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.
| Colour | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Barred | 250px | Divided into Dark and Light in Australian Plymouth Rocks |
| Birchen | Sometimes called Grey in Japanese bantams. | |
| Black |  |
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| Black Breasted Red | ||
| Black Laced | ||
| Black-tailed Buff | ||
| Black-tailed White | 250px | |
| Black-tailed red | ||
| Blue |
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| 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 |  |
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| Buff Columbian | ||
| Buff Laced | Alternatively known as Chamois.[2] | |
| Citrus Spangled | ||
| Coloured | ||
| Columbian | ||
| Coronation | ||
| Cream Light Brown | ||
| Crele |
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| Silver Cuckoo |
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| 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 | 250 px | |
| 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 | 250 px | 250 px |
| Self Blue | ||
| Silver | ||
| Silver Blue | 250 px | 250 px |
| 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
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- Equine coat colour
- List of poultry feathers
- Lavender (chicken plumage)
- Solid black (chicken plumage)
- Solid white (chicken plumage)
- ↑ All About Chickens: All the chicken colours under the sun Accessed January 2012.
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- ↑ scnaonline.org
