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Chicken pattern
Birchen
A black body with silvery-white (or gold) hackles, back and shoulders, the hackle feathers streaked or edged with black, often with light edging on the breast: birchen Modern Game, the Japanese bantam's birchen grey and 銀笹 / 金笹, German 'birkenfarbig'.
55 Chicken breeds list Birchen. It is in a club standard for 55 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Birchen
| Breed | APA | EE | ABA | PCGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameraucana | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | No ruling |
| AmeraucanaBrown Red | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | No ruling |
| Araucana | No ruling | Standard (“blau-rot; schwarz-rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaBlue Red Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“blau-rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaRed Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brahma | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig; gold-birkenfarbig; orangebrüstig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BrahmaBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BrahmaBrown Red | No ruling | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BrahmaOrange Breasted | No ruling | Standard (“orangebrüstig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin | Standard (“Birchen; Brown Red; Lemon Blue”) | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber; gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz-gold”) | Standard (“Birchen; Brown Red; Lemon Blue”) | No ruling |
| CochinBirchen | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | Standard (“Birchen”) | No ruling |
| CochinBrown Red | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz-gold”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | No ruling |
| CochinLemon Blue | Standard (“Lemon Blue”) | No ruling | Standard (“Lemon Blue”) | No ruling |
| Dutch Bantam | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bantam | Standard (“Gray Birchen; Brown Red”) | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber; blau-birkenfarbig; blau-goldbirkenfarbig; gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz-gold; schokoladenbraun-birkenfarbig”) | Standard (“Gray; Brown Red”) | Standard (“The brown-red; The greys: The birchen grey; The greys: The silver grey”) |
| Japanese BantamGrey | Standard (“Gray Birchen”) | No ruling | Standard (“Gray”) | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamBrown Red | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz-gold”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“The brown-red”) |
| Japanese BantamBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | No ruling | Standard (“The greys: The birchen grey; The greys: The silver grey”) |
| Japanese BantamBlue Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“blau-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamBlue Brown Red | No ruling | Standard (“blau-goldbirkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamChocolate Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“schokoladenbraun-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Langshan | No ruling | Standard (“braun-birkenfarbig; birkenfarbig; blau-birkenfarbig; blau-goldbirkenfarbig; gold-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | Standard (“The birchen; The silver blue; The lemon-blue”) |
| LangshanBrown Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“braun-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | Standard (“The birchen”) |
| LangshanBlue Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“blau-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanBlue Brown Red | No ruling | Standard (“blau-goldbirkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanBrown Red | No ruling | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanSilver Blue | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The silver blue”) |
| LangshanLemon Blue | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The lemon-blue”) |
| Marans | Standard (“Black Copper”) | Standard (“schwarz-kupfer; blau-kupfer; blau-silber; schwarz-silber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MaransBlack Copper | Standard (“Black Copper”) | Standard (“schwarz-kupfer”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MaransBlue Copper | No ruling | Standard (“blau-kupfer”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MaransBlue Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MaransBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-silber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English Game | Standard (“Brown Red; Lemon Blue; Birchen; Silver Blue”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig; birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber; blau-birkenfarbig; blau-silber; blau-gold; blau-goldbirkenfarbig; blau-rot; schwarz-gold; schwarz-rot”) | Standard (“Brown Red; Lemon Blue; Birchen; Silver Blue”) | Standard (“The lemon-blue; The birchen grey; The black-breasted grey”) |
| Old English GameBrown Red | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz-gold”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameLemon Blue | Standard (“Lemon Blue”) | No ruling | Standard (“Lemon Blue”) | Standard (“The lemon-blue”) |
| Old English GameBirchen | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“The birchen grey”) |
| Old English GameSilver Blue | Standard (“Silver Blue”) | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Blue”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlue Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“blau-birkenfarbig; blau-silber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlue Brown Red | No ruling | Standard (“blau-gold; blau-goldbirkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlue Red Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“blau-rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameRed Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlack Breasted Grey | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The black-breasted grey”) |
| Orpington | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sumatra | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SumatraRed Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sussex | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Birchen”) | No ruling |
| SussexSilver | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Birchen”) | No ruling |
| Wyandotte | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber; schwarz-gold”) | Standard (“Birchen; Brown Red; Lemon Blue”) | No ruling |
| WyandotteBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | Standard (“Birchen”) | No ruling |
| WyandotteBrown Red | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-gold”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | No ruling |
| WyandotteLemon Blue | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Lemon Blue”) | No ruling |