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 |
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 Green iridescence is desired for "beetle black" show chickens. |
| Blue |
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| Buff |  |
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| Lavender |  |
 Red lavender |
| Red |
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| White |
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Barred and cuckoo
| Colour | Image | Notes |
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| Barred |  |
Divided into Dark and Light in Australian Plymouth Rocks |
| Crele |
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The cuckoo pattern with black-breasted red pigmentation. |
| Silver Cuckoo |
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| Golden Cuckoo |
Columbian, belted
| Colour | Image | Notes |
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| Columbian |
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| Buff Columbian |
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Duckwing
| Colour | Image | Notes |
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| Golden Duckwing |  | |
| Blue Golden Duckwing | ||
| Silver Duckwing |  |  |
| Blue Silver Duckwing | ||
| Fawn Silver Duckwing |  |
Laced
| Colour | Image | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| Buff Laced |
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Alternatively known as Chamois.[2] |
| Golden Laced |
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| Silver Laced |
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Pencilled
| Colour | Image | Notes |
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| Birchen | Sometimes called Grey in Japanese bantams. | |
| Golden Pencilled | ||
| Silver Pencilled |
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Mottled, spangled, mille fleur
| Colour | Image | Notes |
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| Blue Mottled |
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| Citron Spangled |
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| Golden Spangled |
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| Silver Spangled |
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| Mille Fleur |  |
 Called 'speckled' in the Sussex. |
| Lemon Mille Fleur | ||
| Porcelain | A diluted version of Mille Fleur |
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Black-tailed
| Colour | Image | Notes |
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| Black-tailed Buff |
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| Black-tailed White |  |
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| Black-tailed red |  |
Black-breasted
| Colour | Image | Notes |
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| Black Breasted Red |  |
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| Blue Breasted Red |  |
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| Partridge |  |
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| Wheaten |
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| Blue Wheaten |
Others
| Colour | Image | Notes |
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| Brassy Back | ||
| Blue Brassy Back | ||
| Blue Light Brown | ||
| Blue-red | ||
| Brown | ||
| Brown Red | Sometimes called Gold Birchen. | |
| Coloured | ||
| Coronation | ||
| Cream Light Brown |  |
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| 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 |
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| Quail |  |
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| Salmon |  |
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| Silver Blue |  |
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| Silver Gray |
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| Splash |
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| Tolbunt | Seen only in Polish chickens | |
| White Laced Red | ||
References
- All About Chickens: All the chicken colours under the sun Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 2012.
- Wright, Lewis (2005). The new book of poultry. Ripol Classic Publishing House. p. 447. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- scnaonline.org
See also
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