Chicken color
Grey
An even grey. In horses the greying gene's colour, which whitens with age (see the greying pattern); the wild colour of cockatiels and African grey parrots; the grey to near-black eggs Cayuga ducks lay early in the season.
55 Chicken breeds list Grey. It is in a club standard for 55 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Grey
| Breed | PCGB | EE | APA | ABA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araucana | Standard (“The crele”) | Standard (“gesperbert; kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaCuckoo | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaCrele | Standard (“The crele”) | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Barnevelder | No ruling | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brahma | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BrahmaCuckoo | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert; kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| CochinCuckoo | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| CochinCrele | No ruling | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dominique | Standard (“(single colour, no variety name)”) | Standard (“gesperbert”) | Standard (“Only One Variety”) | Standard (“Barred as in Dominique”) |
| Dorking | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert; silber-wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo; Single Comb Cuckoo”) | Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo”) |
| DorkingCuckoo | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert”) | Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo; Single Comb Cuckoo”) | Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo”) |
| DorkingSilver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“silber-wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch Bantam | Standard (“The crele (cuckoo partridge)”) | Standard (“gesperbert; kennfarbig”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cuckoo”) |
| Dutch BantamCuckoo | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cuckoo”) |
| Dutch BantamCrele | Standard (“The crele (cuckoo partridge)”) | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Faverolles | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| FaverollesCuckoo | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hamburg | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| HamburgCuckoo | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bantam | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert”) | Standard (“Gray Birchen”) | Standard (“Gray”) |
| Japanese BantamGrey | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Gray Birchen”) | Standard (“Gray”) |
| Japanese BantamCuckoo | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Langshan | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanCuckoo | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Leghorn | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert; kennfarbig; silber-kennfarbig”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dominique”) |
| LeghornCuckoo | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dominique”) |
| LeghornCrele | No ruling | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornSilver Crele | No ruling | Standard (“silber-kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Marans | Standard (“The dark cuckoo; The golden cuckoo; The silver cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert; schwarzgold-gesperbert; schwarzsilber-gesperbert”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cuckoo Marans; Golden Cuckoo Marans; Silver Cuckoo Marans”) |
| MaransCuckoo | Standard (“The dark cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cuckoo Marans”) |
| MaransGolden Cuckoo | Standard (“The golden cuckoo”) | Standard (“schwarzgold-gesperbert”) | No ruling | Standard (“Golden Cuckoo Marans”) |
| MaransSilver Cuckoo | Standard (“The silver cuckoo”) | Standard (“schwarzsilber-gesperbert”) | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Cuckoo Marans”) |
| Naked Neck | Standard (“cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cuckoo”) |
| Naked NeckCuckoo | Standard (“cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cuckoo”) |
| Old English Game | Standard (“The black-breasted grey; The cuckoo; The crele”) | Standard (“gesperbert; kennfarbig”) | Standard (“Cuckoo; Crele”) | Standard (“Cuckoo; Crele”) |
| Old English GameCrele | Standard (“The crele”) | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | Standard (“Crele”) | Standard (“Crele”) |
| Old English GameCuckoo | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert”) | Standard (“Cuckoo”) | Standard (“Cuckoo”) |
| Old English GameBlack Breasted Grey | Standard (“The black-breasted grey”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Orpington | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonCrele | No ruling | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonCuckoo | Standard (“The cuckoo”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish | Standard (“cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert; Weißhauben gesperbert; kennfarbig”) | No ruling | Standard (“White Crested Cuckoo (Non Bearded)”) |
| PolishCuckoo | Standard (“cuckoo”) | Standard (“gesperbert; Weißhauben gesperbert”) | No ruling | Standard (“White Crested Cuckoo (Non Bearded)”) |
| PolishCrele | No ruling | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sebright | No ruling | Standard (“rahmweiß-graugesäumt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SebrightCream Grey Laced | No ruling | Standard (“rahmweiß-graugesäumt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Silkie | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert; silber-wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Bearded Gray / Non-Bearded Gray”) | Standard (“Gray (Bearded); Gray (Non Bearded)”) |
| SilkieGrey | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Bearded Gray / Non-Bearded Gray”) | Standard (“Gray (Bearded); Gray (Non Bearded)”) |
| SilkieCuckoo | No ruling | Standard (“gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SilkieSilver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“silber-wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sussex | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“grausilber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SussexSilver | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“grausilber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Wyandotte | No ruling | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteCrele | No ruling | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |