg
Dark brown
Exchequer Found only in Leghorns with the exception of Serama.[4]
Ginger Red
Golden Neck
Golden-necked mille fleur
Gray
Lemon Blue
Light Brown
Pyle Alternatively spelt Pile.
Red Pyle 1.0 Deutsches Zwerghuhn Rotgesattelt.JPG
Quail 1,0 Antwerpener Bartzwerg - wachtelfarbig.jpg 0,1 Antwerpener Bartzwerg - wachtelfarbig.jpg
Salmon Vogelpark Viernheim Hahn Deutsches Lachshuhn 2012.JPG Aufmerksame Henne Deutsches Lachshuhn 2012 Vogelpark Viernheim.JPG
Silver Blue Marans-Junghahn-Silber-Blau 2009.jpg Marans-Junghenne-Silber-Blau 2009.jpg
Silver Gray Dorking Hahn.JPG
Splash Splash Sumatra.jpg
Tolbunt Seen only in Polish chickens
White Laced Red

References

  1. All About Chickens: All the chicken colours under the sun Accessed January 2012.
  2. David Scrivener (2014). Popular Poultry Breeds. Ramsbury: Crowood. ISBN:9781847979711.
  3. Wright, Lewis (2005). The new book of poultry. Ripol Classic Publishing House. p. 447. ISBN 9785878653336. https://books.google.com/books?id=QeYVAwAAQBAJ&q=chamois+or+buff+laced&pg=PA447. Retrieved 4 October 2014. 
  4. scnaonline.org