Which Chicken breeds come in White?

Club breed standards describe White for the Ameraucana, Ancona chicken, Andalusian chicken, Araucana, Australorp, Barnevelder, Brahma chicken, Catalana, Cochin chicken, Cornish chicken, Delaware chicken, and Dominique, and 24 more breeds.

Which breeds disqualify White?

At least one club disqualifies White in the Marans, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Wyandotte, Barnevelder, Buckeye chicken, Cornish chicken, Dominique, Orpington, Sumatra chicken, and Sussex chicken.

Chicken color

White

White hair, feathers, skin, horn or shell. A white coat can still have dark eyes and dark skin; compare albino and leucistic.

318 Chicken breeds list White. It is in a club standard for 286 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 11 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept White

Breed	APA	EE	ABA	PCGB
Ameraucana	Standard (“White; Splash”)	Standard (“weiß; weiß-weizenfarbig”)	Standard (“White; ERMINE AMERAUCANA”)	No ruling
AmeraucanaWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	No ruling
AmeraucanaSplash	Standard (“Splash”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
AmeraucanaWhite Wheaten	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-weizenfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
AmeraucanaErmine	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“ERMINE AMERAUCANA”)	No ruling
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.”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
AmeraucanaEarlobes	Standard (“COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Very pale, matching color of the skin.”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Ancona chicken	Standard (“Single Comb; Rose Comb”)	Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt; blau-weißgescheckt”)	Standard (“Mottled”)	Standard (“(single colour)”)
Ancona chickenEarlobes	Standard (“White or creamy-white.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ear-lobes white”)
Ancona chickenEggshell	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Egg colour: White”)
Andalusian chickenEarlobes	Standard (“Ear-lobes: White.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ear-lobes white”)
Araucana	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß; weiß-goldhalsig; gesperbert; kennfarbig; rotbunt”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white; The pile; The spangled”)
AraucanaWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
AraucanaCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
AraucanaCrele	No ruling	Standard (“kennfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
AraucanaPyle	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-goldhalsig”)	No ruling	Standard (“The pile”)
AraucanaRed Pied	No ruling	Standard (“rotbunt”)	No ruling	No ruling
AraucanaSpangled	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The spangled”)
AraucanaLegs and feet	No ruling	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”)
Australorp	No ruling	Standard (“weiß; splash”)	No ruling	Standard (“The white”)
AustralorpWhite	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	No ruling	Standard (“The white”)
AustralorpSplash	No ruling	Standard (“splash”)	No ruling	No ruling
AustralorpSkin and scales	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Skin white”)
Barnevelder	No ruling	Standard (“silber-schwarzdoppeltgesäumt; weiß; silber-perlgraudoppeltgesäumt; kennfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Brahma chicken	Standard (“Light; Dark”)	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia; weiß; weiß-blaucolumbia; silberfarbig-gebändert; gesperbert; schwarz-weißgescheckt”)	Standard (“Light; White; Dark”)	Standard (“The light; The white; The blue-light; The dark”)
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 chickenCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
Brahma chickenBlack Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Brahma chickenWhite	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
Brahma chickenBlue Light	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)	No ruling	Standard (“The blue-light”)
Catalana	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chicken	Standard (“White; Silver Laced; Columbian; Splash; Barred; Mottled”)	Standard (“weiß; silber-schwarzgesäumt; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; splash; weiß-blaucolumbia; schwarz-weißgescheckt; gelbsperber; gelb-gesperbert; gesperbert”)	Standard (“White; Silver Laced; Columbian; Splash; Barred; Mottled”)	Standard (“The white; The black mottled”)
Cochin chickenWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
Cochin chickenBarred	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling
Cochin chickenSilver Laced	Standard (“Silver Laced”)	Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”)	Standard (“Silver Laced”)	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 chickenSplash	Standard (“Splash”)	Standard (“splash”)	Standard (“Splash”)	No ruling
