Chicken color
Silver
A bright, pale grey with a sheen: silver cats (white hair bases under dark tips), silver poultry and pigeons, silver-scaled fish, and the silver mane of a silver dapple horse.
89 Chicken breeds list Silver. It is in a club standard for 88 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Silver
| Breed | APA | EE | ABA | PCGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameraucana | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling |
| AmeraucanaSilver | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling |
| Araucana | Standard (“Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“silberhalsig; blau-silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“The silver duckwing”) |
| AraucanaSilver Duckwing | Standard (“Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“The silver duckwing”) |
| AraucanaBlue Silver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brahma | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert; blau-silberfarbig-gebändert; blau-silberfarbig-gebändert mit Orangerücken; perlgrau-silberfarbig gebändert”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“The dark”) |
| BrahmaDark | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“The dark”) |
| BrahmaBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BrahmaBlue Silver Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BrahmaBlue Silver Penciled Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberfarbig-gebändert mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BrahmaLavender Silver Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“perlgrau-silberfarbig gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BrahmaSilver Penciled Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“Asiatisch silberhalsig; blau-silberweizenfarbig mit Orangerücken; silberfarbig-gebändert; silber-weizenfarbig; silber-weizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | Standard (“Birchen; Silver Penciled”) | No ruling |
| CochinBirchen | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | Standard (“Birchen”) | No ruling |
| CochinAsiatic Silver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“Asiatisch silberhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| CochinBlue Silver Wheaten Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberweizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| CochinSilver Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | No ruling |
| CochinSilver Wheaten | No ruling | Standard (“silber-weizenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| CochinSilver Wheaten Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silber-weizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dorking | Standard (“Single Comb Silver Gray”) | Standard (“silberhalsig; silber-wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Single Comb Silver Gray”) | No ruling |
| DorkingSilver Grey | Standard (“Single Comb Silver Gray”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Single Comb Silver Gray”) | No ruling |
| DorkingSilver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“silber-wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch Bantam | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig; blau-silberhalsig; blau-silberhalsig mit Orangerücken; dun-silberhalsig; perlgrau-silberwachtelfarbig; silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“blue silver partridge / blue yellow partridge; The silver partridge”) |
| Dutch BantamSilver | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“The silver partridge”) |
| Dutch BantamBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamBlue Silver Partridge | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberhalsig”) | No ruling | Standard (“blue silver partridge / blue yellow partridge”) |
| Dutch BantamBlue Silver Duckwing Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamDun Silver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“dun-silberhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamLavender Silver Quail | No ruling | Standard (“perlgrau-silberwachtelfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamSilver Duckwing Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamSilver Quail | No ruling | Standard (“silber-wachtelfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamSilver Wheaten Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silber-weizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bantam | Standard (“Gray Birchen”) | Standard (“blau-silberweizenfarbig mit Orangerücken; grausilber; silberfarbig-gebändert; silberhalsig; silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | Standard (“Gray; Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“silver and gold duckwing; The greys: The birchen grey; The greys: The silver grey”) |
| Japanese BantamGrey | Standard (“Gray Birchen”) | No ruling | Standard (“Gray”) | No ruling |
| 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 Silver Wheaten Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberweizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamSilver Grey | No ruling | Standard (“grausilber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamChocolate Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“schokoladenbraun-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamSilver Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamSilver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver Duckwing”) | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamSilver Duckwing Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | Standard (“silver and gold duckwing”) |
| Japanese BantamSilver Wheaten Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silber-weizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Langshan | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig; blau-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | Standard (“The birchen; The silver blue”) |
| LangshanBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | Standard (“The birchen”) |
| LangshanBlue Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“blau-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanSilver Blue | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The silver blue”) |
| Leghorn | Standard (“Rose Comb Silver / Single Comb Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig; silberhalsig mit Orangerücken; silberfarbig; blau-silberhalsig; silber-kennfarbig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“The silver duckwing”) |
| LeghornSilver | Standard (“Rose Comb Silver / Single Comb Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig; silberfarbig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“The silver duckwing”) |
| LeghornSilver Duckwing Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornBlue Silver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornSilver Crele | No ruling | Standard (“silber-kennfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Marans | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silber; schwarz-silber; schwarzsilber-gesperbert”) | 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 |
| MaransSilver Cuckoo | No ruling | Standard (“schwarzsilber-gesperbert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English Game | Standard (“Silver Duckwing; Blue Silver Duckwing; Birchen; Fawn Silver Duckwing; Silver Blue”) | Standard (“silberhalsig; blau-silberhalsig; blau-silberhalsig mit Orangerücken; silber-weizenfarbig mit Orangerücken; blau-silber mit Orangerücken”) | Standard (“Silver Duckwing; Blue Silver Duckwing; Birchen; Fawn Silver Duckwing; Silver Blue; Blue Silver Wheaten; Silver Wheaten”) | Standard (“The blue duckwing; The birchen grey”) |
| Old English GameSilver Duckwing | Standard (“Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver Duckwing”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlue Silver Duckwing | Standard (“Blue Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“blau-silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Blue Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“The blue duckwing”) |
| Old English GameBirchen | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“The birchen grey”) |
| Old English GameFawn Silver Duckwing | Standard (“Fawn Silver Duckwing”) | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn Silver Duckwing”) | No ruling |
| 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 Silver Duckwing Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameSilver Wheaten Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silber-weizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlue Silver Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silber mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlue Silver Wheaten | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Blue Silver Wheaten”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameSilver Wheaten | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Wheaten”) | No ruling |
| Orpington | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Phoenix | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig; silberhalsig mit Orangerücken; blau-silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver; Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“The silver duckwing”) |
| PhoenixSilver | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver; Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“The silver duckwing”) |
| PhoenixSilver Duckwing Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PhoenixBlue Silver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Plymouth Rock | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“The silver pencilled”) |
| Plymouth RockSilver Penciled | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“The silver pencilled”) |
| Silkie | No ruling | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert; silber-wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SilkieSilver Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SilkieSilver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“silber-wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sussex | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Birchen”) | No ruling |
| SussexSilver | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Birchen”) | No ruling |
| Welsummer | No ruling | Standard (“silberfarbig”) | Standard (“Silver Duckwing”) | No ruling |
| Wyandotte | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert; Asiatisch silberhalsig; blau-silberfarbig-gebändert; Asiatisch blau-silberhalsig; birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | Standard (“Silver Penciled; Birchen”) | Standard (“The silver pencilled; The blue silver pencilled”) |
| WyandotteSilver Penciled | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“The silver pencilled”) |
| WyandotteAsiatic Silver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“Asiatisch silberhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteBlue Silver Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“blau-silberfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | Standard (“The blue silver pencilled”) |
| WyandotteBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | Standard (“Birchen”) | No ruling |
| WyandotteAsiatic Blue Silver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“Asiatisch blau-silberhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Silver is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| Hamburg |