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.

Self

Self chickens are one-coloured, i.e. lacking a pattern. Show quality strains may have even pigmentation throughout the outer plumage, production or pet quality strains are likely to not.

ColourImageNotes
Black Green iridescence is desired for "beetle black" show chickens.
Blue Sumatra male show quality Andalusian female with the typical dark blue lacing
Splash or Blue Splashed White Sumatra male Silkie female Splash is the homozygous form of Blue
Buff male female
Lavender Red lavender
Red male female Red is the intensified version of Buff
White landrace male Silkie female

Barred and cuckoo
ColourImageNotes
Barred
An example of a show quality Dark Barred Australian Plymouth Rock
 Divided into Dark and Light in Australian Plymouth Rocks
Crele The cuckoo pattern with black-breasted red pigmentation
Silver Cuckoo
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Columbian, belted
ColourImageNotes
White Columbian male female with young chicks Columbian patterned chickens are predominately red-pigmented, except for the head and neck which are striped with black, and the tail which is black.
Buff Columbian
Golden Belted male female Belted resembles Columbian but its head and neck are solid black, not merely striped.
Silver Belted couple chick

Duckwing
ColourImageNotes
Golden Duckwing
Blue Golden Duckwing
Silver Duckwing
Blue Silver Duckwing
Fawn Silver Duckwing

Laced
ColourImageNotes
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
Blue Laced Red
Buff Laced Alternatively known as Chamois.[2]
Golden Laced
Silver Laced

Pencilled
ColourImageNotes
Birchen Sometimes called Grey in Japanese bantams.
Golden Pencilled
Silver Pencilled

Mottled, spangled, mille fleur
ColourImageNotes
Blue Mottled
Citron Spangled
Golden Spangled
Silver Spangled
Mille Fleur Called 'speckled' in the Sussex.
Lemon Mille Fleur
Porcelain A diluted version of Mille Fleur

Black-tailed
ColourImageNotes
Black-tailed Buff
Black-tailed White
Black-tailed red

Black-breasted
ColourImageNotes
Black Breasted Red
Blue Breasted Red
Partridge
Wheaten
Blue Wheaten

Others
ColourImageNotes
Brassy Back
Blue Brassy Back
Blue Light Brown
Blue-red
Brown
Brown Red Sometimes called Gold Birchen.
Coloured
Coronation
Cream Light Brown
Dark brown
Exchequer Found only in Leghorns with the exception of Serama.[3]
Ginger Red
Golden Neck
Golden-necked mille fleur
Gray
Lemon Blue
Light Brown
Pyle Alternatively spelt Pile.
Red Pyle
Quail
Salmon
Silver Blue
Silver Gray
Splash
Tolbunt Seen only in Polish chickens
White Laced Red

References
  1. All About Chickens: All the chicken colours under the sun Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 2012.
  2. Wright, Lewis (2005). The new book of poultry. Ripol Classic Publishing House. p. 447. ISBN 9785878653336. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. scnaonline.org

See also
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