United Pet Club

Chicken color

Blue

In coats and feathers the fanciers' blue: a dilution of black that looks slate grey, as in blue dogs, Russian Blue cats, blue rabbits and blue pigeons. In eyes and eggshells a true blue.

184 Chicken breeds list Blue. It is in a club standard for 178 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 1 breed.

Breeds whose standards accept Blue

BreedAPAEEABAPCGB
AmeraucanaStandard (“Blue; Blue Wheaten; Splash”)Standard (“blau; blau-weizenfarbig”)Standard (“Blue; Blue Wheaten”)No ruling
AmeraucanaBlueStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue”)No ruling
AmeraucanaBlue WheatenStandard (“Blue Wheaten”)Standard (“blau-weizenfarbig”)Standard (“Blue Wheaten”)No ruling
AmeraucanaSplashStandard (“Splash”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
AnconaNo rulingStandard (“blau-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
AndalusianStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau-gesäumt”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“Blue”)
AraucanaNo rulingStandard (“blau; blau-rot; blau-goldhalsig; blau-weizenfarbig; blau-wildfarbig; blau-silberhalsig”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue; The blue-red”)
AraucanaBlueNo rulingStandard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
AraucanaBlue RedNo rulingStandard (“blau-goldhalsig”)No rulingStandard (“The blue-red”)
AraucanaBlue Red BirchenNo rulingStandard (“blau-rot”)No rulingNo ruling
AraucanaBlue WheatenNo rulingStandard (“blau-weizenfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
AraucanaBlue Black Breasted RedNo rulingStandard (“blau-wildfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
AraucanaBlue Silver DuckwingNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberhalsig”)No rulingNo ruling
AraucanaEggshellNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Egg colour: Blue or green”)
AustralorpNo rulingStandard (“blau-gesäumt; splash”)No rulingStandard (“The blue”)
AustralorpBlueNo rulingStandard (“blau-gesäumt”)No rulingStandard (“The blue”)
AustralorpSplashNo rulingStandard (“splash”)No rulingNo ruling
BarnevelderNo rulingStandard (“blau; braun-blaudoppeltgesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
BrahmaNo rulingStandard (“blau; blau-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert; blau-silberfarbig-gebändert; blau-silberfarbig-gebändert mit Orangerücken; gelb-blaucolumbia; weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingStandard (“The blue-light; Blue partridge”)
BrahmaBlueNo rulingStandard (“blau”)No rulingNo ruling
BrahmaBlue PartridgeNo rulingStandard (“blau-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)No rulingStandard (“Blue partridge”)
BrahmaBlue Silver PenciledNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberfarbig-gebändert”)No rulingNo ruling
BrahmaBlue Silver Penciled Orange BackedNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberfarbig-gebändert mit Orangerücken”)No rulingNo ruling
BrahmaBuff Blue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“gelb-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
BrahmaBlue LightNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingStandard (“The blue-light”)
BrahmaRed Blue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“rot-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinStandard (“Blue; Lemon Blue; Splash”)Standard (“blau; blau-weißgescheckt; splash; blau-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert; Asiatisch blau-goldhalsig; blau-silberweizenfarbig mit Orangerücken; gelb-blaucolumbia”)Standard (“Blue; Lemon Blue; Splash”)Standard (“The blue; The cuckoo”)
CochinBlueStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
CochinLemon BlueStandard (“Lemon Blue”)No rulingStandard (“Lemon Blue”)No ruling
CochinSplashStandard (“Splash”)Standard (“splash”)Standard (“Splash”)No ruling
CochinBlue PartridgeNo rulingStandard (“blau-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinCuckooNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The cuckoo”)
CochinAsiatic Blue RedNo rulingStandard (“Asiatisch blau-goldhalsig”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinBlue Silver Wheaten Orange BackedNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberweizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinBlue MottledNo rulingStandard (“blau-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinBuff Blue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“gelb-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinPorcelainNo rulingStandard (“gold-blauporzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinBlue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Legs and feet blue with yellow tinge in pads”)
CornishStandard (“Blue Laced Red”)Standard (“blau-fasanenbraun”)Standard (“Blue; Blue Laced Red”)No ruling
CornishBlue Laced RedStandard (“Blue Laced Red”)Standard (“blau-fasanenbraun”)Standard (“Blue Laced Red”)No ruling
CornishBlueNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Blue”)No ruling
DorkingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The cuckoo”)
DorkingCuckooNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The cuckoo”)
Dutch BantamStandard (“Blue Light Brown; Blue Cream Light Brown”)Standard (“blau; blau-goldhalsig; blau-orangehalsig; blau-silberhalsig; blau-silberhalsig mit Orangerücken; blau-wachtelfarbig; blau-weizenfarbig”)Standard (“Blue; Blue Light Brown; Blue Cream Light Brown”)Standard (“The blue; blue partridge; blue silver partridge / blue yellow partridge”)
