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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.
Self-coloured chickens are those which display one solid colour without patterning of any kind.
Colour | Cock | Hen | 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 | |||
Blue Laced Red | |||
Buff Laced | also known as Chamois[3]: 447 | ||
Golden Laced | Sebright |
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Silver Laced |
Colour | Cock | Hen | 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 | |||
Dark brown | |||
Exchequer | only in the Leghorn[4]: 187 | ||
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 | Rare; bred in Orpington (chicken bantams in the 1990s[2]: 163 [5] |
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