Chicken pattern
Mottled
Coloured feathers with white tips scattered irregularly, as in Anconas; mottled skin or legs show patches of pigment.
37 Chicken breeds list Mottled. It is in a club standard for 37 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Mottled
| Breed | APA | PCGB | EE | ABA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancona | Standard (“Single Comb; Rose Comb”) | Standard (“(single colour)”) | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt; blau-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) |
| Brahma | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| BrahmaBlack Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Cochin | Standard (“Mottled”) | Standard (“The black mottled”) | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt; blau-weißgescheckt; gelb mit weißen Tupfen; perlgrau-weißgescheckt; schokoladenbraun-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) |
| CochinBlack Mottled | Standard (“Mottled”) | Standard (“The black mottled”) | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) |
| CochinBlue Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“blau-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| CochinBuff Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“gelb mit weißen Tupfen”) | No ruling |
| CochinLavender Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“perlgrau-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| CochinChocolate Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schokoladenbraun-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Cornish | Standard (“Mottled”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mottled”) |
| CornishMottled | Standard (“Mottled”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mottled”) |
| Dutch Bantam | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamBlack Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Japanese Bantam | Standard (“Mottled”) | Standard (“The mottleds: The blue; The mottleds: The black”) | Standard (“schwarz mit weißen Tupfen; blau mit weißen Tupfen; gelb mit weißen Tupfen; perlgrau mit weißen Tupfen; rot mit weißen Tupfen”) | Standard (“Mottled”) |
| Japanese BantamMottled | Standard (“Mottled”) | Standard (“The mottleds: The black”) | Standard (“schwarz mit weißen Tupfen”) | Standard (“Mottled”) |
| Japanese BantamBlue Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“The mottleds: The blue”) | Standard (“blau mit weißen Tupfen”) | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamBuff Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“gelb mit weißen Tupfen”) | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamLavender Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“perlgrau mit weißen Tupfen”) | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamRed Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“rot mit weißen Tupfen”) | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamChocolate Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schokoladenbraun mit weißen Tupfen”) | No ruling |
| Leghorn | No ruling | Standard (“The mottled - Black mottled; The mottled - Red mottled”) | Standard (“rot-weißgescheckt; rot mit weißen Tupfen; schwarz-weißgescheckt; blau-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| LeghornRed Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“The mottled - Red mottled”) | Standard (“rot-weißgescheckt; rot mit weißen Tupfen”) | No ruling |
| LeghornBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“The mottled - Black mottled”) | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| LeghornBlue Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“blau-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Naked Neck | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Naked NeckBlack Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Old English Game | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) |
| Old English GameBlack Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) |
| Orpington | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt; schokoladenbraun-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| OrpingtonBlack Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| OrpingtonChocolate Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schokoladenbraun-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Polish | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt; Weißhauben schwarz-weißgescheckt; Weißhauben blau-weißgescheckt; Weißhaube dun-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| PolishBlack Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt; Weißhauben schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| PolishWhite Crested Blue Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Weißhauben blau-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| PolishWhite Crested Dun Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Weißhaube dun-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Wyandotte | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) |
| WyandotteBlack Mottled | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) |
Color changes
How Mottled can appear or change over an animal's life.
Mottledchanges toWhite
Plumage · Progressive