United Pet Club

Chicken color

White

White hair, feathers, skin, horn or shell. A white coat can still have dark eyes and dark skin; compare albino and leucistic.

318 Chicken breeds list White. It is in a club standard for 286 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 11 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept White

BreedAPAEEABAPCGB
AmeraucanaStandard (“White; Splash”)Standard (“weiß; weiß-weizenfarbig”)Standard (“White; ERMINE AMERAUCANA”)No ruling
AmeraucanaWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)No ruling
AmeraucanaSplashStandard (“Splash”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
AmeraucanaWhite WheatenNo rulingStandard (“weiß-weizenfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
AmeraucanaErmineNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“ERMINE AMERAUCANA”)No ruling
AmeraucanaLegs and feetStandard (“SHANKS AND TOES: Slate, bottoms of feet and toes white.; Shanks and Toes: Bluish slate, bottoms of feet and toes white.”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
AmeraucanaEarlobesStandard (“COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Very pale, matching color of the skin.”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
AnconaStandard (“Single Comb; Rose Comb”)Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt; blau-weißgescheckt”)Standard (“Mottled”)Standard (“(single colour)”)
AnconaEarlobesStandard (“White or creamy-white.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Ear-lobes white”)
AnconaEggshellNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Egg colour: White”)
AndalusianEarlobesStandard (“Ear-lobes: White.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Ear-lobes white”)
AraucanaStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß; weiß-goldhalsig; gesperbert; kennfarbig; rotbunt”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white; The pile; The spangled”)
AraucanaWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
AraucanaCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
AraucanaCreleNo rulingStandard (“kennfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
AraucanaPyleNo rulingStandard (“weiß-goldhalsig”)No rulingStandard (“The pile”)
AraucanaRed PiedNo rulingStandard (“rotbunt”)No rulingNo ruling
AraucanaSpangledNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The spangled”)
AraucanaLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Legs in all colours except cuckoo and crele, willow to olive or slate Legs and feet white, with some spotting allowed. Legs and feet white with blue”)
AustralorpNo rulingStandard (“weiß; splash”)No rulingStandard (“The white”)
AustralorpWhiteNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)No rulingStandard (“The white”)
AustralorpSplashNo rulingStandard (“splash”)No rulingNo ruling
AustralorpSkin and scalesNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Skin white”)
BarnevelderNo rulingStandard (“silber-schwarzdoppeltgesäumt; weiß; silber-perlgraudoppeltgesäumt; kennfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
BrahmaStandard (“Light; Dark”)Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia; weiß; weiß-blaucolumbia; silberfarbig-gebändert; gesperbert; schwarz-weißgescheckt”)Standard (“Light; White; Dark”)Standard (“The light; The white; The blue-light; The dark”)
BrahmaLightStandard (“Light”)Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)Standard (“Light”)Standard (“The light”)
BrahmaDarkStandard (“Dark”)Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”)Standard (“Dark”)Standard (“The dark”)
BrahmaCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
BrahmaBlack MottledNo rulingStandard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
BrahmaWhiteNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
BrahmaBlue LightNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingStandard (“The blue-light”)
CatalanaNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinStandard (“White; Silver Laced; Columbian; Splash; Barred; Mottled”)Standard (“weiß; silber-schwarzgesäumt; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; splash; weiß-blaucolumbia; schwarz-weißgescheckt; gelbsperber; gelb-gesperbert; gesperbert”)Standard (“White; Silver Laced; Columbian; Splash; Barred; Mottled”)Standard (“The white; The black mottled”)
CochinWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
CochinBarredStandard (“Barred”)No rulingStandard (“Barred”)No ruling
CochinSilver LacedStandard (“Silver Laced”)Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”)Standard (“Silver Laced”)No ruling
CochinColumbianStandard (“Columbian”)Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)Standard (“Columbian”)No ruling
CochinBlack MottledStandard (“Mottled”)Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)Standard (“Mottled”)Standard (“The black mottled”)
CochinSplashStandard (“Splash”)Standard (“splash”)Standard (“Splash”)No ruling
