Chicken color
Yellow
Yellow: the yellow Labrador (cream to fox red), yellow canaries and budgies, yellow poultry skin, legs and beaks, and yellow eyes.
62 Chicken breeds list Yellow. It is in a club standard for 32 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 8 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Yellow
| Breed | PCGB | APA |
|---|---|---|
| AnconaBeak | Standard (“Beak yellow with black or horn shadings; a wholly yellow beak not desirable”) | No ruling |
| AnconaLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs yellow, mottled with black, the more evenly mottled the better”) | Standard (“shanks and toes, yellow or yellow mottled with black”) |
| BrahmaBeak | Standard (“Beak yellow or yellow and black”) | Standard (“Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.; Dark horn shading to yellow at point.”) |
| BrahmaLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs and feet orange-yellow or yellow”) | Standard (“shanks and toes, yellow shanks and toes, dusky yellow”) |
| BuckeyeBeak | No ruling | Standard (“Yellow, shaded with reddish-horn. Yellow.”) |
| BuckeyeLegs and feet | No ruling | Standard (“Shanks and Toes: Yellow.”) |
| CochinBeak | Standard (“Beak yellow, horn or black; Beak yellow or horn Beak rich bright yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow.; Dark horn shading to yellow at point.; Black shaded with yellow.”) |
| CochinLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs dusky yellow or lizard; Legs yellow, but may be of a dusky shade Legs brilliant yellow; Legs and feet blue with yellow tinge in pads”) | Standard (“Rich yellow. Yellow. yellow or dusky yellow; Yellow or black gradually shading into yellow; bottoms of feet, yellow.”) |
| CornishEyes | No ruling | Standard (“Yellow, approaching pearl.”) |
| CornishBeak | No ruling | Standard (“Yellow.”) |
| CornishLegs and feet | No ruling | Standard (“Shanks and Toes: Yellow.”) |
| DominiqueBeak | Standard (“Beak, legs and feet yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow.”) |
| DominiqueLegs and feet | Standard (“Beak, legs and feet yellow”) | Standard (“Shanks and Toes: Yellow.”) |
| Dutch Bantam | Standard (“The yellow partridge”) | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamYellow Partridge | Standard (“The yellow partridge”) | No ruling |
| FaverollesEyes | Standard (“Eye colour orange to yellow, grey or hazel in the buffs, cuckoos, ermines, salmons and whites. Black or ... eyes brown or black”) | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamBeak | Standard (“Beaks to match legs, which should be yellow or willow Beak yellow marked with black”) | Standard (“Yellow.; Yellow, or yellow shaded with black.; Yellow shaded with dark horn.”) |
| Japanese BantamLegs and feet | 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”) | Standard (“shanks and toes, yellow; Yellow, or yellow shaded with black.”) |
| Jersey GiantBeak | Standard (“Beak willow (some yellow permissible at present); Beak black, shading to yellow towards the [tip]”) | No ruling |
| Jersey GiantLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs and feet willow, i.e. dark greenish-yellow, soles yellow”) | No ruling |
| LeghornBeak | Standard (“In both sexes and all colours Beak yellow or horn”) | Standard (“Horn. Yellow. Yellow or dusky yellow.”) |
| LeghornLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs and feet yellow or orange”) | Standard (“Rich yellow. Yellow or dusky yellow. shanks, yellow; toes, yellow or dusky yellow”) |
| New HampshireLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs and toes rich yellow, tinged with reddish-horn. Line of reddish pigment down sides of shanks extending to tips of toes desirable in [males]”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs white or yellow, white preferred ... willow Legs white or yellow Legs black Legs dark”) | No ruling |
| PhoenixBeak | Standard (“Beak horn (yellow or white allowed with white plumage).”) | No ruling |
| PhoenixLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs and feet yellow, willow, slate blue or white.”) | No ruling |
| Plymouth RockBeak | Standard (“Legs and beak yellow Beak yellow Beak yellow, horn permissible”) | Standard (“Yellow.; Yellow or dusky yellow.; Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.; Dark horn, shading to yellow at point.”) |
| Plymouth RockLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs and feet yellow Shanks and toes yellow or dusky yellow in the darker coloured varieties, yellow preferred”) | Standard (“Yellow. Rich yellow.”) |
| Rhode Island RedBeak | Standard (“Beak red-horn or yellow”) | No ruling |
| Rhode Island RedLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs and feet yellow or red-horn”) | Standard (“A line of red pigment down the sides of shanks, extending to the tip of toes is desirable.”) |
| WyandotteBeak | Standard (“Beak bright yellow, except in marked and laced varieties, in which it may be horn, shaded with yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow. Yellow or dusky yellow.; Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.; Dark horn, shading to yellow at point.; Black, shaded with yellow.”) |
| WyandotteLegs and feet | Standard (“Beak, legs and feet yellow or horn, which may dilute to straw in adults or laying pullets. Yellow preferred.; Legs and feet bright yellow”) | Standard (“Rich yellow.; Yellow or dusky yellow. Bottoms of Feet: Yellow.”) |
Breeds where Yellow is a fault
| Breed | PCGB | APA |
|---|---|---|
| AustralorpEyes | Fault (“Yellow or pearl-coloured eyes”) | No ruling |
| LangshanSkin and scales | Fault (“Yellow skin.”) | Disqualifying (“Yellow skin, bottom of feet yellow in any part.”) |
| LangshanEyes | Fault (“Light eye (make some allowance for age). Yellow iris.; Yellow or orange-coloured eyes.”) | No ruling |
| LangshanBeak | Fault (“Yellow base of beak.”) | No ruling |
| LangshanLegs and feet | Fault (“Yellow shanks or [feet]”) | Disqualifying (“Yellow skin, bottom of feet yellow in any part.”) |
Breeds where Yellow is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | APA | ABA |
|---|---|---|
| MaransLegs and feet | Disqualifying (“Any tint of yellow on bottom of feet or toes.”) | Disqualifying (“Yellow on shanks or toes”) |
| OrpingtonSkin and scales | Disqualifying (“yellow beak, shanks or skin”) | No ruling |
| OrpingtonBeak | Disqualifying (“yellow beak, shanks or skin”) | No ruling |
| OrpingtonLegs and feet | Disqualifying (“yellow beak, shanks or skin”) | No ruling |
| SussexSkin and scales | Disqualifying (“yellow skin, shanks or feet”) | No ruling |
| SussexLegs and feet | Disqualifying (“yellow skin, shanks or feet”) | No ruling |
| BarnevelderBeak | No ruling | No ruling |
| BarnevelderLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling |
| BrahmaSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| BuckeyeSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| CochinSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| CornishSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| DelawareBeak | No ruling | No ruling |
| DelawareLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling |
| DominiqueSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| DorkingEyes | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jersey GiantSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| New HampshireSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English Game | No ruling | No ruling |
| Plymouth RockSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rhode Island RedSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| WelsummerBeak | No ruling | No ruling |
| WelsummerLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Yellow can appear or change over an animal's life.
Yellowchanges toWhite
Plumage · With age · males only
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