Chicken color
Horn
The dull grayish-yellow to brownish color of horn, a poultry beak color.
32 Chicken breeds list Horn. It is in a club standard for 27 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Horn
| Breed | APA | ABA | PCGB |
|---|---|---|---|
| AmeraucanaBeak | Standard (“Horn to black.”) | Standard (“BEAK: Horn to Dark horn with occasional black.”) | No ruling |
| AnconaBeak | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak yellow with black or horn shadings; a wholly yellow beak not desirable”) |
| AndalusianBeak | Standard (“Horn.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak dark slate or horn”) |
| AraucanaBeak | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak and nails horn. Beak light horn or bluish.”) |
| BrahmaBeak | Standard (“Dark horn shading to yellow at point.; Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BuckeyeBeak | Standard (“Yellow, shaded with reddish-horn. Yellow.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| CochinBeak | Standard (“Dark horn shading to yellow at point.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak yellow, horn or black; Beak yellow or horn Beak rich bright yellow”) |
| DorkingBeak | Standard (“White. White streaked with horn. Dark horn.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamBeak | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak dark horn Beak bluish-white or horn Beak dark horn or bluish”) |
| FaverollesBeak | Standard (“Horn.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak colour white or horn in the buffs, cuckoos, ermines, salmons and whites. Black in the black and laced blue.”) |
| HamburgBeak | Standard (“Dark horn. Leaden blue. Black.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese BantamBeak | Standard (“Yellow shaded with dark horn.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LakenvelderBeak | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak dark horn”) |
| LangshanBeak | Standard (“Dark horn shading to pinkish tint near lower edge.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak light to dark horn, preferably light at tip and streaked with grey beak light horn”) |
| LeghornBeak | Standard (“Horn. Yellow. Yellow or dusky yellow.”) | No ruling | Standard (“In both sexes and all colours Beak yellow or horn”) |
| MaransBeak | No ruling | Standard (“BEAK: Dusky horn.; BEAK: Very light horn.”) | Standard (“Beak white or horn.”) |
| MinorcaBeak | Standard (“Black. Pinkish-white. White or light horn.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak dark horn Beak white”) |
| Naked NeckBeak | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Buff, cuckoo, red and white varieties have a white or light horn beak Blacks and blues have a dark horn or black beak”) |
| New HampshireBeak | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak reddish-brown”) |
| OrpingtonBeak | Standard (“Black. Horn.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak white or horn”) |
| PhoenixBeak | Standard (“Light bluish horn”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak horn (yellow or white allowed with white plumage).”) |
| Plymouth RockBeak | Standard (“Dark horn, shading to yellow at point.; Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and beak yellow Beak yellow Beak yellow, horn permissible”) |
| PolishBeak | Standard (“Bluish-black. Dark horn. Slaty-blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak, legs and feet dark blue and/or horn”) |
| Rhode Island RedBeak | Standard (“Reddish-horn.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak red-horn or yellow”) |
| SebrightBeak | Standard (“Dark horn.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SussexBeak | Standard (“Horn.”) | No ruling | Standard (“In both sexes and all colours Beak white or horn generally, dark or horn with the brown and dark shading to white with [...]”) |
| WyandotteBeak | Standard (“Dark horn, shading to yellow at point.; Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak bright yellow, except in marked and laced varieties, in which it may be horn, shaded with yellow”) |
Breeds where Horn is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| BarnevelderBeak |
| CatalanaBeak |
| CornishBeak |
| DelawareBeak |
| WelsummerBeak |