Chicken color
Black
Solid black pigment. In birds often with a green or purple sheen; on skin, legs, beak, comb and tongue the dark pigment some standards call for.
352 Chicken breeds list Black. It is in a club standard for 343 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 2 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Black
| Breed | APA | EE | ABA | PCGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameraucana | Standard (“Black; Brown Red; Silver; Wheaten”) | Standard (“schwarz; gold-birkenfarbig; silberhalsig; gold-weizenfarbig”) | Standard (“Black; Brown Red; Silver; Wheaten; ERMINE AMERAUCANA”) | No ruling |
| AmeraucanaBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling |
| AmeraucanaBrown Red | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | No ruling |
| AmeraucanaSilver | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling |
| AmeraucanaWheaten | Standard (“Wheaten”) | Standard (“gold-weizenfarbig”) | Standard (“Wheaten”) | No ruling |
| AmeraucanaErmine | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“ERMINE AMERAUCANA”) | No ruling |
| AmeraucanaBeak | Standard (“Horn to black.”) | No ruling | Standard (“BEAK: Horn to Dark horn with occasional black.”) | No ruling |
| Ancona chicken | Standard (“Single Comb; Rose Comb”) | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) | Standard (“(single colour)”) |
| Ancona chickenBeak | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak yellow with black or horn shadings; a wholly yellow beak not desirable”) |
| Ancona chickenLegs and feet | Standard (“shanks and toes, yellow or yellow mottled with black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs yellow, mottled with black, the more evenly mottled the better”) |
| Andalusian chicken | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Blue”) |
| Andalusian chickenLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet dark slate or black”) |
| Araucana | Standard (“Black; Black Breasted Red; Golden Duckwing; Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“schwarz; schwarz-rot; goldhalsig; silberhalsig mit Orangerücken; silberhalsig; gold-weizenfarbig; wildfarbig; rotbunt”) | Standard (“Black; Black Breasted Red; Silver”) | Standard (“The black; The golden duckwing; The silver duckwing; The black-red; The spangled”) |
| AraucanaBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| AraucanaBlack Breasted Red | Standard (“Black Breasted Red”) | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | Standard (“Black Breasted Red”) | Standard (“The black-red”) |
| AraucanaGolden Duckwing | Standard (“Golden Duckwing”) | Standard (“silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | Standard (“The golden duckwing”) |
| AraucanaSilver Duckwing | Standard (“Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“The silver duckwing”) |
| AraucanaGold Wheaten | No ruling | Standard (“gold-weizenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaRed Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaWild Type | No ruling | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaRed Pied | No ruling | Standard (“rotbunt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaSpangled | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The spangled”) |
| Australorp | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| AustralorpBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| AustralorpEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eyes black or dark brown iris, black preferred”) |
| AustralorpBeak | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak black Beak blue or black”) |
| AustralorpLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet black with white soles”) |
| Barnevelder | Standard (“Only One Variety”) | Standard (“schwarz; braun-schwarzdoppeltgesäumt; dunkelbraun; silber-schwarzdoppeltgesäumt”) | Standard (“Black; Double Laced”) | Standard (“The black; The double laced chestnut (red-brown ground, black lacing)”) |
| Brahma chicken | Standard (“Light; Dark; Buff”) | Standard (“birkenfarbig; gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz; schwarz-weißgescheckt; orangebrüstig; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; silberfarbig-gebändert; gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Black; Light; Dark; Buff”) | Standard (“The light; The dark; The gold partridge; The buff Columbian”) |
| Brahma chickenLight | Standard (“Light”) | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Light”) | Standard (“The light”) |
| Brahma chickenDark | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“The dark”) |
| Brahma chickenBuff | Standard (“Buff”) | Standard (“gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Buff”) | No ruling |
| Brahma chickenBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brahma chickenBrown Red | No ruling | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brahma chickenGold Partridge | No ruling | Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | Standard (“The gold partridge”) |
| Brahma chickenBlack | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling |
| Brahma chickenBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brahma chickenOrange Breasted | No ruling | Standard (“orangebrüstig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brahma chickenSilver Penciled Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brahma chickenBuff Columbian | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The buff Columbian”) |
| Brahma chickenBeak | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak yellow or yellow and black”) |
| Buckeye chicken | Standard (“Only One Variety”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tailed Red as in Buckeye”) | No ruling |
| Catalana | Standard (“Buff”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin chicken | Standard (“Black; Barred; Brown Red; Mottled; Partridge; Golden Laced; Silver Laced; Birchen; Buff Columbian; Columbian”) | Standard (“schwarz; schwarz-weißgescheckt; birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber; gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz-gold; rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert; gold-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Black; Barred; Brown Red; Mottled; Partridge; Golden Laced; Silver Laced; Birchen; Buff Columbian; Columbian; Silver Penciled; Black Tailed Red”) | Standard (“The black; The black mottled; The partridge and grouse”) |