Cochin chickenBuff Cuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gelbsperber; gelb-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenBlue Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“blau-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenBuff Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“gelb mit weißen Tupfen”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenPorcelain	No ruling	Standard (“gold-blauporzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenMille Fleur	No ruling	Standard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenCrele	No ruling	Standard (“kennfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenSalmon	No ruling	Standard (“lachsfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenLavender Cuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“perlgrau-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenLavender Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“perlgrau-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenChocolate Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“schokoladenbraun-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenBlue Columbian	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cornish chicken	Standard (“White; White Laced Red; Mottled; Spangled”)	Standard (“weiß; weiß-fasanenbraun (Jubilee); weiß-fasanenbraun; rot-weißgesäumt”)	Standard (“White; Columbian; Silver Laced; White Laced Red; Mottled; Spangled; Jubilee”)	No ruling
Cornish chickenWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	No ruling
Cornish chickenWhite Laced Red	Standard (“White Laced Red”)	Standard (“rot-weißgesäumt”)	Standard (“White Laced Red”)	No ruling
Cornish chickenMottled	Standard (“Mottled”)	No ruling	Standard (“Mottled”)	No ruling
Cornish chickenSpangled	Standard (“Spangled”)	No ruling	Standard (“Spangled”)	No ruling
Cornish chickenJubilee	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-fasanenbraun (Jubilee); weiß-fasanenbraun”)	Standard (“Jubilee”)	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
Dominique	Standard (“Only One Variety”)	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“Barred as in Dominique”)	Standard (“(single colour, no variety name)”)
Dorking chicken	Standard (“Rose Comb White; Rose Comb Cuckoo; Single Comb Cuckoo”)	Standard (“weiß; gesperbert”)	Standard (“Rose Comb White; Rose Comb Cuckoo”)	Standard (“The white”)
Dorking chickenWhite	Standard (“Rose Comb White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“Rose Comb White”)	Standard (“The white”)
Dorking chickenCuckoo	Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo; Single Comb Cuckoo”)	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo”)	No ruling
Dorking chickenSkin and scales	Standard (“The skin and flesh of Dorkings are white.”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Dorking chickenBeak	Standard (“White. White streaked with horn. Dark horn.”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Dorking chickenLegs and feet	Standard (“Shanks and Toes: White.”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Dorking chickenEggshell	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Egg colour: Brown White/tinted”)
Dutch Bantam	No ruling	Standard (“weiß; weiß-blaucolumbia; weiß-goldhalsig; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; gesperbert; gold-porzellanfarbig; kennfarbig; lachsfarbig; perlgrau-gesperbert”)	Standard (“White; Cuckoo”)	Standard (“The white; The pyle (white partridge)”)
Dutch BantamCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“Cuckoo”)	No ruling
Dutch BantamMille Fleur	No ruling	Standard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dutch BantamCrele	No ruling	Standard (“kennfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dutch BantamSalmon	No ruling	Standard (“lachsfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dutch BantamLavender Cuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“perlgrau-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dutch BantamBlack Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dutch BantamWhite	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
Dutch BantamBlue Columbian	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dutch BantamPyle	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-goldhalsig”)	No ruling	Standard (“The pyle (white partridge)”)
Dutch BantamColumbian	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dutch BantamLemon Mille Fleur	No ruling	Standard (“zitron-porzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dutch BantamBeak	No ruling	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	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”)
Dutch BantamEarlobes	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ear-lobes pure white. Large, glossy white or red lobes”)
Faverolles	Standard (“White; Salmon”)	Standard (“weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; blau-lachsfarbig; gesperbert; lachsfarbig; silber-weizenfarbig”)	Standard (“White; Salmon”)	Standard (“The white; The salmon”)