CochinBuff CuckooNo rulingStandard (“gelbsperber; gelb-gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinBlue MottledNo rulingStandard (“blau-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinBuff MottledNo rulingStandard (“gelb mit weißen Tupfen”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinPorcelainNo rulingStandard (“gold-blauporzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinMille FleurNo rulingStandard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinCreleNo rulingStandard (“kennfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinSalmonNo rulingStandard (“lachsfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinLavender CuckooNo rulingStandard (“perlgrau-gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinLavender MottledNo rulingStandard (“perlgrau-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinChocolate MottledNo rulingStandard (“schokoladenbraun-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
CochinBlue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
CornishStandard (“White; White Laced Red; Mottled; Spangled”)Standard (“weiß; weiß-fasanenbraun (Jubilee); weiß-fasanenbraun; rot-weißgesäumt”)Standard (“White; Columbian; Silver Laced; White Laced Red; Mottled; Spangled; Jubilee”)No ruling
CornishWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)No ruling
CornishWhite Laced RedStandard (“White Laced Red”)Standard (“rot-weißgesäumt”)Standard (“White Laced Red”)No ruling
CornishMottledStandard (“Mottled”)No rulingStandard (“Mottled”)No ruling
CornishSpangledStandard (“Spangled”)No rulingStandard (“Spangled”)No ruling
CornishJubileeNo rulingStandard (“weiß-fasanenbraun (Jubilee); weiß-fasanenbraun”)Standard (“Jubilee”)No ruling
CornishColumbianNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Columbian”)No ruling
CornishSilver LacedNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Silver Laced”)No ruling
DelawareStandard (“Only One Variety”)Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia-gesperbert”)Standard (“Barred as in Delaware”)No ruling
DominiqueStandard (“Only One Variety”)Standard (“gesperbert”)Standard (“Barred as in Dominique”)Standard (“(single colour, no variety name)”)
DorkingStandard (“Rose Comb White; Rose Comb Cuckoo; Single Comb Cuckoo”)Standard (“weiß; gesperbert”)Standard (“Rose Comb White; Rose Comb Cuckoo”)Standard (“The white”)
DorkingWhiteStandard (“Rose Comb White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“Rose Comb White”)Standard (“The white”)
DorkingCuckooStandard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo; Single Comb Cuckoo”)Standard (“gesperbert”)Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo”)No ruling
DorkingSkin and scalesStandard (“The skin and flesh of Dorkings are white.”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
DorkingBeakStandard (“White. White streaked with horn. Dark horn.”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
DorkingLegs and feetStandard (“Shanks and Toes: White.”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
DorkingEggshellNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Egg colour: Brown White/tinted”)
Dutch BantamNo rulingStandard (“weiß; weiß-blaucolumbia; weiß-goldhalsig; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; gesperbert; gold-porzellanfarbig; kennfarbig; lachsfarbig; perlgrau-gesperbert”)Standard (“White; Cuckoo”)Standard (“The white; The pyle (white partridge)”)
Dutch BantamCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)Standard (“Cuckoo”)No ruling
Dutch BantamMille FleurNo rulingStandard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamCreleNo rulingStandard (“kennfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamSalmonNo rulingStandard (“lachsfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamLavender CuckooNo rulingStandard (“perlgrau-gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamBlack MottledNo rulingStandard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamWhiteNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
Dutch BantamBlue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamPyleNo rulingStandard (“weiß-goldhalsig”)No rulingStandard (“The pyle (white partridge)”)
Dutch BantamColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamLemon Mille FleurNo rulingStandard (“zitron-porzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Dutch BantamBeakNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Beak dark horn Beak bluish-white or horn Beak dark horn or bluish”)
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”)
Dutch BantamEarlobesNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Ear-lobes pure white. Large, glossy white or red lobes”)
FaverollesStandard (“White; Salmon”)Standard (“weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; blau-lachsfarbig; gesperbert; lachsfarbig; silber-weizenfarbig”)Standard (“White; Salmon”)Standard (“The white; The salmon”)
FaverollesSalmonStandard (“Salmon”)Standard (“lachsfarbig; silber-weizenfarbig”)Standard (“Salmon”)Standard (“The salmon”)
FaverollesWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
FaverollesBlue SalmonNo rulingStandard (“blau-lachsfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
FaverollesCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
FaverollesColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
FaverollesSkin and scalesNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Skin colour white. Serious defects: Other than Standard leg or skin colour in all ...”)
FaverollesBeakNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Beak colour white or horn in the buffs, cuckoos, ermines, salmons and whites. Black in the black and laced blue.”)
FaverollesLegs and feetStandard (“shanks and toes white or pinkish-white”)No rulingStandard (“SHANKS AND TOES: pinkish white.”)Standard (“Legs and feet white or horn in the buffs, ermines, salmons and white. White or horn with dark ... Other than Standard leg ... colour”)
FaverollesEarlobesNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“ear-lobes red Pure white in ear-lobe”)
HamburgStandard (“Silver Spangled; Silver Penciled; White”)Standard (“silberlack; silbersprenkel; weiß; gelb-weißsprenkel; gesperbert”)Standard (“Silver Spangled; Silver Penciled; White”)No ruling
HamburgSilver SpangledStandard (“Silver Spangled”)Standard (“silberlack”)Standard (“Silver Spangled”)No ruling
HamburgSilver PenciledStandard (“Silver Penciled”)Standard (“silbersprenkel”)Standard (“Silver Penciled”)No ruling
HamburgWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)No ruling
HamburgBuff White PenciledNo rulingStandard (“gelb-weißsprenkel”)No rulingNo ruling
HamburgCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
HamburgEarlobesStandard (“Ear-Lobes: White.”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamStandard (“Black Tailed White; White; Mottled; Barred”)Standard (“weiß mit schwarzem Schwanz; weiß; rotgeschultert; weiß-goldhalsig; weiß mit blauem Schwanz; weiß mit schokoladenbraunem Schwanz”)Standard (“Black Tailed White; White; White Bearded; Blue Tailed White; Silver Laced; Mottled; Barred”)Standard (“The white; Black-tailed white; Tri-coloured; The mottleds: The blue; The mottleds: The black”)
Japanese BantamBlack Tailed WhiteStandard (“Black Tailed White”)Standard (“weiß mit schwarzem Schwanz”)Standard (“Black Tailed White”)Standard (“Black-tailed white”)
Japanese BantamWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White; White Bearded”)Standard (“The white”)
Japanese BantamMottledStandard (“Mottled”)Standard (“schwarz mit weißen Tupfen”)Standard (“Mottled”)Standard (“The mottleds: The black”)
Japanese BantamBarredStandard (“Barred”)No rulingStandard (“Barred”)No ruling
Japanese BantamBlue MottledNo rulingStandard (“blau mit weißen Tupfen”)No rulingStandard (“The mottleds: The blue”)
Japanese BantamBuff MottledNo rulingStandard (“gelb mit weißen Tupfen”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamPorcelainNo rulingStandard (“gold-blauporzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamMille FleurNo rulingStandard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamLavender CuckooNo rulingStandard (“perlgrau-gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamLavender MottledNo rulingStandard (“perlgrau mit weißen Tupfen”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamPyleNo rulingStandard (“rotgeschultert; weiß-goldhalsig”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamRed MottledNo rulingStandard (“rot mit weißen Tupfen”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamChocolate MottledNo rulingStandard (“schokoladenbraun mit weißen Tupfen”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamBlue Tailed WhiteNo rulingStandard (“weiß mit blauem Schwanz”)Standard (“Blue Tailed White”)No ruling
Japanese BantamChocolate Tailed WhiteNo rulingStandard (“weiß mit schokoladenbraunem Schwanz”)No rulingNo ruling
Japanese BantamTricolouredNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Tri-coloured”)
Japanese BantamSilver LacedNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Silver Laced”)No ruling
Japanese BantamEggshellNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Egg colour: White or cream”)
Jersey GiantStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)No rulingStandard (“The white”)
Jersey GiantWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)No rulingStandard (“The white”)
Jersey GiantSkin and scalesNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Skin nearly white”)
LakenvelderStandard (“Only One Variety”)Standard (“weiß-schwarzgezeichnet; weiß-blaugezeichnet”)Standard (“Lakenvelder”)Standard (“(single colour)”)
LakenvelderEarlobesNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Ear-lobes white”)
LangshanStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; gesperbert; gestreift”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white; The barred (cuckoo)”)
LangshanWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
LangshanCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
LangshanBarredNo rulingStandard (“gestreift”)No rulingStandard (“The barred (cuckoo)”)
LangshanColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
LangshanSkin and scalesStandard (“Skin on Body: Pinkish-white.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Skin thin and white. Flesh white.; Skin of the body and thighs white and transparent”)
LangshanBeakStandard (“Light slate-blue shading to pinkish-white.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Beak black Beak white Beak black or blue Beak light or horn; Beak dark horn to black Beak white with a pink shade near the lower edges”)
LangshanLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Toenails white, dark colour or black a serious fault”)
LangshanEggshellNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Egg colour: White, cream to brown Brown to brown-yellow”)
LeghornStandard (“Rose Comb White / Single Comb White; Single Comb Columbian; Single Comb Barred”)Standard (“weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; weiß-goldhalsig; weiß-schwarzgescheckt; exchequer; weiß-blaucolumbia; gestreift; gesperbert”)Standard (“White; Columbian; Exchequer; Barred; Dominique; Mille Fleur”)Standard (“The white; The Columbian; The pile; The mottled - Black mottled; The exchequer; The mottled - Red mottled”)
LeghornWhiteStandard (“Rose Comb White / Single Comb White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
LeghornBarredStandard (“Single Comb Barred”)Standard (“gestreift”)Standard (“Barred”)No ruling
LeghornColumbianStandard (“Single Comb Columbian”)Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)Standard (“Columbian”)Standard (“The Columbian”)
LeghornCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)Standard (“Dominique”)No ruling
LeghornRed MottledNo rulingStandard (“rot-weißgescheckt; rot mit weißen Tupfen”)No rulingStandard (“The mottled - Red mottled”)
LeghornBlack MottledNo rulingStandard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)No rulingStandard (“The mottled - Black mottled”)
LeghornPyleNo rulingStandard (“weiß-goldhalsig”)No rulingStandard (“The pile”)
LeghornExchequerNo rulingStandard (“weiß-schwarzgescheckt; exchequer”)Standard (“Exchequer”)Standard (“The exchequer”)
LeghornBlue MottledNo rulingStandard (“blau-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornGolden Brown Mille FleurNo rulingStandard (“goldbraun-porzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornGold White LacedNo rulingStandard (“gold-weißgesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornCreleNo rulingStandard (“kennfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornBlue ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornBuff CuckooNo rulingStandard (“gelbsperber”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornSalmonNo rulingStandard (“lachsfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornMille FleurNo rulingStandard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”)Standard (“Mille Fleur”)No ruling
LeghornLavender Orange CreleNo rulingStandard (“perlgrau-orangekennfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornSilver CreleNo rulingStandard (“silber-kennfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
LeghornEarlobesStandard (“White. White or creamy-white.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Ear-lobes pure opaque white (resembling white kid) or cream, the former preferred”)
LeghornEggshellNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Egg colour: White”)
MaransStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; gesperbert; schwarzgold-gesperbert; schwarzsilber-gesperbert”)Standard (“Silver Cuckoo Marans; Cuckoo Marans”)Standard (“The silver cuckoo”)
MaransCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)Standard (“Cuckoo Marans”)No ruling
MaransWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)No rulingNo ruling
MaransGolden CuckooNo rulingStandard (“schwarzgold-gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
MaransSilver CuckooNo rulingStandard (“schwarzsilber-gesperbert”)Standard (“Silver Cuckoo Marans”)Standard (“The silver cuckoo”)
MaransColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
MaransBeakStandard (“Black shading to white at the tip”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Beak white or horn.”)