| Cochin chickenPartridge | Standard (“Partridge”) | Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Partridge”) | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| Cochin chickenBarred | Standard (“Barred”) | No ruling | Standard (“Barred”) | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenGolden Laced | Standard (“Golden Laced”) | Standard (“gold-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Golden Laced”) | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenSilver Laced | Standard (“Silver Laced”) | Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Silver Laced”) | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenBirchen | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | Standard (“Birchen”) | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenBrown Red | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz-gold”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenBuff Columbian | Standard (“Buff Columbian”) | Standard (“gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Buff Columbian”) | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenColumbian | Standard (“Columbian”) | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Columbian”) | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenBlack Mottled | Standard (“Mottled”) | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) | Standard (“The black mottled”) |
| Cochin chickenAsiatic Black Breasted Red | No ruling | Standard (“Asiatisch goldhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenAsiatic Silver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“Asiatisch silberhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenBrown Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“braungebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenMille Fleur | No ruling | Standard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenGold Wheaten | No ruling | Standard (“gold-weizenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenSalmon | No ruling | Standard (“lachsfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenSilver Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenSilver Wheaten | No ruling | Standard (“silber-weizenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenSilver Wheaten Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silber-weizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenGrouse | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The partridge and grouse”) |
| Cochin chickenBlack Tailed Red | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tailed Red”) | No ruling |
| Cochin chickenEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eyes bright red, dark red, hazel or nearly black”) |
| Cochin chickenBeak | Standard (“Black shaded with yellow.”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak yellow, horn or black”) |
| Cochin chickenLegs and feet | Standard (“Yellow or black gradually shading into yellow; bottoms of feet, yellow.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish chicken | Standard (“Dark; Black; Mottled; Spangled”) | Standard (“fasanenbraun”) | Standard (“Dark; Black; Mottled; Spangled; Columbian; Silver Laced”) | No ruling |
| Cornish chickenDark | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“fasanenbraun”) | Standard (“Dark”) | No ruling |
| Cornish chickenBlack | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling |
| Cornish chickenMottled | Standard (“Mottled”) | No ruling | Standard (“Mottled”) | No ruling |
| Cornish chickenSpangled | Standard (“Spangled”) | No ruling | Standard (“Spangled”) | No ruling |
| Cornish chickenColumbian | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Columbian”) | No ruling |
| Cornish chickenSilver Laced | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Laced”) | No ruling |
| Delaware chicken | Standard (“Only One Variety”) | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia-gesperbert”) | Standard (“Barred as in Delaware”) | No ruling |
| Dorking chicken | Standard (“Single Comb Colored; Single Comb Silver Gray; Single Comb Red”) | Standard (“silberhalsig; goldhalsig; gold-wildfarbig; wildfarbig; silber-wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Single Comb Colored; Rose Comb Colored; Single Comb Silver Gray; Single Comb Red”) | Standard (“The red”) |
| Dorking chickenSilver Gray | Standard (“Single Comb Silver Gray”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Single Comb Silver Gray”) | No ruling |
| Dorking chickenColored | Standard (“Single Comb Colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“Single Comb Colored; Rose Comb Colored”) | No ruling |
| Dorking chickenRed | Standard (“Single Comb Red”) | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | Standard (“Single Comb Red”) | Standard (“The red”) |
| Dorking chickenGold Partridge | No ruling | Standard (“gold-wildfarbig; wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dorking chickenSilver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“silber-wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch Bantam | Standard (“Black; Light Brown; Silver; Cream Light Brown”) | Standard (“schwarz; birkenfarbig; schwarz-weißgescheckt; goldhalsig; silberhalsig; gold-weizenfarbig; gelb-schwarzcolumbia; gold-porzellanfarbig; lachsfarbig”) | Standard (“Black; Light Brown; Silver; Wheaten; Cream Light Brown; Golden”) | Standard (“The black; The gold partridge; The silver partridge; The yellow partridge”) |
| Dutch BantamLight Brown | Standard (“Light Brown”) | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | Standard (“Light Brown”) | Standard (“The gold partridge”) |
| Dutch BantamSilver | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“The silver partridge”) |