Dutch BantamBlueNo rulingStandard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
Dutch BantamBlue Light BrownStandard (“Blue Light Brown”)No rulingStandard (“Blue Light Brown”)No ruling
Dutch BantamBlue Cream Light BrownStandard (“Blue Cream Light Brown”)No rulingStandard (“Blue Cream Light Brown”)No ruling
Dutch BantamBlue RedNo rulingStandard (“blau-goldhalsig”)No rulingStandard (“blue partridge”)
Dutch BantamBlue Yellow PartridgeNo rulingStandard (“blau-orangehalsig”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamBlue Silver PartridgeNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberhalsig”)No rulingStandard (“blue silver partridge / blue yellow partridge”)
Dutch BantamBlue Silver Duckwing Orange BackedNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamBlue QuailNo rulingStandard (“blau-wachtelfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamBlue WheatenNo rulingStandard (“blau-weizenfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamBuff Blue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“gelb-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamBlue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Legs slate blue Legs and feet light slate blue Legs and feet dark slate ... blue or light slate blue ... Serious fault is white legs Legs in colours”)
FaverollesNo rulingStandard (“blau-gesäumt; blau-lachsfarbig”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The laced blue”)
FaverollesBlue LacedNo rulingStandard (“blau-gesäumt”)No rulingStandard (“The laced blue”)
FaverollesBlue SalmonNo rulingStandard (“blau-lachsfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
FaverollesBlueNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Blue”)No ruling
HamburgNo rulingStandard (“blau; blau-gesäumt; gold-blausprenkel; zitron-blausprenkel”)No rulingNo ruling
HamburgBlueNo rulingStandard (“blau”)No rulingNo ruling
HamburgBlue LacedNo rulingStandard (“blau-gesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
HamburgGold Blue PenciledNo rulingStandard (“gold-blausprenkel”)No rulingNo ruling
HamburgLemon Blue PenciledNo rulingStandard (“zitron-blausprenkel”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamNo rulingStandard (“blau; blau mit weißen Tupfen; blau-birkenfarbig; blau-gesäumt; blau-goldbirkenfarbig; blau-goldhalsig; blau-silberweizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”)Standard (“Blue; Blue Tailed White”)Standard (“The blues: The self; The mottleds: The blue; The cuckoo”)
Japanese BantamBlueNo rulingStandard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blues: The self”)
Japanese BantamBlue MottledNo rulingStandard (“blau mit weißen Tupfen”)No rulingStandard (“The mottleds: The blue”)
Japanese BantamBlue BirchenNo rulingStandard (“blau-birkenfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamBlue LacedNo rulingStandard (“blau-gesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamBlue Brown RedNo rulingStandard (“blau-goldbirkenfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamBlue RedNo rulingStandard (“blau-goldhalsig”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamBlue Silver Wheaten Orange BackedNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberweizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamBlue WheatenNo rulingStandard (“blau-weizenfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamBlue Tailed BuffNo rulingStandard (“gelb mit blauem Schwanz”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamCuckooNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The cuckoo”)
Japanese BantamPorcelainNo rulingStandard (“gold-blauporzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamBlue Tailed WhiteNo rulingStandard (“weiß mit blauem Schwanz”)Standard (“Blue Tailed White”)No ruling
Japanese BantamLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“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”)
Jersey GiantStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau-gesäumt”)No rulingStandard (“The blue”)
Jersey GiantBlueStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau-gesäumt”)No rulingStandard (“The blue”)
LakenvelderNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaugezeichnet”)No rulingNo ruling
LakenvelderLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Legs and feet slate blue”)
LangshanStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau-gesäumt; blau-birkenfarbig; blau-goldbirkenfarbig”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue; The silver blue; The lemon-blue”)
LangshanBlueStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau-gesäumt”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
LangshanBlue BirchenNo rulingStandard (“blau-birkenfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
LangshanBlue Brown RedNo rulingStandard (“blau-goldbirkenfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
LangshanSilver BlueNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The silver blue”)
LangshanLemon BlueNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The lemon-blue”)
LangshanBlue LacedNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The blue”)
LangshanLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Shanks bluish-black (bluish in adult birds, scales and toes nearly black in young birds) showing pink between scales especially on back and inner”)
LeghornNo rulingStandard (“blau; blau-gesäumt; blau-weißgescheckt; blau-goldfarbig; blau-rebhuhnhalsig; gold-blaugesäumt; weiß-blaucolumbia; blau-goldhalsig; blau-silberhalsig”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue; The cuckoo; The blue-red”)
LeghornBlueNo rulingStandard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
LeghornCuckooNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The cuckoo”)
LeghornBlue LacedNo rulingStandard (“blau-gesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornBlue GoldenNo rulingStandard (“blau-goldfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornBlue PartridgeNo rulingStandard (“blau-rebhuhnhalsig”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornBlue MottledNo rulingStandard (“blau-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornGold Blue LacedNo rulingStandard (“gold-blaugesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornBlue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornBlue RedNo rulingStandard (“blau-goldhalsig”)No rulingStandard (“The blue-red”)
LeghornBlue Silver DuckwingNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberhalsig”)No rulingNo ruling
MaransNo rulingStandard (“blau-kupfer; blau-silber”)No rulingNo ruling
MaransBlue CopperNo rulingStandard (“blau-kupfer”)No rulingNo ruling
MaransBlue BirchenNo rulingStandard (“blau-silber”)No rulingNo ruling
MinorcaNo rulingStandard (“blau”)No rulingStandard (“The blue”)
MinorcaBlueNo rulingStandard (“blau”)No rulingStandard (“The blue”)
MinorcaLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Legs black or very dark slate, the latter in adults only Legs pinky white Legs blue to slate”)
Naked NeckNo rulingStandard (“blau-gesäumt”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
Naked NeckBlue LacedNo rulingStandard (“blau-gesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
Naked NeckBlueNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
New HampshireNo rulingStandard (“goldbraun-blaugezeichnet; blau-goldbraun”)No rulingNo ruling
Old English GameStandard (“Blue; Blue Brassy Back; Blue Wheaten; Blue Breasted Red; Blue Golden Duckwing; Blue Silver Duckwing; Lemon Blue; Silver Blue”)Standard (“blau; blau-birkenfarbig; blau-silber; blau-gold; blau-goldbirkenfarbig; blau-rot; blau goldhalsig mit g.Schultern; blau mit Messingrücken”)Standard (“Blue; Blue Brassy Back; Blue Wheaten; Blue Red; Blue Golden Duckwing; Blue Silver Duckwing; Lemon Blue; Silver Blue; Splash; Blue Silver Wheaten”)Standard (“The dun-breasted blue dun; The blue duckwing; The lemon-blue; The cuckoo”)
Old English GameBlue Breasted RedStandard (“Blue Breasted Red”)Standard (“blau-goldhalsig”)Standard (“Blue Red”)No ruling
Old English GameBlue Golden DuckwingStandard (“Blue Golden Duckwing”)No rulingStandard (“Blue Golden Duckwing”)No ruling
Old English GameBlue Silver DuckwingStandard (“Blue Silver Duckwing”)Standard (“blau-silberhalsig”)Standard (“Blue Silver Duckwing”)Standard (“The blue duckwing”)
Old English GameLemon BlueStandard (“Lemon Blue”)No rulingStandard (“Lemon Blue”)Standard (“The lemon-blue”)
Old English GameBlueStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue”)No ruling
Old English GameBlue Brassy BackStandard (“Blue Brassy Back”)Standard (“blau mit Messingrücken”)Standard (“Blue Brassy Back”)No ruling
Old English GameBlue WheatenStandard (“Blue Wheaten”)Standard (“blau-weizenfarbig”)Standard (“Blue Wheaten”)No ruling
Old English GameCuckooNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The cuckoo”)
Old English GameSilver BlueStandard (“Silver Blue”)No rulingStandard (“Silver Blue”)No ruling
Old English GameBlue BirchenNo rulingStandard (“blau-birkenfarbig; blau-silber”)No rulingNo ruling
Old English GameBlue Brown RedNo rulingStandard (“blau-gold; blau-goldbirkenfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Old English GameBlue Red BirchenNo rulingStandard (“blau-rot”)No rulingNo ruling
Old English GameBlue Silver Duckwing Orange BackedNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”)No rulingNo ruling
Old English GameSplashNo rulingStandard (“splash”)Standard (“Splash”)No ruling
Old English GameBlue Red Gold ShoulderedNo rulingStandard (“blau goldhalsig mit g.Schultern”)No rulingNo ruling
Old English GameBlue Silver Orange BackedNo rulingStandard (“blau-silber mit Orangerücken”)No rulingNo ruling
Old English GameDun Breasted Blue DunNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The dun-breasted blue dun”)
Old English GameBlue Silver WheatenNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Blue Silver Wheaten”)No ruling
Old English GameSplash WheatenNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Splash Wheaten”)No ruling
OrpingtonStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau-gesäumt; gelb-blaugesäumt; splash”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue; The cuckoo”)
OrpingtonBlueStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau-gesäumt”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
OrpingtonBuff Blue LacedNo rulingStandard (“gelb-blaugesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
OrpingtonSplashNo rulingStandard (“splash”)No rulingNo ruling
OrpingtonCuckooNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The cuckoo”)
