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.

Colour Image Notes
Black

Green iridescence is desired for "beetle black" show chickens.

Blue

Buff
Lavender
Red lavender
Red

White

Barred and cuckoo
Colour Image Notes
Barred Divided into Dark and Light in Australian Plymouth Rocks
Crele

The cuckoo pattern with black-breasted red pigmentation.
Silver Cuckoo

Golden Cuckoo

Columbian, belted
Colour Image Notes
Columbian

Buff Columbian

Duckwing
Colour Image Notes
Golden Duckwing
Blue Golden Duckwing
Silver Duckwing
Blue Silver Duckwing
Fawn Silver Duckwing

Laced
Colour Image 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.[2]
Golden Laced

Silver Laced

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

Mottled, spangled, mille fleur
Colour Image 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

Black-tailed
Colour Image Notes
Black-tailed Buff

Black-tailed White
Black-tailed red

Black-breasted
Colour Image Notes
Black Breasted Red
Blue Breasted Red
Partridge
Wheaten

Blue Wheaten

Others
Colour Image 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. [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


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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. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. scnaonline.org

See also
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