Chicken color
Slate
A dark blue-grey: slate legs and beaks in poultry, slate turkeys, slate blue cavies, slate-grey nose leather, and the slate-grey skin of hairless Xoloitzcuintli and Peruvian Inca Orchids.
30 Chicken breeds list Slate. It is in a club standard for 27 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Slate
| Breed | APA | ABA | PCGB |
|---|---|---|---|
| AmeraucanaLegs and feet | Standard (“SHANKS AND TOES: Slate, bottoms of feet and toes white.; Shanks and Toes: Bluish slate, bottoms of feet and toes white.”) | Standard (“SHANKS AND TOES: Slate with pinkish white on bottoms.”) | No ruling |
| AndalusianBeak | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak dark slate or horn”) |
| AndalusianLegs and feet | Standard (“shanks and toes, leaden-blue”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet dark slate or black”) |
| AraucanaBeak | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak and nails horn. Beak light horn or bluish.”) |
| AraucanaLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“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”) |
| AustralorpBeak | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak black Beak blue or black”) |
| Dutch BantamBeak | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak dark horn Beak bluish-white or horn Beak dark horn or bluish”) |
| Dutch BantamLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“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”) |
| HamburgBeak | Standard (“Dark horn. Leaden blue. Black.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| HamburgLegs and feet | Standard (“leaden-blue”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“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”) |
| LakenvelderLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet slate blue”) |
| LangshanBeak | Standard (“Light slate-blue shading to pinkish-white.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak black Beak white Beak black or blue Beak light or horn”) |
| LangshanLegs and feet | Standard (“Slaty-blue, showing pink between the scales.; Bluish-black, showing pink between scales; web and bottoms of feet, pinkish-white.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet slate blue; Legs and feet light grey or slate showing pink between the scales and on the skin between the toes”) |
| MaransLegs and feet | Standard (“Dark slate, bottom of feet and toes pinkish white.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet: Dark legs of medium length ... Shank feathers black.”) |
| MinorcaLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs black or very dark slate, the latter in adults only Legs pinky white Legs blue to slate”) |
| Naked NeckLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“white legs and feet the legs and feet are black or slate blue”) |
| Old English GameLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs white or yellow, white preferred ... willow Legs white or yellow Legs black Legs dark”) |
| OrpingtonLegs and feet | Standard (“shanks and toes, leaden-blue”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PhoenixBeak | Standard (“Light bluish horn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PhoenixLegs and feet | Standard (“LEGS AND TOES: Leaden blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet yellow, willow, slate blue or white.”) |
| PolishBeak | Standard (“Bluish-black. Dark horn. Slaty-blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak, legs and feet dark blue and/or horn”) |
| PolishLegs and feet | Standard (“Bluish-black. slaty-blue Slaty-blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak, legs and feet dark blue and/or horn, soles of feet blue”) |
| SebrightLegs and feet | Standard (“Shanks and Toes: Slaty-blue.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SilkieBeak | Standard (“BEAK: Slaty blue to black.; Beak: Blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“With the exception of the black the beak should be slatey blue. In the black the beak should be dark slate. Green beak or tip to beak.”) |
| SilkieLegs and feet | Standard (“SHANKS AND TOES: Slaty blue to black.; Shanks and Toes: Leaden-blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet lead. Nails blue white. Green soles to the feet. Green legs.”) |
| SumatraLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs and Toes: Black or dark slate.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Slate is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| AustralorpLegs and feet |
| CatalanaLegs and feet |
| SebrightBeak |