Chicken colors, patterns and markings

Every color, pattern and marking the taxonomy records for Chicken, by part of the body. Each breed page shows which clubs accept which ones.

Colour of the feathers.

Colour of the iris.

Colour of the beak or bill.

Colour of the legs, shanks and feet, as bird and poultry standards describe them.

Colour of the comb and wattles.

Colour of the earlobes, which poultry standards specify separately from the comb.

Colour of bare skin, scales or shell: hairless breeds, pigs, reptiles and fish.

Colour of the eggs a breed lays. Describes the breed's eggs, not the animal's own appearance.

Color changes Chicken can go through.

Chipmunkchanges toPartridge
Plumage · With age · from 0 to 8 weeks · females only
Chipmunkchanges toBlack-breasted red
Plumage · With age · from 0 to 8 weeks · males only
Blackchanges toBarred
Plumage · With age · males only
Yellowchanges toWhite
Plumage · With age · males only
Buffchanges toGold
Plumage · With age · females only
Mottledchanges toWhite
Plumage · Progressive
Yellowchanges toWhite
Skin and scales · With body condition · can change back · females only
Yellowchanges toWhite
Beak · With body condition · can change back · females only
Yellowchanges toWhite
Legs and feet · With body condition · can change back · females only
Brownchanges toLight brown
Eggshell · Progressive · from 25 weeks · females only
Dark brownchanges toBrown
Eggshell · Progressive · from 25 weeks · females only