FaverollesSalmon	Standard (“Salmon”)	Standard (“lachsfarbig; silber-weizenfarbig”)	Standard (“Salmon”)	Standard (“The salmon”)
FaverollesWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
FaverollesBlue Salmon	No ruling	Standard (“blau-lachsfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
FaverollesCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
FaverollesColumbian	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)	No ruling	No ruling
FaverollesSkin and scales	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Skin colour white. Serious defects: Other than Standard leg or skin colour in all ...”)
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.”)
FaverollesLegs and feet	Standard (“shanks and toes white or pinkish-white”)	No ruling	Standard (“SHANKS AND TOES: pinkish white.”)	Standard (“Legs and feet white or horn in the buffs, ermines, salmons and white. White or horn with dark ... Other than Standard leg ... colour”)
FaverollesEarlobes	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“ear-lobes red Pure white in ear-lobe”)
Hamburg chicken	Standard (“Silver Spangled; Silver Penciled; White”)	Standard (“silberlack; silbersprenkel; weiß; gelb-weißsprenkel; gesperbert”)	Standard (“Silver Spangled; Silver Penciled; White”)	No ruling
Hamburg chickenSilver Spangled	Standard (“Silver Spangled”)	Standard (“silberlack”)	Standard (“Silver Spangled”)	No ruling
Hamburg chickenSilver Penciled	Standard (“Silver Penciled”)	Standard (“silbersprenkel”)	Standard (“Silver Penciled”)	No ruling
Hamburg chickenWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	No ruling
Hamburg chickenBuff White Penciled	No ruling	Standard (“gelb-weißsprenkel”)	No ruling	No ruling
Hamburg chickenCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
Hamburg chickenEarlobes	Standard (“Ear-Lobes: White.”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantam	Standard (“Black Tailed White; White; Mottled; Barred”)	Standard (“weiß mit schwarzem Schwanz; weiß; rotgeschultert; weiß-goldhalsig; weiß mit blauem Schwanz; weiß mit schokoladenbraunem Schwanz”)	Standard (“Black Tailed White; White; White Bearded; Blue Tailed White; Silver Laced; Mottled; Barred”)	Standard (“The white; Black-tailed white; Tri-coloured; The mottleds: The blue; The mottleds: The black”)
Japanese bantamBlack Tailed White	Standard (“Black Tailed White”)	Standard (“weiß mit schwarzem Schwanz”)	Standard (“Black Tailed White”)	Standard (“Black-tailed white”)
Japanese bantamWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White; White Bearded”)	Standard (“The white”)
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 bantamBlue Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“blau mit weißen Tupfen”)	No ruling	Standard (“The mottleds: The blue”)
Japanese bantamBuff Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“gelb mit weißen Tupfen”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamPorcelain	No ruling	Standard (“gold-blauporzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamMille Fleur	No ruling	Standard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamLavender Cuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“perlgrau-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamLavender Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“perlgrau mit weißen Tupfen”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamPyle	No ruling	Standard (“rotgeschultert; weiß-goldhalsig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamRed Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“rot mit weißen Tupfen”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamChocolate Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“schokoladenbraun mit weißen Tupfen”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamBlue Tailed White	No ruling	Standard (“weiß mit blauem Schwanz”)	Standard (“Blue Tailed White”)	No ruling
Japanese bantamChocolate Tailed White	No ruling	Standard (“weiß mit schokoladenbraunem Schwanz”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamTricolored	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tri-coloured”)
Japanese bantamSilver Laced	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Silver Laced”)	No ruling
Japanese bantamEggshell	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Egg colour: White or cream”)
Jersey Giant	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	No ruling	Standard (“The white”)
Jersey GiantWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	No ruling	Standard (“The white”)
Jersey GiantSkin and scales	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Skin nearly white”)
Lakenvelder	Standard (“Only One Variety”)	Standard (“weiß-schwarzgezeichnet; weiß-blaugezeichnet”)	Standard (“Lakenvelder”)	Standard (“(single colour)”)
LakenvelderEarlobes	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ear-lobes white”)
Langshan	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; gesperbert; gestreift”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white; The barred (cuckoo)”)
LangshanWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
LangshanCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
LangshanBarred	No ruling	Standard (“gestreift”)	No ruling	Standard (“The barred (cuckoo)”)
LangshanColumbian	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)	No ruling	No ruling
LangshanSkin and scales	Standard (“Skin on Body: Pinkish-white.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Skin thin and white. Flesh white.; Skin of the body and thighs white and transparent”)
LangshanBeak	Standard (“Light slate-blue shading to pinkish-white.”)	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	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Toenails white, dark colour or black a serious fault”)
LangshanEggshell	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Egg colour: White, cream to brown Brown to brown-yellow”)
Leghorn	Standard (“Rose Comb White / Single Comb White; Single Comb Columbian; Single Comb Barred”)	Standard (“weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; weiß-goldhalsig; weiß-schwarzgescheckt; exchequer; weiß-blaucolumbia; gestreift; gesperbert”)	Standard (“White; Columbian; Exchequer; Barred; Dominique; Mille Fleur”)	Standard (“The white; The Columbian; The pile; The mottled - Black mottled; The exchequer; The mottled - Red mottled”)
LeghornWhite	Standard (“Rose Comb White / Single Comb White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
LeghornBarred	Standard (“Single Comb Barred”)	Standard (“gestreift”)	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling
LeghornColumbian	Standard (“Single Comb Columbian”)	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)	Standard (“Columbian”)	Standard (“The Columbian”)
LeghornCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“Dominique”)	No ruling
LeghornRed Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“rot-weißgescheckt; rot mit weißen Tupfen”)	No ruling	Standard (“The mottled - Red mottled”)
LeghornBlack Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	Standard (“The mottled - Black mottled”)
LeghornPyle	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-goldhalsig”)	No ruling	Standard (“The pile”)
LeghornExchequer	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-schwarzgescheckt; exchequer”)	Standard (“Exchequer”)	Standard (“The exchequer”)
LeghornBlue Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“blau-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	No ruling
LeghornGolden Brown Mille Fleur	No ruling	Standard (“goldbraun-porzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
LeghornGold White Laced	No ruling	Standard (“gold-weißgesäumt”)	No ruling	No ruling
LeghornCrele	No ruling	Standard (“kennfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
LeghornBlue Columbian	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)	No ruling	No ruling
LeghornBuff Cuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gelbsperber”)	No ruling	No ruling
LeghornSalmon	No ruling	Standard (“lachsfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
LeghornMille Fleur	No ruling	Standard (“gold-porzellanfarbig”)	Standard (“Mille Fleur”)	No ruling
LeghornLavender Orange Crele	No ruling	Standard (“perlgrau-orangekennfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
LeghornSilver Crele	No ruling	Standard (“silber-kennfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
LeghornEarlobes	Standard (“White. White or creamy-white.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ear-lobes pure opaque white (resembling white kid) or cream, the former preferred”)
LeghornEggshell	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Egg colour: White”)
Marans	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; gesperbert; schwarzgold-gesperbert; schwarzsilber-gesperbert”)	Standard (“Silver Cuckoo Marans; Cuckoo Marans”)	Standard (“The silver cuckoo”)
MaransCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“Cuckoo Marans”)	No ruling
MaransWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	No ruling	No ruling
MaransGolden Cuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“schwarzgold-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
MaransSilver Cuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“schwarzsilber-gesperbert”)	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	Standard (“Beak white or horn.”)
MaransLegs and feet	Standard (“Dark slate, bottom of feet and toes pinkish white.”)	No ruling	Standard (“SHANKS & TOES: White.”)	Standard (“Legs and feet white. In both sexes: a little darkish pigmentation in white shanks.”)
MaransEarlobes	No ruling	No ruling	Disqualifying (“white ear lobes”)	Standard (“ear-lobes red White in lobe.”)
Minorca chicken	Standard (“Rose Comb White / Single Comb White”)	Standard (“weiß; gestreift”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
Minorca chickenWhite	Standard (“Rose Comb White / Single Comb White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