| Dutch BantamBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| Dutch BantamWheaten | No ruling | Standard (“gold-weizenfarbig”) | Standard (“Wheaten”) | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamCream Light Brown | Standard (“Cream Light Brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Cream Light Brown”) | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamBuff Columbian | No ruling | Standard (“gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamMille Fleur | No ruling | Standard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamSalmon | No ruling | Standard (“lachsfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamYellow Partridge | No ruling | Standard (“orangehalsig”) | Standard (“Golden”) | Standard (“The yellow partridge”) |
| Dutch BantamBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamSilver Duckwing Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamSilver Quail | No ruling | Standard (“silber-wachtelfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamSilver Wheaten Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silber-weizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamQuail | No ruling | Standard (“wachtelfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamColumbian | No ruling | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dutch BantamLemon Mille Fleur | No ruling | Standard (“zitron-porzellanfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Faverolles | Standard (“Salmon”) | Standard (“schwarz; lachsfarbig; silber-weizenfarbig; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Black; Salmon”) | Standard (“The black; The salmon”) |
| FaverollesSalmon | Standard (“Salmon”) | Standard (“lachsfarbig; silber-weizenfarbig”) | Standard (“Salmon”) | Standard (“The salmon”) |
| FaverollesBlack | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| FaverollesColumbian | No ruling | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| FaverollesBuff Columbian | No ruling | Standard (“gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| FaverollesEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eye colour orange to yellow, grey or hazel in the buffs, cuckoos, ermines, salmons and whites. Black or ... eyes brown or black”) |
| FaverollesBeak | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak colour white or horn in the buffs, cuckoos, ermines, salmons and whites. Black in the black and laced blue.”) |
| Hamburg chicken | Standard (“Black; Silver Spangled; Golden Spangled; Silver Penciled; Golden Penciled”) | Standard (“schwarz; silberlack; goldlack; silbersprenkel; goldsprenkel; zitronsprenkel”) | Standard (“Black; Silver Spangled; Golden Spangled; Silver Penciled; Golden Penciled”) | No ruling |
| Hamburg chickenSilver Spangled | Standard (“Silver Spangled”) | Standard (“silberlack”) | Standard (“Silver Spangled”) | No ruling |
| Hamburg chickenGolden Spangled | Standard (“Golden Spangled”) | Standard (“goldlack”) | Standard (“Golden Spangled”) | No ruling |
| Hamburg chickenSilver Penciled | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“silbersprenkel”) | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | No ruling |
| Hamburg chickenGolden Penciled | Standard (“Golden Penciled”) | Standard (“goldsprenkel”) | Standard (“Golden Penciled”) | No ruling |
| Hamburg chickenBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling |
| Hamburg chickenLemon Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“zitronsprenkel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hamburg chickenBeak | Standard (“Dark horn. Leaden blue. Black.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese bantam | Standard (“Black; Mottled; Barred; Brown Red; Black Tailed White; Gray Birchen; Black Tailed Buff; Wheaten”) | Standard (“schwarz; schwarz mit weißen Tupfen; birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber; gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz-gold; weiß mit schwarzem Schwanz”) | Standard (“Black; Mottled; Barred; Brown Red; Black Tailed White; Gray; Black Tailed Buff; Wheaten; Black Breasted Red; Silver Duckwing; Black Tailed Red”) | Standard (“The black; The brown-red; The mottleds: The black; The buff Columbian; silver and gold duckwing; Black-tailed white; The black-tailed buff”) |
| Japanese bantamBlack Tailed White | Standard (“Black Tailed White”) | Standard (“weiß mit schwarzem Schwanz”) | Standard (“Black Tailed White”) | Standard (“Black-tailed white”) |
| Japanese bantamBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| Japanese bantamGray | Standard (“Gray Birchen”) | No ruling | Standard (“Gray”) | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamBlack Tailed Buff | Standard (“Black Tailed Buff”) | Standard (“gelb mit schwarzem Schwanz”) | Standard (“Black Tailed Buff”) | Standard (“The black-tailed buff”) |
| Japanese bantamMottled | Standard (“Mottled”) | Standard (“schwarz mit weißen Tupfen”) | Standard (“Mottled”) | Standard (“The mottleds: The black”) |
| Japanese bantamBarred | Standard (“Barred”) | No ruling | Standard (“Barred”) | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamBrown Red | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz-gold”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“The brown-red”) |
| Japanese bantamWheaten | Standard (“Wheaten”) | No ruling | Standard (“Wheaten”) | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | No ruling | Standard (“The greys: The birchen grey; The greys: The silver grey”) |
| Japanese bantamBuff Columbian | No ruling | Standard (“gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | Standard (“The buff Columbian”) |
| Japanese bantamBlack Breasted Red | No ruling | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | Standard (“Black Breasted Red”) | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamMille Fleur | No ruling | Standard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamGold Wheaten | No ruling | Standard (“gold-weizenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamSilver Gray | No ruling | Standard (“grausilber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamOrange Wheaten | No ruling | Standard (“orange-weizenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamPartridge | No ruling | Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamSilver Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamSilver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver Duckwing”) | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamSilver Duckwing Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | Standard (“silver and gold duckwing”) |
