List_of_chicken_colours

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.

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Colour	Cock	Hen	Notes
Black			Green iridescence is desired for "beetle black" show chickens.
Blue	Sumatra	dark blue-laced Andalusian
Splash or Blue Splashed White	Sumatra	Silkie	Splash is the homozygous form of Blue
Buff
Lavender		Red lavender
Red			Red is the intensified version of Buff
White		Silkie

Colour	Cock	Hen	Notes
Barred	Barred Rock Hen	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
Golden Cuckoo

Colour	Cock	Hen	Notes
White Columbian		Sundheimer	Called 'light' in the Brahma and Sussex^[2]
Buff Columbian
Golden Belted			Belted resembles Columbian but the head and neck are solid black, not merely striped
Silver Belted	cock and hen	chick

Colour	Cock	Hen	Notes
Golden Duckwing
Blue Golden Duckwing
Silver Duckwing
Blue Silver Duckwing
Fawn Silver Duckwing

Colour	Cock	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
Blue Laced Red
Buff Laced		Alternatively known as Chamois.^[3]
Golden Laced	Sebright
Silver Laced

List_of_chicken_colours

List of chicken colours

Self

Barred and cuckoo

Columbian, belted

Duckwing

Laced

Pencilled

Mottled, spangled, mille fleur

Black-tailed

Black-breasted

Others

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Colour	Cock	Hen	Notes
Birchen			Sometimes called Grey in Japanese bantams.
Golden Pencilled
Silver Pencilled

Colour	Cock	Hen	Notes
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

Colour	Cock	Hen	Notes
Black Breasted Red
Blue Breasted Red
Partridge
Wheaten
Blue Wheaten

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
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
Quail
Salmon
Silver Blue
Silver Gray
Splash
Tolbunt			Seen only in Polish chickens
White Laced Red
Chocolate			Sex-linked recessive. Found rarely in Orpingtons and Wyandottes.^[5]