United Pet Club

Huhn color

Gelb

Yellow: the yellow Labrador (cream to fox red), yellow canaries and budgies, yellow poultry skin, legs and beaks, and yellow eyes.

62 Huhn breeds list Gelb. It is in a club standard for 32 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 8 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Gelb

BreedPCGBAPA
Altenglischer KämpferBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs white or yellow, white preferred ... willow Legs white or yellow Legs black Legs dark”)No ruling
AnconaSchnabelStandardgemäß (“Beak yellow with black or horn shadings; a wholly yellow beak not desirable”)No ruling
AnconaBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs yellow, mottled with black, the more evenly mottled the better”)Standardgemäß (“shanks and toes, yellow or yellow mottled with black”)
BrahmaSchnabelStandardgemäß (“Beak yellow or yellow and black”)Standardgemäß (“Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.; Dark horn shading to yellow at point.”)
BrahmaBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs and feet orange-yellow or yellow”)Standardgemäß (“shanks and toes, yellow shanks and toes, dusky yellow”)
BuckeyeSchnabelNo rulingStandardgemäß (“Yellow, shaded with reddish-horn. Yellow.”)
BuckeyeBeine und FüßeNo rulingStandardgemäß (“Shanks and Toes: Yellow.”)
ChaboSchnabelStandardgemäß (“Beaks to match legs, which should be yellow or willow Beak yellow marked with black”)Standardgemäß (“Yellow.; Yellow, or yellow shaded with black.; Yellow shaded with dark horn.”)
ChaboBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs yellow Legs yellow, black permitted on shanks but underside of feet must be yellow Legs yellow or dusky with yellow soles yellow or willow Legs”)Standardgemäß (“shanks and toes, yellow; Yellow, or yellow shaded with black.”)
CochinSchnabelStandardgemäß (“Beak yellow, horn or black; Beak yellow or horn Beak rich bright yellow”)Standardgemäß (“Yellow.; Dark horn shading to yellow at point.; Black shaded with yellow.”)
CochinBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs dusky yellow or lizard; Legs yellow, but may be of a dusky shade Legs brilliant yellow; Legs and feet blue with yellow tinge in pads”)Standardgemäß (“Rich yellow. Yellow. yellow or dusky yellow; Yellow or black gradually shading into yellow; bottoms of feet, yellow.”)
CornishAugenNo rulingStandardgemäß (“Yellow, approaching pearl.”)
CornishSchnabelNo rulingStandardgemäß (“Yellow.”)
CornishBeine und FüßeNo rulingStandardgemäß (“Shanks and Toes: Yellow.”)
DominikanerSchnabelStandardgemäß (“Beak, legs and feet yellow”)Standardgemäß (“Yellow.”)
DominikanerBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Beak, legs and feet yellow”)Standardgemäß (“Shanks and Toes: Yellow.”)
FaverollesAugenStandardgemäß (“Eye colour orange to yellow, grey or hazel in the buffs, cuckoos, ermines, salmons and whites. Black or ... eyes brown or black”)No ruling
Holländisches ZwerghuhnStandardgemäß (“The yellow partridge”)No ruling
Holländisches ZwerghuhnGelb-rebhuhnfarbigStandardgemäß (“The yellow partridge”)No ruling
ItalienerSchnabelStandardgemäß (“In both sexes and all colours Beak yellow or horn”)Standardgemäß (“Horn. Yellow. Yellow or dusky yellow.”)
ItalienerBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs and feet yellow or orange”)Standardgemäß (“Rich yellow. Yellow or dusky yellow. shanks, yellow; toes, yellow or dusky yellow”)
Jersey-RieseSchnabelStandardgemäß (“Beak willow (some yellow permissible at present); Beak black, shading to yellow towards the [tip]”)No ruling
Jersey-RieseBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs and feet willow, i.e. dark greenish-yellow, soles yellow”)No ruling
New HampshireBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs and toes rich yellow, tinged with reddish-horn. Line of reddish pigment down sides of shanks extending to tips of toes desirable in [males]”)No ruling
PhönixSchnabelStandardgemäß (“Beak horn (yellow or white allowed with white plumage).”)No ruling
PhönixBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs and feet yellow, willow, slate blue or white.”)No ruling
Plymouth RockSchnabelStandardgemäß (“Legs and beak yellow Beak yellow Beak yellow, horn permissible”)Standardgemäß (“Yellow.; Yellow or dusky yellow.; Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.; Dark horn, shading to yellow at point.”)
Plymouth RockBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs and feet yellow Shanks and toes yellow or dusky yellow in the darker coloured varieties, yellow preferred”)Standardgemäß (“Yellow. Rich yellow.”)
RhodeländerSchnabelStandardgemäß (“Beak red-horn or yellow”)No ruling
RhodeländerBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Legs and feet yellow or red-horn”)Standardgemäß (“A line of red pigment down the sides of shanks, extending to the tip of toes is desirable.”)
WyandotteSchnabelStandardgemäß (“Beak bright yellow, except in marked and laced varieties, in which it may be horn, shaded with yellow”)Standardgemäß (“Yellow. Yellow or dusky yellow.; Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.; Dark horn, shading to yellow at point.; Black, shaded with yellow.”)
WyandotteBeine und FüßeStandardgemäß (“Beak, legs and feet yellow or horn, which may dilute to straw in adults or laying pullets. Yellow preferred.; Legs and feet bright yellow”)Standardgemäß (“Rich yellow.; Yellow or dusky yellow. Bottoms of Feet: Yellow.”)