| Japanese bantamSilver Wheaten Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silber-weizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamTricolored | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Tri-coloured”) |
| Japanese bantamWheaten Bred Black Red | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The black-red, Wheaten bred”) |
| Japanese bantamPartridge Bred Black Red | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The black-red, Partridge bred”) |
| Japanese bantamBlack Tailed Red | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tailed Red”) | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamSilver Laced | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Laced”) | No ruling |
| Japanese bantamBeak | Standard (“Yellow, or yellow shaded with black.”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beaks to match legs, which should be yellow or willow Beak yellow marked with black”) |
| Japanese bantamLegs and feet | Standard (“Yellow, or yellow shaded with black.”) | 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”) |
| Jersey Giant | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | No ruling | Standard (“The black”) |
| Jersey GiantBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | No ruling | Standard (“The black”) |
| Jersey GiantEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“In both sexes and all colours... Eyes brown to black”) |
| Jersey GiantBeak | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak black, shading to yellow towards the [tip]”) |
| Jersey GiantLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet black, with a tendency towards willow in adult birds, the underpart of the feet being yellow”) |
| Lakenvelder | Standard (“Only One Variety”) | Standard (“weiß-schwarzgezeichnet”) | Standard (“Lakenvelder”) | Standard (“(single colour)”) |
| Langshan | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz; braun-birkenfarbig; birkenfarbig; gestreift; gold-birkenfarbig; weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black; The barred (cuckoo); The birchen”) |
| LangshanBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| LangshanBrown Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“braun-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | Standard (“The birchen”) |
| LangshanBarred | No ruling | Standard (“gestreift”) | No ruling | Standard (“The barred (cuckoo)”) |
| LangshanBrown Red | No ruling | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanColumbian | No ruling | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanEyes | Standard (“Black or dark brown. Dark brown.”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eyes brown-black Eyes brown-black; Eyes dark brown to black, the darker the better as in the black”) |
| LangshanBeak | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“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 feet | Standard (“Bluish-black, showing pink between scales; web and bottoms of feet, pinkish-white.”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet in the first year are black, later they are slate blue. Soles of feet light.; Legs and feet black or slate blue Legs and feet white”) |
| Leghorn | Standard (“Rose Comb Black / Single Comb Black; Single Comb Barred; Rose Comb Light Brown / Single Comb Light Brown”) | Standard (“schwarz; gestreift; schwarz-weißgescheckt; silberhalsig; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; goldhalsig; rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert; silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | Standard (“Black; Barred; Light Brown; Dark Brown; Silver; Black Tailed Red; Columbian; Golden; Exchequer; Buff Columbian; Mille Fleur”) | Standard (“The mottled - Black mottled; The exchequer; The Columbian; The partridge; The silver duckwing; The buff Columbian; Brown; The golden duckwing”) |
| LeghornLight Brown | Standard (“Rose Comb Light Brown / Single Comb Light Brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Light Brown”) | No ruling |
| LeghornDark Brown | Standard (“Rose Comb Dark Brown / Single Comb Dark Brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark Brown”) | No ruling |
| LeghornBlack | Standard (“Rose Comb Black / Single Comb Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling |
| LeghornSilver | Standard (“Rose Comb Silver / Single Comb Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig; silberfarbig”) | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“The silver duckwing”) |
| LeghornBlack Tailed Red | Standard (“Single Comb Black Tailed Red”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tailed Red”) | No ruling |
| LeghornBarred | Standard (“Single Comb Barred”) | Standard (“gestreift”) | Standard (“Barred”) | No ruling |
| LeghornColumbian | Standard (“Single Comb Columbian”) | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Columbian”) | Standard (“The Columbian”) |
| LeghornGolden | Standard (“Single Comb Golden”) | Standard (“goldfarbig”) | Standard (“Golden”) | Standard (“The golden duckwing”) |
| LeghornBlack Breasted Red | No ruling | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornPartridge Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling | Standard (“The mottled - Black mottled”) |
| LeghornSilver Duckwing Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornExchequer | No ruling | Standard (“weiß-schwarzgescheckt; exchequer”) | Standard (“Exchequer”) | Standard (“The exchequer”) |