MaransLegs and feetStandard (“Dark slate, bottom of feet and toes pinkish white.”)No rulingStandard (“SHANKS & TOES: White.”)Standard (“Legs and feet white. In both sexes: a little darkish pigmentation in white shanks.”)
MaransEarlobesNo rulingNo rulingDisqualifying (“white ear lobes”)Standard (“ear-lobes red White in lobe.”)
MinorcaStandard (“Rose Comb White / Single Comb White”)Standard (“weiß; gestreift”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
MinorcaWhiteStandard (“Rose Comb White / Single Comb White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
MinorcaBarredNo rulingStandard (“gestreift”)No rulingNo ruling
MinorcaBeakStandard (“Black. Pinkish-white. White or light horn.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Beak dark horn Beak white”)
MinorcaLegs and feetStandard (“Pinkish-white. White or pinkish-white.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Legs black or very dark slate, the latter in adults only Legs pinky white Legs blue to slate”)
MinorcaEarlobesStandard (“Ear-Lobes: White.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Ear-lobes pure white as in the black”)
MinorcaEggshellNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Egg colour: White”)
Naked NeckStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß; silber-schwarzgeflockt; braun-porzellanfarbig; gesperbert; schwarz-weißgescheckt”)Standard (“White; Cuckoo”)Standard (“white; cuckoo”)
Naked NeckWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)
Naked NeckSpeckledNo rulingStandard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Naked NeckCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)Standard (“Cuckoo”)Standard (“cuckoo”)
Naked NeckBlack MottledNo rulingStandard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
Naked NeckSilver SpangledNo rulingStandard (“silber-schwarzgeflockt”)No rulingNo ruling
Naked NeckBeakNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Buff, cuckoo, red and white varieties have a white or light horn beak Blacks and blues have a dark horn or black beak”)
Naked NeckLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“white legs and feet the legs and feet are black or slate blue”)
New HampshireNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)No rulingNo ruling
Old English GameStandard (“Red Pyle; White; Columbian; Spangled; Crele; Cuckoo; Mille Fleur”)Standard (“weiß-goldhalsig; weiß; splash; weiß-weizenfarbig; rebhuhnfarbig mit weißen Federspitzen; kennfarbig; gesperbert; schwarz-weißgescheckt”)Standard (“Red Pyle; White; Columbian; Splash; Black Tailed White; Splash Wheaten; Spangled; Crele; Cuckoo; Mille Fleur; Mottled; Barred”)Standard (“The pile; spangle”)
Old English GameRed PyleStandard (“Red Pyle”)Standard (“weiß-goldhalsig”)Standard (“Red Pyle”)No ruling
Old English GameWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)No ruling
Old English GameSpangledStandard (“Spangled”)Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig mit weißen Federspitzen”)Standard (“Spangled”)Standard (“spangle”)
Old English GameCreleStandard (“Crele”)Standard (“kennfarbig”)Standard (“Crele”)No ruling
Old English GameColumbianStandard (“Columbian”)No rulingStandard (“Columbian”)No ruling
Old English GameCuckooStandard (“Cuckoo”)Standard (“gesperbert”)Standard (“Cuckoo”)No ruling
Old English GameMille FleurStandard (“Mille Fleur”)No rulingStandard (“Mille Fleur”)No ruling
Old English GameBlack MottledNo rulingStandard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)Standard (“Mottled”)No ruling
Old English GameSplashNo rulingStandard (“splash”)Standard (“Splash”)No ruling
Old English GameWhite WheatenNo rulingStandard (“weiß-weizenfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
Old English GamePyleNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The pile”)
Old English GameBarredNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Barred”)No ruling
Old English GameBlack Tailed WhiteNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Black Tailed White”)No ruling
Old English GameSplash WheatenNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Splash Wheaten”)No ruling
Old English GameLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Legs white or yellow, white preferred ... willow Legs white or yellow Legs black Legs dark; Legs white, yellow and willow Legs white or yellow”)
OrpingtonStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß; silber-schwarzgesäumt; splash; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; braun-porzellanfarbig; gestreift; kennfarbig; schwarz-weißgescheckt”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white; The jubilee; The spangled”)
OrpingtonWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
OrpingtonJubileeNo rulingStandard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”)No rulingStandard (“The jubilee”)
OrpingtonBarredNo rulingStandard (“gestreift”)No rulingNo ruling
OrpingtonCreleNo rulingStandard (“kennfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
OrpingtonBlack MottledNo rulingStandard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
OrpingtonSilver LacedNo rulingStandard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
OrpingtonSplashNo rulingStandard (“splash”)No rulingNo ruling
OrpingtonColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
OrpingtonChocolate MottledNo rulingStandard (“schokoladenbraun-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
OrpingtonLavender BarredNo rulingStandard (“perlgrau-gestreift”)No rulingNo ruling
OrpingtonSpangledNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The spangled”)
OrpingtonSkin and scalesStandard (“white (implied by the yellow-skin DQ)”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“skin white to the skin”)
OrpingtonBeakStandard (“White, or pinkish-white. Pinkish-white.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Beak white or horn; White, jubilee, cuckoo: white”)
OrpingtonLegs and feetStandard (“White, or pinkish-white.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“legs, feet and skin white”)
PhoenixNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White; The spangled”)
PhoenixWhiteNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)
PhoenixSpangledNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The spangled”)
PhoenixBeakNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Beak horn (yellow or white allowed with white plumage).”)
PhoenixLegs and feetNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Legs and feet yellow, willow, slate blue or white.”)
PhoenixEarlobesStandard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Ear-lobes white or red (only red on walnut combed whites, as these are related to the red saddled).”)
Plymouth RockStandard (“White; Columbian; Barred”)Standard (“weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; gestreift; braun-porzellanfarbig”)Standard (“White; Columbian; Barred”)Standard (“The white; The Columbian; The barred”)
Plymouth RockBarredStandard (“Barred”)Standard (“gestreift”)Standard (“Barred”)Standard (“The barred”)
Plymouth RockWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
Plymouth RockColumbianStandard (“Columbian”)Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)Standard (“Columbian”)Standard (“The Columbian”)
Plymouth RockSpeckledNo rulingStandard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishStandard (“Bearded Silver / Non-Bearded Silver; Bearded White / Non-Bearded White; Non-Bearded Black Crested White; Non-Bearded White Crested Black”)Standard (“weiß; Schwarzhauben weiß; silber-schwarzgesäumt; splash; Weißhaube weiß; silber-blaugesäumt; chamois-weißgesäumt; Weißhauben chamois-weißgesäumt”)Standard (“Silver (Bearded); Silver (Non Bearded); White (Bearded); White (Non Bearded); White Crested Black (Bearded); White Crested Black (Non Bearded)”)Standard (“The bearded silver laced; The bearded self white; white-crested blue; white-crested cuckoo; The bearded chamois; The non-bearded white-crested black”)
PolishWhite Crested BlackStandard (“Non-Bearded White Crested Black”)Standard (“Weißhauben schwarz”)Standard (“White Crested Black (Bearded); White Crested Black (Non Bearded)”)Standard (“The non-bearded white-crested black”)
PolishSilverStandard (“Bearded Silver / Non-Bearded Silver”)Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”)Standard (“Silver (Bearded); Silver (Non Bearded)”)Standard (“The bearded silver laced”)
PolishWhiteStandard (“Bearded White / Non-Bearded White”)Standard (“weiß; Weißhaube weiß”)Standard (“White (Bearded); White (Non Bearded)”)Standard (“The bearded self white”)
PolishBuff LacedStandard (“Bearded Buff Laced / Non-Bearded Buff Laced”)No rulingStandard (“Buff Laced (Bearded); Buff Laced (Non Bearded)”)No ruling
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”)
PolishBlack Crested WhiteStandard (“Non-Bearded Black Crested White”)Standard (“Schwarzhauben weiß”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishChamoisNo rulingStandard (“chamois-weißgesäumt; Weißhauben chamois-weißgesäumt”)No rulingStandard (“The bearded chamois”)
PolishCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert; Weißhauben gesperbert”)Standard (“White Crested Cuckoo (Non Bearded)”)No ruling
PolishTolbuntNo rulingStandard (“tollbunt”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishCreleNo rulingStandard (“kennfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishSplashNo rulingStandard (“splash”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishBlack MottledNo rulingStandard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt; Weißhauben schwarz-weißgescheckt”)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
PolishWhite Crested BuffNo rulingStandard (“Weißhauben gelb”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishWhite Crested KhakiNo rulingStandard (“Weißhaube khaki”)Standard (“White Crested Khaki (Non Bearded)”)No ruling
PolishWhite Crested RedNo rulingStandard (“Weißhaube rot”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishWhite Crested DunNo rulingStandard (“Weißhaube dun”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishWhite Crested Dun MottledNo rulingStandard (“Weißhaube dun-weißgescheckt”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishSilver Blue LacedNo rulingStandard (“silber-blaugesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
PolishWhite Crested ChocolateNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“White Crested Chocolate (Non Bearded)”)No ruling
PolishEarlobesStandard (“ear-lobes, white”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Ear-lobes blue-white Ear lobes white”)
PolishEggshellNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Egg colour: White”)
Rhode Island RedNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)No rulingNo ruling
SebrightStandard (“Silver”)Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt; chamois-weißgesäumt”)Standard (“Silver”)No ruling
SebrightSilverStandard (“Silver”)Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”)Standard (“Silver”)No ruling
SebrightChamoisNo rulingStandard (“chamois-weißgesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
SilkieStandard (“Bearded White / Non-Bearded White; Bearded Splash”)Standard (“weiß; splash; weiß-schwarzgefleckt; gesperbert; schokoladenbraun-gesperbert”)Standard (“White (Bearded); White (Non Bearded); White Naked Neck (Bearded); Splash (Bearded); Splash (Non Bearded); Paint (Bearded)”)Standard (“The white”)
SilkieWhiteStandard (“Bearded White / Non-Bearded White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White (Bearded); White (Non Bearded); White Naked Neck (Bearded)”)Standard (“The white”)
SilkieSplashStandard (“Bearded Splash”)Standard (“splash”)Standard (“Splash (Bearded); Splash (Non Bearded)”)No ruling
SilkieCuckooNo rulingStandard (“gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
SilkieChocolate CuckooNo rulingStandard (“schokoladenbraun-gesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
SilkieBlack Speckled WhiteNo rulingStandard (“weiß-schwarzgefleckt”)No rulingNo ruling
SilkiePaintNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Paint (Bearded)”)No ruling
SumatraNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
SumatraWhiteNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
SussexStandard (“Light; Speckled”)Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia; weiß; grausilber; weiß-blaucolumbia; weiß-perlgraucolumbia; braun-porzellanfarbig”)Standard (“Light; White; Speckled”)Standard (“light; white; silver; coronation; speckled”)
SussexSpeckledStandard (“Speckled”)Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”)Standard (“Speckled”)Standard (“speckled”)
SussexLightStandard (“Light”)Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)Standard (“Light”)Standard (“light”)
SussexWhiteNo rulingStandard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)
SussexSilverNo rulingStandard (“grausilber”)No rulingStandard (“silver”)
SussexCoronationNo rulingStandard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)No rulingStandard (“coronation”)
SussexLavender ColumbianNo rulingStandard (“weiß-perlgraucolumbia”)No rulingNo ruling
SussexSkin and scalesStandard (“white (implied by the DQ)”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Flesh and skin white.”)
SussexBeakNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“In both sexes and all colours Beak white or horn generally, dark or horn with the brown and dark shading to white with [...]”)
