Which Chicken breeds come in Barred?

Club breed standards describe Barred for the Cochin chicken, Japanese bantam, Langshan, Leghorn, Minorca chicken, Old English Game, Orpington, Plymouth Rock, and Wyandotte.

Chicken pattern

Barred

Each feather crossed by sharp, even, alternating dark and light bars, as in the Barred Plymouth Rock.

19 Chicken breeds list Barred. It is in a club standard for 19 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Barred

Breed	APA	ABA	PCGB	EE
Cochin chicken	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenBarred	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantam	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamBarred	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling	No ruling
Langshan	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The barred (cuckoo)”)	Standard (“gestreift”)
LangshanBarred	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The barred (cuckoo)”)	Standard (“gestreift”)
Leghorn	Standard (“Single Comb Barred”)	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling	Standard (“gestreift”)
LeghornBarred	Standard (“Single Comb Barred”)	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling	Standard (“gestreift”)
Minorca chicken	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“gestreift”)
Minorca chickenBarred	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“gestreift”)
Old English Game	No ruling	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling	No ruling
Old English GameBarred	No ruling	Standard (“Barred”)	No ruling	No ruling
Orpington	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“gestreift; perlgrau-gestreift”)
OrpingtonBarred	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“gestreift”)
OrpingtonLavender Barred	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“perlgrau-gestreift”)
Plymouth Rock	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“The barred”)	Standard (“gestreift”)
Plymouth RockBarred	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“The barred”)	Standard (“gestreift”)
Wyandotte	No ruling	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“The barred”)	Standard (“gestreift”)
WyandotteBarred	No ruling	Standard (“Barred”)	Standard (“The barred”)	Standard (“gestreift”)

Color changes

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

Blackchanges toBarred
Plumage · With age · males only

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