| LeghornGolden Brown Mille Fleur | No ruling | Standard (“goldbraun-porzellanfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornGolden Laced | No ruling | Standard (“gold-schwarzgesäumt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornOrange Necked | No ruling | Standard (“orangehalsig; orangefarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornPartridge | No ruling | Standard (“rebhuhnhalsig”) | No ruling | Standard (“The partridge”) |
| LeghornBuff Columbian | No ruling | Standard (“gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Buff Columbian”) | Standard (“The buff Columbian”) |
| LeghornSalmon | No ruling | Standard (“lachsfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornMille Fleur | No ruling | Standard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”) | Standard (“Mille Fleur”) | No ruling |
| LeghornBrown | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) |
| Marans | Standard (“Black Copper; Black; Wheaten”) | Standard (“schwarz-kupfer; schwarz; schwarz-silber; gold-weizenfarbig; goldhalsig; weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Black Marans; Golden Cuckoo Marans; Silver Cuckoo Marans”) | Standard (“The black; The copper-black; The dark cuckoo; The golden cuckoo; The silver cuckoo”) |
| MaransBlack Copper | Standard (“Black Copper”) | Standard (“schwarz-kupfer”) | No ruling | Standard (“The copper-black”) |
| MaransCuckoo | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The dark cuckoo”) |
| MaransWheaten | Standard (“Wheaten”) | Standard (“gold-weizenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MaransBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black Marans”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| MaransBlack Breasted Red | No ruling | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MaransGolden Cuckoo | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Golden Cuckoo Marans”) | Standard (“The golden cuckoo”) |
| MaransBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-silber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MaransSilver Cuckoo | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Cuckoo Marans”) | Standard (“The silver cuckoo”) |
| MaransColumbian | No ruling | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MaransBeak | Standard (“Black shading to white at the tip”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Minorca chicken | Standard (“Rose Comb Black / Single Comb Black”) | Standard (“schwarz; gestreift”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| Minorca chickenBlack | Standard (“Rose Comb Black / Single Comb Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| Minorca chickenBarred | No ruling | Standard (“gestreift”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Minorca chickenBeak | Standard (“Black. Pinkish-white. White or light horn.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Minorca chickenLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs black or very dark slate, the latter in adults only Legs pinky white Legs blue to slate”) |
| Naked Neck | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz; schwarz-weißgescheckt; braun-porzellanfarbig; wildbraun; silber-schwarzgeflockt”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Naked NeckBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) |
| Naked NeckSpeckled | No ruling | Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Naked NeckWild Brown | No ruling | Standard (“wildbraun”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Naked NeckBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Naked NeckSilver Spangled | No ruling | Standard (“silber-schwarzgeflockt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Naked NeckBeak | No ruling | 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”) |
| Naked NeckLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“white legs and feet the legs and feet are black or slate blue”) |
| New Hampshire chicken | Standard (“Only One Variety”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tailed Red New Hampshire”) | Standard (“(single colour) male”) |
| Old English Game | Standard (“Brown Red; Black; Brassy Back; Black Breasted Red; Golden Duckwing; Silver Duckwing; Spangled; Birchen; Black Tailed Buff; Columbian”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz; birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber; schwarz-gold; schwarz-rot; schwarz-weißgescheckt; schwarz mit Messingrücken; goldhalsig”) | Standard (“Brown Red; Black; Brassy Back; Mottled; Barred; Black Breasted Red; Golden Duckwing; Silver Duckwing; Spangled; Birchen; Black Tailed Buff; Columbian”) | Standard (“The brassy-backed; The furness; The golden duckwing; The birchen grey; The black-red (partridge bred); The black-red (wheaten bred); spangle”) |
| Old English GameBlack Breasted Red | Standard (“Black Breasted Red”) | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | Standard (“Black Breasted Red”) | Standard (“The black-breasted red”) |
| Old English GameBrown Red | Standard (“Brown Red”) | Standard (“gold-birkenfarbig; schwarz-gold”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameGolden Duckwing | Standard (“Golden Duckwing”) | Standard (“silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | Standard (“Golden Duckwing”) | Standard (“The golden duckwing”) |
| Old English GameSilver Duckwing | Standard (“Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver Duckwing”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameSpangled | Standard (“Spangled”) | Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig mit weißen Federspitzen”) | Standard (“Spangled”) | Standard (“spangle”) |
| Old English GameBirchen | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“The birchen grey”) |
| Old English GameBlack Tailed Buff | Standard (“Black Tailed Buff”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tailed Buff”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameBrassy Back | Standard (“Brassy Back”) | Standard (“schwarz mit Messingrücken”) | Standard (“Brassy Back”) | Standard (“The brassy-backed”) |