SussexLegs and feetStandard (“shanks and toes, white Shanks and Toes: White.”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Shanks and feet white.”)
WyandotteStandard (“Silver Laced; White; Columbian”)Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt; weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; silber-blaugesäumt; weiß-blaucolumbia; braun-porzellanfarbig; gestreift; gold-weißgesäumt”)Standard (“Silver Laced; White; Columbian; Splash; Barred; Mottled; White Laced Red”)Standard (“The silver laced; The white; The Columbian; The barred; The buff laced”)
WyandotteSilver LacedStandard (“Silver Laced”)Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”)Standard (“Silver Laced”)Standard (“The silver laced”)
WyandotteWhiteStandard (“White”)Standard (“weiß”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The white”)
WyandotteColumbianStandard (“Columbian”)Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)Standard (“Columbian”)Standard (“The Columbian”)
WyandotteSpeckledNo rulingStandard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteBarredNo rulingStandard (“gestreift”)Standard (“Barred”)Standard (“The barred”)
WyandotteGold White LacedNo rulingStandard (“gold-weißgesäumt”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteCreleNo rulingStandard (“kennfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteBlack MottledNo rulingStandard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)Standard (“Mottled”)No 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
WyandotteBuff White CuckooNo rulingStandard (“gelb-weißgesperbert”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteSalmonNo rulingStandard (“lachsfarbig”)No rulingNo ruling
WyandotteBuff LacedNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The buff laced”)
WyandotteSplashNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Splash”)No ruling
WyandotteWhite Laced RedNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“White Laced Red”)No ruling

Breeds where White is a fault

BreedAPAPCGB
AustralorpLegs and feetNo rulingFault (“white legs”)
AustralorpEarlobesNo rulingFault (“Permanent white in ear-lobes”)
BrahmaLegs and feetNo rulingFault (“White legs”)
Plymouth RockEarlobesDisqualifying (“Positive enamel white in ear-lobes.”)Fault (“White in ear-lobes”)
Rhode Island RedEarlobesDisqualifying (“Positive enamel white covering more than one-fourth of ear-lobes”)Fault (“An ear-lobe showing white (this does not mean pale ear-lobes, but enamelled white)”)
WyandotteEarlobesDisqualifying (“Ear-lobes more than one-quarter positive enamel white.”)Fault (“Permanent white or yellow in ear-lobe covering more than one-third of its surface”)

Breeds where White is disqualified or not accepted

BreedAPA
BarnevelderEarlobesDisqualifying (“White in the earlobes”)
BuckeyeEarlobesDisqualifying (“Positive enamel white covering more than one-fourth of ear-lobes”)
CornishLegs and feetDisqualifying (“Solid white, blue, or black shanks.; solid green or white shanks”)
DominiqueEarlobesDisqualifying (“Positive enamel white in ear-lobes”)
OrpingtonEarlobesDisqualifying (“Positive white in ear-lobes, covering more than one-third the surface”)
SumatraEarlobesDisqualifying (“White ear-lobes”)
SussexEarlobesDisqualifying (“White in ear-lobes covering more than one-third of surface”)
AmeraucanaSkin and scalesNo ruling
AndalusianSkin and scalesNo ruling
AndalusianEggshellNo ruling
AraucanaSkin and scalesNo ruling
CatalanaSkin and scalesNo ruling
CatalanaEarlobesNo ruling
CatalanaEggshellNo ruling
Dutch BantamEggshellNo ruling
HamburgEggshellNo ruling
LakenvelderEggshellNo ruling
MaransSkin and scalesNo ruling
MinorcaSkin and scalesNo ruling
Old English GameEggshellNo ruling
PhoenixEggshellNo ruling
PolishSkin and scalesNo ruling
SebrightEggshellNo ruling
SumatraEggshellNo ruling
WelsummerNo ruling
WelsummerEarlobesNo ruling

Color changes

How White can appear or change over an animal's life.

  • Yellowchanges toWhite

    Plumage · With age · males 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

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