Minorca chickenBarred	No ruling	Standard (“gestreift”)	No ruling	No ruling
Minorca chickenBeak	Standard (“Black. Pinkish-white. White or light horn.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Beak dark horn Beak white”)
Minorca chickenLegs and feet	Standard (“Pinkish-white. White or pinkish-white.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Legs black or very dark slate, the latter in adults only Legs pinky white Legs blue to slate”)
Minorca chickenEarlobes	Standard (“Ear-Lobes: White.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ear-lobes pure white as in the black”)
Minorca chickenEggshell	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Egg colour: White”)
Naked Neck	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß; silber-schwarzgeflockt; braun-porzellanfarbig; gesperbert; schwarz-weißgescheckt”)	Standard (“White; Cuckoo”)	Standard (“white; cuckoo”)
Naked NeckWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“white”)
Naked NeckSpeckled	No ruling	Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Naked NeckCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“Cuckoo”)	Standard (“cuckoo”)
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	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	No ruling	No ruling
Old English Game	Standard (“Red Pyle; White; Columbian; Spangled; Crele; Cuckoo; Mille Fleur”)	Standard (“weiß-goldhalsig; weiß; splash; weiß-weizenfarbig; rebhuhnfarbig mit weißen Federspitzen; kennfarbig; gesperbert; schwarz-weißgescheckt”)	Standard (“Red Pyle; White; Columbian; Splash; Black Tailed White; Splash Wheaten; Spangled; Crele; Cuckoo; Mille Fleur; Mottled; Barred”)	Standard (“The pile; spangle”)
Old English GameRed Pyle	Standard (“Red Pyle”)	Standard (“weiß-goldhalsig”)	Standard (“Red Pyle”)	No ruling
Old English GameWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	No ruling
Old English GameSpangled	Standard (“Spangled”)	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig mit weißen Federspitzen”)	Standard (“Spangled”)	Standard (“spangle”)
Old English GameCrele	Standard (“Crele”)	Standard (“kennfarbig”)	Standard (“Crele”)	No ruling
Old English GameColumbian	Standard (“Columbian”)	No ruling	Standard (“Columbian”)	No ruling
Old English GameCuckoo	Standard (“Cuckoo”)	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“Cuckoo”)	No ruling
Old English GameMille Fleur	Standard (“Mille Fleur”)	No ruling	Standard (“Mille Fleur”)	No ruling
Old English GameBlack Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)	Standard (“Mottled”)	No ruling
Old English GameSplash	No ruling	Standard (“splash”)	Standard (“Splash”)	No ruling
Old English GameWhite Wheaten	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-weizenfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Old English GamePyle	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The pile”)
Old English GameBarred	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling
Old English GameBlack Tailed White	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Black Tailed White”)	No ruling
Old English GameSplash Wheaten	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Splash Wheaten”)	No ruling
Old English GameLegs and feet	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Legs white or yellow, white preferred ... willow Legs white or yellow Legs black Legs dark; Legs white, yellow and willow Legs white or yellow”)
Orpington	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß; silber-schwarzgesäumt; splash; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; braun-porzellanfarbig; gestreift; kennfarbig; schwarz-weißgescheckt”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white; The jubilee; The spangled”)
OrpingtonWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
OrpingtonJubilee	No ruling	Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	Standard (“The jubilee”)
OrpingtonBarred	No ruling	Standard (“gestreift”)	No ruling	No ruling
OrpingtonCrele	No ruling	Standard (“kennfarbig”)	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
OrpingtonSplash	No ruling	Standard (“splash”)	No ruling	No ruling
OrpingtonColumbian	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)	No ruling	No ruling
OrpingtonChocolate Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“schokoladenbraun-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	No ruling
OrpingtonLavender Barred	No ruling	Standard (“perlgrau-gestreift”)	No ruling	No ruling
OrpingtonSpangled	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The spangled”)
OrpingtonSkin and scales	Standard (“white (implied by the yellow-skin DQ)”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“skin white to the skin”)
OrpingtonBeak	Standard (“White, or pinkish-white. Pinkish-white.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Beak white or horn; White, jubilee, cuckoo: white”)
OrpingtonLegs and feet	Standard (“White, or pinkish-white.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“legs, feet and skin white”)