| Old English GameColumbian | Standard (“Columbian”) | No ruling | Standard (“Columbian”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameFawn Silver Duckwing | Standard (“Fawn Silver Duckwing”) | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn Silver Duckwing”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameMille Fleur | Standard (“Mille Fleur”) | No ruling | Standard (“Mille Fleur”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameQuail | Standard (“Quail”) | No ruling | Standard (“Quail”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameWheaten | Standard (“Wheaten”) | No ruling | Standard (“Wheaten”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameGold Wheaten | No ruling | Standard (“gold-weizenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameRed Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameSilver Wheaten Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silber-weizenfarbig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GamePartridge | No ruling | Standard (“rebhuhnhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GamePartridge Bred Black Red | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The black-red (partridge bred)”) |
| Old English GameWheaten Bred Black Red | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The black-red (wheaten bred)”) |
| Old English GameBlack Breasted Gray | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The black-breasted grey”) |
| Old English GameFurness | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The furness”) |
| Old English GameYellow Duckwing | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“yellow duckwing”) |
| Old English GameBarred | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Barred”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlack Tailed Red | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tailed Red”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameBlack Tailed White | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tailed White”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameSilver Wheaten | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Silver Wheaten”) | No ruling |
| Old English GameEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eyes ... black eyes ... black Eyes ... dark eyes red; Eyes red, both alike Eyes dark, both alike Pearl eyes permissible with white legs”) |
| Old English GameBeak | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“beak ... black”) |
| Old English GameLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“legs and nails black Legs yellow, willow or ... legs black legs dark occasionally have yellow legs, which are allowed Legs various”) |
| Orpington | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz; birkenfarbig; gestreift; schwarz-weißgescheckt; braun-porzellanfarbig; gelb-schwarzgesäumt; rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert; silber-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black; The spangled; The jubilee”) |
| OrpingtonBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| OrpingtonBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonJubilee | No ruling | Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”) | No ruling | Standard (“The jubilee”) |
| OrpingtonBuff Black Laced | No ruling | Standard (“gelb-schwarzgesäumt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonBarred | No ruling | Standard (“gestreift”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonPartridge | No ruling | Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonSilver Laced | No ruling | Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonColumbian | No ruling | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonBuff Columbian | No ruling | Standard (“gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonSpangled | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The spangled”) |
| OrpingtonEyes | Standard (“Reddish-bay. Black, or dark brown. Dark brown.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonBeak | Standard (“Black. Horn.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonLegs and feet | Standard (“Black; web and bottom of toes, pinkish-white.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Phoenix chicken | Standard (“Silver; Golden; Black Breasted Red”) | Standard (“schwarz; silberhalsig; goldhalsig; goldrot mit schwarzem Schwanz; orangehalsig; silberhalsig mit Orangerücken; wildfarbig; gelb mit schwarzem Schwanz”) | Standard (“Silver; Golden; Silver Duckwing; Golden Duckwing; Light Brown”) | Standard (“black-tailed buff; The silver duckwing; The spangled”) |
| Phoenix chickenSilver | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silberhalsig”) | Standard (“Silver; Silver Duckwing”) | Standard (“The silver duckwing”) |
| Phoenix chickenGolden | Standard (“Golden”) | No ruling | Standard (“Golden”) | No ruling |
| Phoenix chickenBlack Breasted Red | Standard (“Black Breasted Red”) | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | Standard (“Light Brown”) | No ruling |
| Phoenix chickenBlack Tailed Red | No ruling | Standard (“goldrot mit schwarzem Schwanz”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Phoenix chickenOrange Necked | No ruling | Standard (“orangehalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Phoenix chickenBlack | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Phoenix chickenSilver Duckwing Orange Backed | No ruling | Standard (“silberhalsig mit Orangerücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Phoenix chickenWild Type | No ruling | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Phoenix chickenBlack Tailed Buff | No ruling | Standard (“gelb mit schwarzem Schwanz”) | No ruling | Standard (“black-tailed buff”) |
| Phoenix chickenSpangled | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“The spangled”) |
| Phoenix chickenGolden Duckwing | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Golden Duckwing”) | No ruling |
| Plymouth Rock | Standard (“Barred; Black; Silver Penciled; Partridge; Columbian”) | Standard (“gestreift; schwarz; silberfarbig-gebändert; rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; gelb-schwarzcolumbia; braungebändert; braun-porzellanfarbig”) | Standard (“Barred; Black; Silver Penciled; Partridge; Columbian”) | Standard (“The barred; The black; The silver pencilled; The partridge; The Columbian”) |