PhoenixNo rulingStandard (“blau; blau-goldhalsig; blau-silberhalsig”)No rulingStandard (“The blue-red”)
PhoenixBlue RedNo rulingStandard (“blau-goldhalsig”)No rulingStandard (“The blue-red”)
PhoenixBlueNo rulingStandard (“blau”)No rulingNo ruling
PhoenixBlue Silver DuckwingNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberhalsig”)No rulingNo ruling
Plymouth RockStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
Plymouth RockBlueStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
PolishStandard (“Non-Bearded White Crested Blue”)Standard (“blau-gesäumt; Weißhauben blau-gesäumt; Weißhauben blau-weißgescheckt; splash; silber-blaugesäumt”)Standard (“White Crested Blue (Bearded); White Crested Blue (Non Bearded); Blue (Bearded); Blue (Non Bearded)”)Standard (“white-crested blue; white-crested cuckoo; An even shade of blue throughout (free from lacing)”)
PolishWhite Crested BlueStandard (“Non-Bearded White Crested Blue”)No rulingStandard (“White Crested Blue (Bearded); White Crested Blue (Non Bearded)”)Standard (“white-crested blue; white-crested cuckoo”)
PolishBlue LacedNo rulingStandard (“blau-gesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishSplashNo rulingStandard (“splash”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishWhite Crested Blue LacedNo rulingStandard (“Weißhauben blau-gesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishWhite Crested Blue MottledNo rulingStandard (“Weißhauben blau-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishSilver Blue LacedNo rulingStandard (“silber-blaugesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishBlueNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Blue (Bearded); Blue (Non Bearded)”)Standard (“An even shade of blue throughout (free from lacing)”)
PolishLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Beak, legs and feet dark blue and/or horn, soles of feet blue”)
SilkieStandard (“Bearded Blue / Non-Beaded Blue; Bearded Splash”)Standard (“blau; splash”)Standard (“Blue (Bearded); Blue (Non Bearded); Splash (Bearded); Splash (Non Bearded)”)Standard (“The blue”)
SilkieBlueStandard (“Bearded Blue / Non-Beaded Blue”)Standard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue (Bearded); Blue (Non Bearded)”)Standard (“The blue”)
SilkieSplashStandard (“Bearded Splash”)Standard (“splash”)Standard (“Splash (Bearded); Splash (Non Bearded)”)No ruling
SumatraStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau-gesäumt”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
SumatraBlueStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau-gesäumt”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
SussexNo rulingStandard (“gelb-blaucolumbia; weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingStandard (“coronation”)
SussexBuff Blue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“gelb-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
SussexCoronationNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingStandard (“coronation”)
WelsummerNo rulingStandard (“blau-orangefarbig; blau-rostrebhuhnfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau; blau-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert; blau-silberfarbig-gebändert; gelb-blaucolumbia; gold-blaugesäumt; silber-blaugesäumt; weiß-blaucolumbia”)Standard (“Blue; Blue Red; Lemon Blue; Splash”)Standard (“The blue; The blue silver pencilled; The blue partridge; The blue laced”)
WyandotteBlueStandard (“Blue”)Standard (“blau”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“The blue”)
WyandotteBlue PartridgeNo rulingStandard (“blau-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)No rulingStandard (“The blue partridge”)
WyandotteBlue Silver PenciledNo rulingStandard (“blau-silberfarbig-gebändert”)No rulingStandard (“The blue silver pencilled”)
WyandotteBuff Blue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“gelb-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteGold Blue LacedNo rulingStandard (“gold-blaugesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteSilver Blue LacedNo rulingStandard (“silber-blaugesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteBlue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteBlue SalmonNo rulingStandard (“blau-lachsfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteBlue Orange PenciledNo rulingStandard (“blau-orangefarbig-gebändert”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteLemon Blue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“zitron-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteAsiatic Blue RedNo rulingStandard (“Asiatisch blau-goldhalsig”)Standard (“Blue Red”)No ruling
WyandotteAsiatic Blue Silver DuckwingNo rulingStandard (“Asiatisch blau-silberhalsig”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteBlue LacedNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The blue laced”)
WyandotteLemon BlueNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Lemon Blue”)No ruling
WyandotteSplashNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Splash”)No ruling

Breeds where Blue is disqualified or not accepted

BreedAPA
CornishLegs and feetDisqualifying (“Solid white, blue, or black shanks.”)
AmeraucanaEggshellNo ruling
FaverollesLegs and feetNo ruling
HamburgLegs and feetNo ruling
OrpingtonLegs and feetNo ruling
SebrightLegs and feetNo ruling
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