Phoenix chicken	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“White; The spangled”)
Phoenix chickenWhite	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“White”)
Phoenix chickenSpangled	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The spangled”)
Phoenix chickenBeak	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Beak horn (yellow or white allowed with white plumage).”)
Phoenix chickenLegs and feet	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Legs and feet yellow, willow, slate blue or white.”)
Phoenix chickenEarlobes	Standard (“White”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ear-lobes white or red (only red on walnut combed whites, as these are related to the red saddled).”)
Plymouth Rock	Standard (“White; Columbian; Barred”)	Standard (“weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; gestreift; braun-porzellanfarbig”)	Standard (“White; Columbian; Barred”)	Standard (“The white; The Columbian; The barred”)
Plymouth RockBarred	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“gestreift”)	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“The barred”)
Plymouth RockWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
Plymouth RockColumbian	Standard (“Columbian”)	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)	Standard (“Columbian”)	Standard (“The Columbian”)
Plymouth RockSpeckled	No ruling	Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chicken	Standard (“Bearded Silver / Non-Bearded Silver; Bearded White / Non-Bearded White; Non-Bearded Black Crested White; Non-Bearded White Crested Black”)	Standard (“weiß; Schwarzhauben weiß; silber-schwarzgesäumt; splash; Weißhaube weiß; silber-blaugesäumt; chamois-weißgesäumt; Weißhauben chamois-weißgesäumt”)	Standard (“Silver (Bearded); Silver (Non Bearded); White (Bearded); White (Non Bearded); White Crested Black (Bearded); White Crested Black (Non Bearded)”)	Standard (“The bearded silver laced; The bearded self white; white-crested blue; white-crested cuckoo; The bearded chamois; The non-bearded white-crested black”)
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 chickenSilver	Standard (“Bearded Silver / Non-Bearded Silver”)	Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”)	Standard (“Silver (Bearded); Silver (Non Bearded)”)	Standard (“The bearded silver laced”)
Polish chickenWhite	Standard (“Bearded White / Non-Bearded White”)	Standard (“weiß; Weißhaube weiß”)	Standard (“White (Bearded); White (Non Bearded)”)	Standard (“The bearded self white”)
Polish chickenBuff Laced	Standard (“Bearded Buff Laced / Non-Bearded Buff Laced”)	No ruling	Standard (“Buff Laced (Bearded); Buff Laced (Non Bearded)”)	No ruling
Polish chickenWhite Crested Blue	Standard (“Non-Bearded White Crested Blue”)	No ruling	Standard (“White Crested Blue (Bearded); White Crested Blue (Non Bearded)”)	Standard (“white-crested blue; white-crested cuckoo”)
Polish chickenBlack Crested White	Standard (“Non-Bearded Black Crested White”)	Standard (“Schwarzhauben weiß”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenChamois	No ruling	Standard (“chamois-weißgesäumt; Weißhauben chamois-weißgesäumt”)	No ruling	Standard (“The bearded chamois”)
Polish chickenCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert; Weißhauben gesperbert”)	Standard (“White Crested Cuckoo (Non Bearded)”)	No ruling
Polish chickenTolbunt	No ruling	Standard (“tollbunt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenCrele	No ruling	Standard (“kennfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenSplash	No ruling	Standard (“splash”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenBlack Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt; Weißhauben schwarz-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenWhite Crested Blue Laced	No ruling	Standard (“Weißhauben blau-gesäumt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenWhite Crested Blue Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“Weißhauben blau-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenWhite Crested Buff	No ruling	Standard (“Weißhauben gelb”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenWhite Crested Khaki	No ruling	Standard (“Weißhaube khaki”)	Standard (“White Crested Khaki (Non Bearded)”)	No ruling
Polish chickenWhite Crested Red	No ruling	Standard (“Weißhaube rot”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenWhite Crested Dun	No ruling	Standard (“Weißhaube dun”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenWhite Crested Dun Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“Weißhaube dun-weißgescheckt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenSilver Blue Laced	No ruling	Standard (“silber-blaugesäumt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chickenWhite Crested Chocolate	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“White Crested Chocolate (Non Bearded)”)	No ruling
Polish chickenEarlobes	Standard (“ear-lobes, white”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ear-lobes blue-white Ear lobes white”)