| Plymouth RockBarred | Standard (“Barred”) | Standard (“gestreift”) | Standard (“Barred”) | Standard (“The barred”) |
| Plymouth RockSilver Penciled | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“The silver pencilled”) |
| Plymouth RockPartridge | Standard (“Partridge”) | Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Partridge”) | Standard (“The partridge”) |
| Plymouth RockColumbian | Standard (“Columbian”) | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Columbian”) | Standard (“The Columbian”) |
| Plymouth RockBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| Plymouth RockBuff Columbian | No ruling | Standard (“gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Plymouth RockBrown Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“braungebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Plymouth RockSpeckled | No ruling | Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Plymouth RockBlack Breasted Red | No ruling | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Plymouth RockOrange Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“orangefarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish chicken | Standard (“Non-Bearded White Crested Black; Bearded Golden / Non-Bearded Golden; Bearded Silver / Non-Bearded Silver; Non-Bearded Black Crested White”) | Standard (“schwarz; tollbunt; schwarz-weißgescheckt; Weißhauben schwarz-weißgescheckt; Weißhauben schwarz; Schwarzhauben weiß; gold-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“White Crested Black (Bearded); White Crested Black (Non Bearded); Golden (Bearded); Golden (Non Bearded); Silver (Bearded); Silver (Non Bearded)”) | Standard (“The bearded self black; The non-bearded white-crested black; The bearded gold-laced; The bearded silver laced; cuckoo”) |
| Polish chickenWhite Crested Black | Standard (“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”) |
| Polish chickenGolden | Standard (“Bearded Golden / Non-Bearded Golden”) | Standard (“gold-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Golden (Bearded); Golden (Non Bearded)”) | Standard (“The bearded gold-laced”) |
| Polish chickenSilver | Standard (“Bearded Silver / Non-Bearded Silver”) | Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Silver (Bearded); Silver (Non Bearded)”) | Standard (“The bearded silver laced”) |
| Polish chickenBlack Crested White | Standard (“Non-Bearded Black Crested White”) | Standard (“Schwarzhauben weiß”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish chickenCuckoo | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“cuckoo”) |
| Polish chickenBlack | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz”) | No ruling | Standard (“The bearded self black”) |
| Polish chickenTolbunt | No ruling | Standard (“tollbunt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish chickenWild Brown | No ruling | Standard (“wildbraun”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish chickenBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt; Weißhauben schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish chickenBeak | Standard (“Bluish-black. Dark horn. Slaty-blue.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish chickenLegs and feet | Standard (“Bluish-black. slaty-blue Slaty-blue.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rhode Island Red | Standard (“Single Comb; Rose Comb”) | No ruling | Standard (“Single Comb; Rose Comb”) | No ruling |
| Sebright | Standard (“Golden; Silver”) | Standard (“gold-schwarzgesäumt; silber-schwarzgesäumt; zitron-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Golden; Silver”) | No ruling |
| SebrightGolden | Standard (“Golden”) | Standard (“gold-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Golden”) | No ruling |
| SebrightSilver | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Silver”) | No ruling |
| SebrightLemon Black Laced | No ruling | Standard (“zitron-schwarzgesäumt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Silkie | Standard (“Bearded Black / Non-Bearded Black; Bearded Partridge / Non-Bearded Partridge”) | Standard (“schwarz; wildfarbig; rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert; silberfarbig-gebändert; silber-wildfarbig; weiß-schwarzgefleckt”) | Standard (“Black (Bearded); Black (Non Bearded); Partridge (Bearded); Partridge (Non Bearded); Paint (Bearded)”) | Standard (“The black; The partridge”) |
| SilkieBlack | Standard (“Bearded Black / Non-Bearded Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black (Bearded); Black (Non Bearded)”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| SilkiePartridge | Standard (“Bearded Partridge / Non-Bearded Partridge”) | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Partridge (Bearded); Partridge (Non Bearded)”) | Standard (“The partridge”) |
| SilkiePartridge Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SilkieSilver Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SilkieSilver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“silber-wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SilkieBlack Speckled White | No ruling | Standard (“weiß-schwarzgefleckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SilkiePaint | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Paint (Bearded)”) | No ruling |
| SilkieEyes | Standard (“EYES: Black.; Eyes: Black.”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eyes brilliantly black. Eye other than black.”) |
| SilkieBeak | Standard (“BEAK: Slaty blue to black.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SilkieLegs and feet | Standard (“SHANKS AND TOES: Slaty blue to black.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sumatra chicken | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz; schwarz-rot; wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| Sumatra chickenBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| Sumatra chickenRed Birchen | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sumatra chickenWild Type | No ruling | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sumatra chickenEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Eyes very dark brown or black (black preferred).”) |