Breeds where Gelb is a fault

BreedPCGBAPA
AustralorpAugenFehler (“Yellow or pearl-coloured eyes”)No ruling
LangschanHaut und SchuppenFehler (“Yellow skin.”)Disqualifizierend (“Yellow skin, bottom of feet yellow in any part.”)
LangschanAugenFehler (“Light eye (make some allowance for age). Yellow iris.; Yellow or orange-coloured eyes.”)No ruling
LangschanSchnabelFehler (“Yellow base of beak.”)No ruling
LangschanBeine und FüßeFehler (“Yellow shanks or [feet]”)Disqualifizierend (“Yellow skin, bottom of feet yellow in any part.”)

Breeds where Gelb is disqualified or not accepted

BreedAPAABA
MaransBeine und FüßeDisqualifizierend (“Any tint of yellow on bottom of feet or toes.”)Disqualifizierend (“Yellow on shanks or toes”)
OrpingtonHaut und SchuppenDisqualifizierend (“yellow beak, shanks or skin”)No ruling
OrpingtonSchnabelDisqualifizierend (“yellow beak, shanks or skin”)No ruling
OrpingtonBeine und FüßeDisqualifizierend (“yellow beak, shanks or skin”)No ruling
SussexHaut und SchuppenDisqualifizierend (“yellow skin, shanks or feet”)No ruling
SussexBeine und FüßeDisqualifizierend (“yellow skin, shanks or feet”)No ruling
Altenglischer KämpferNo rulingNo ruling
BarnevelderSchnabelNo rulingNo ruling
BarnevelderBeine und FĂĽĂźeNo rulingNo ruling
BrahmaHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling
BuckeyeHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling
CochinHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling
CornishHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling
DelawareSchnabelNo rulingNo ruling
DelawareBeine und FĂĽĂźeNo rulingNo ruling
DominikanerHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling
DorkingAugenNo rulingNo ruling
ItalienerHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling
Jersey-RieseHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling
New HampshireHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling
Plymouth RockHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling
RhodeländerHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling
WelsumerSchnabelNo rulingNo ruling
WelsumerBeine und FĂĽĂźeNo rulingNo ruling
WyandotteHaut und SchuppenNo rulingNo ruling

Color changes

How Gelb can appear or change over an animal's life.

  • Gelbchanges toWeiĂź

    Gefieder · Mit dem Alter · males only

  • Gelbchanges toWeiĂź

    Haut und Schuppen · Mit dem Körperzustand · can change back · females only

  • Gelbchanges toWeiĂź

    Schnabel · Mit dem Körperzustand · can change back · females only

  • Gelbchanges toWeiĂź

    Beine und Füße · Mit dem Körperzustand · can change back · females only

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