Polish chickenEggshell	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Egg colour: White”)
Rhode Island Red	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	No ruling	No ruling
Sebright	Standard (“Silver”)	Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt; chamois-weißgesäumt”)	Standard (“Silver”)	No ruling
SebrightSilver	Standard (“Silver”)	Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”)	Standard (“Silver”)	No ruling
SebrightChamois	No ruling	Standard (“chamois-weißgesäumt”)	No ruling	No ruling
Silkie	Standard (“Bearded White / Non-Bearded White; Bearded Splash”)	Standard (“weiß; splash; weiß-schwarzgefleckt; gesperbert; schokoladenbraun-gesperbert”)	Standard (“White (Bearded); White (Non Bearded); White Naked Neck (Bearded); Splash (Bearded); Splash (Non Bearded); Paint (Bearded)”)	Standard (“The white”)
SilkieWhite	Standard (“Bearded White / Non-Bearded White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White (Bearded); White (Non Bearded); White Naked Neck (Bearded)”)	Standard (“The white”)
SilkieSplash	Standard (“Bearded Splash”)	Standard (“splash”)	Standard (“Splash (Bearded); Splash (Non Bearded)”)	No ruling
SilkieCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
SilkieChocolate Cuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“schokoladenbraun-gesperbert”)	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
Sumatra chicken	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
Sumatra chickenWhite	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
Sussex chicken	Standard (“Light; Speckled”)	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia; weiß; grausilber; weiß-blaucolumbia; weiß-perlgraucolumbia; braun-porzellanfarbig”)	Standard (“Light; White; Speckled”)	Standard (“light; white; silver; coronation; speckled”)
Sussex chickenSpeckled	Standard (“Speckled”)	Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”)	Standard (“Speckled”)	Standard (“speckled”)
Sussex chickenLight	Standard (“Light”)	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)	Standard (“Light”)	Standard (“light”)
Sussex chickenWhite	No ruling	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“white”)
Sussex chickenSilver	No ruling	Standard (“grausilber”)	No ruling	Standard (“silver”)
Sussex chickenCoronation	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)	No ruling	Standard (“coronation”)
Sussex chickenLavender Columbian	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-perlgraucolumbia”)	No ruling	No ruling
Sussex chickenSkin and scales	Standard (“white (implied by the DQ)”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Flesh and skin white.”)
Sussex chickenBeak	No ruling	No ruling	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 [...]”)
Sussex chickenLegs and feet	Standard (“shanks and toes, white Shanks and Toes: White.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Shanks and feet white.”)
Wyandotte	Standard (“Silver Laced; White; Columbian”)	Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt; weiß; weiß-schwarzcolumbia; silber-blaugesäumt; weiß-blaucolumbia; braun-porzellanfarbig; gestreift; gold-weißgesäumt”)	Standard (“Silver Laced; White; Columbian; Splash; Barred; Mottled; White Laced Red”)	Standard (“The silver laced; The white; The Columbian; The barred; The buff laced”)
WyandotteSilver Laced	Standard (“Silver Laced”)	Standard (“silber-schwarzgesäumt”)	Standard (“Silver Laced”)	Standard (“The silver laced”)
WyandotteWhite	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“weiß”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“The white”)
WyandotteColumbian	Standard (“Columbian”)	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia”)	Standard (“Columbian”)	Standard (“The Columbian”)
WyandotteSpeckled	No ruling	Standard (“braun-porzellanfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
WyandotteBarred	No ruling	Standard (“gestreift”)	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“The barred”)
WyandotteGold White Laced	No ruling	Standard (“gold-weißgesäumt”)	No ruling	No ruling
WyandotteCrele	No ruling	Standard (“kennfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
WyandotteBlack Mottled	No ruling	Standard (“schwarz-weißgescheckt”)	Standard (“Mottled”)	No ruling
WyandotteSilver Blue Laced	No ruling	Standard (“silber-blaugesäumt”)	No ruling	No ruling
WyandotteBlue Columbian	No ruling	Standard (“weiß-blaucolumbia”)	No ruling	No ruling
WyandotteBlue Salmon	No ruling	Standard (“blau-lachsfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
WyandotteBuff White Cuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“gelb-weißgesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling
WyandotteSalmon	No ruling	Standard (“lachsfarbig”)	No ruling	No ruling
WyandotteBuff Laced	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The buff laced”)
WyandotteSplash	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Splash”)	No ruling
WyandotteWhite Laced Red	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“White Laced Red”)	No ruling