| Sumatra chickenLegs and feet | Standard (“Legs and Toes: Black or dark slate.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sumatra chickenComb and wattles | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Face, comb, ear-lobes and throat black or gypsy faced . Red colour in comb, face or throat.”) |
| Sumatra chickenEarlobes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“ear-lobes ... black or gypsy”) |
| Sussex chicken | Standard (“Speckled; Light; Red”) | Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; rot-schwarzcolumbia; wildbraun; gelb-schwarzcolumbia; grausilber”) | Standard (“Speckled; Light; Red; Buff; Birchen; Dark Brown”) | Standard (“speckled; light; red; brown; buff; silver”) |
| Sussex chickenSpeckled | Standard (“Speckled”) | Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”) | Standard (“Speckled”) | Standard (“speckled”) |
| Sussex chickenLight | Standard (“Light”) | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Light”) | Standard (“light”) |
| Sussex chickenRed | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“rot-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“red”) |
| Sussex chickenBrown | No ruling | Standard (“wildbraun”) | Standard (“Dark Brown”) | Standard (“brown”) |
| Sussex chickenBuff | No ruling | Standard (“gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Buff”) | Standard (“buff”) |
| Sussex chickenSilver | No ruling | Standard (“grausilber”) | Standard (“Birchen”) | Standard (“silver”) |
| Welsummer | Standard (“Only One Variety; Partridge”) | Standard (“orangefarbig; rost-rebhuhnfarbig; silberfarbig”) | Standard (“Welsummer plumage; Silver Duckwing”) | No ruling |
| Wyandotte | Standard (“Black; Silver Laced; Golden Laced; Partridge; Columbian; Silver Penciled; Buff Columbian”) | Standard (“schwarz; gestreift; schwarz-weißgescheckt; birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber; schwarz-gold; silber-schwarzgesäumt; gold-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Black; Barred; Mottled; Birchen; Brown Red; Silver Laced; Golden Laced; Partridge; Columbian; Silver Penciled; Buff Columbian; Black Breasted Red”) | Standard (“The black; The barred; The silver laced; The gold laced; The partridge; The Columbian; The silver pencilled”) |
| WyandotteSilver Laced | Standard (“Silver Laced”) | Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Silver Laced”) | Standard (“The silver laced”) |
| WyandotteGolden Laced | Standard (“Golden Laced”) | Standard (“gold-schwarzgesäumt”) | Standard (“Golden Laced”) | Standard (“The gold laced”) |
| WyandotteBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“The black”) |
| WyandottePartridge | Standard (“Partridge”) | Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Partridge”) | Standard (“The partridge”) |
| WyandotteColumbian | Standard (“Columbian”) | Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Columbian”) | Standard (“The Columbian”) |
| WyandotteSilver Penciled | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”) | Standard (“Silver Penciled”) | Standard (“The silver pencilled”) |
| WyandotteBuff Columbian | Standard (“Buff Columbian”) | Standard (“gelb-schwarzcolumbia”) | Standard (“Buff Columbian”) | No ruling |
| WyandotteAsiatic Black Breasted Red | No ruling | Standard (“Asiatisch goldhalsig”) | Standard (“Black Breasted Red”) | No ruling |
| WyandotteAsiatic Silver Duckwing | No ruling | Standard (“Asiatisch silberhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteSpeckled | No ruling | Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteBarred | No ruling | Standard (“gestreift”) | Standard (“Barred”) | Standard (“The barred”) |
| WyandotteOrange Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“orangefarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”) | Standard (“Mottled”) | No ruling |
| WyandotteAsiatic Orange Necked | No ruling | Standard (“Asiatisch orangehalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteBirchen | No ruling | Standard (“birkenfarbig; schwarz-silber”) | Standard (“Birchen”) | No ruling |
| WyandotteBrown Penciled | No ruling | Standard (“braungebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteBuff Black Laced | No ruling | Standard (“gelb-schwarzgesäumt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteSalmon | No ruling | Standard (“lachsfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteRusty Partridge | No ruling | Standard (“rost-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteBrown Red | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz-gold”) | Standard (“Brown Red”) | No ruling |
| WyandotteLemon Columbian | No ruling | Standard (“zitron-schwarzcolumbia”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteBeak | Standard (“Black, shaded with yellow.”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“(Note: Yellow beaks are unobtainable in black males with dark undercolour, and beak colour in these should be black, shaded with yellow.)”) |
Breeds where Black is a fault
| Breed | PCGB |
|---|---|
| WyandotteLegs and feet | Fault (“black legs devoid of yellow”) |
Breeds where Black is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | APA | ABA |
|---|---|---|
| Cornish chickenLegs and feet | Disqualifying (“Solid white, blue, or black shanks.”) | No ruling |
| MaransEyes | No ruling | Disqualifying (“pearl or black eyes”) |
| BarnevelderLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling |
| FaverollesLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hamburg chickenLegs and feet | No ruling | No ruling |
| SebrightEyes | No ruling | No ruling |
| SilkieSkin and scales | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sumatra chickenBeak | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Black can appear or change over an animal's life.
Blackchanges toBarred
Plumage · With age · males only
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