Breeds where White is a fault

Breed	APA	PCGB
AustralorpLegs and feet	No ruling	Fault (“white legs”)
AustralorpEarlobes	No ruling	Fault (“Permanent white in ear-lobes”)
Brahma chickenLegs and feet	No ruling	Fault (“White legs”)
Plymouth RockEarlobes	Disqualifying (“Positive enamel white in ear-lobes.”)	Fault (“White in ear-lobes”)
Rhode Island RedEarlobes	Disqualifying (“Positive enamel white covering more than one-fourth of ear-lobes”)	Fault (“An ear-lobe showing white (this does not mean pale ear-lobes, but enamelled white)”)
WyandotteEarlobes	Disqualifying (“Ear-lobes more than one-quarter positive enamel white.”)	Fault (“Permanent white or yellow in ear-lobe covering more than one-third of its surface”)

Breeds where White is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	APA
BarnevelderEarlobes	Disqualifying (“White in the earlobes”)
Buckeye chickenEarlobes	Disqualifying (“Positive enamel white covering more than one-fourth of ear-lobes”)
Cornish chickenLegs and feet	Disqualifying (“Solid white, blue, or black shanks.; solid green or white shanks”)
DominiqueEarlobes	Disqualifying (“Positive enamel white in ear-lobes”)
OrpingtonEarlobes	Disqualifying (“Positive white in ear-lobes, covering more than one-third the surface”)
Sumatra chickenEarlobes	Disqualifying (“White ear-lobes”)
Sussex chickenEarlobes	Disqualifying (“White in ear-lobes covering more than one-third of surface”)
AmeraucanaSkin and scales	No ruling
Andalusian chickenSkin and scales	No ruling
Andalusian chickenEggshell	No ruling
AraucanaSkin and scales	No ruling
CatalanaSkin and scales	No ruling
CatalanaEarlobes	No ruling
CatalanaEggshell	No ruling
Dutch BantamEggshell	No ruling
Hamburg chickenEggshell	No ruling
LakenvelderEggshell	No ruling
MaransSkin and scales	No ruling
Minorca chickenSkin and scales	No ruling
Old English GameEggshell	No ruling
Phoenix chickenEggshell	No ruling
Polish chickenSkin and scales	No ruling
SebrightEggshell	No ruling
Sumatra chickenEggshell	No ruling
Welsummer	No ruling
WelsummerEarlobes	No ruling

Color changes

How White can appear or change over an animal's life.

Yellowchanges toWhite
Plumage · With age · males only
Mottledchanges toWhite
Plumage · Progressive
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

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