Which Chicken breeds come in Cuckoo?

Club breed standards describe Cuckoo for the Araucana, Brahma chicken, Cochin chicken, Delaware chicken, Dominique, Dorking chicken, Dutch Bantam, Faverolles, Hamburg chicken, Japanese bantam, Langshan, and Leghorn, and 7 more breeds.

Chicken pattern

Cuckoo

Irregular, blurred barring of dark gray on light gray, as in Cuckoo Marans and Dominiques.

44 Chicken breeds list Cuckoo. It is in a club standard for 44 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Cuckoo

Breed	EE	PCGB	APA	ABA
Araucana	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
AraucanaCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Brahma chicken	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Brahma chickenCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chicken	Standard (“gelbsperber; gelb-gesperbert; gesperbert; perlgrau-gesperbert”)	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenBuff Cuckoo	Standard (“gelbsperber; gelb-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cochin chickenLavender Cuckoo	Standard (“perlgrau-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Delaware chicken	Standard (“weiß-schwarzcolumbia-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Dominique	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“(single colour, no variety name)”)	Standard (“Only One Variety”)	Standard (“Barred as in Dominique”)
Dorking chicken	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo; Single Comb Cuckoo”)	Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo”)
Dorking chickenCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo; Single Comb Cuckoo”)	Standard (“Rose Comb Cuckoo”)
Dutch Bantam	Standard (“gesperbert; perlgrau-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Cuckoo”)
Dutch BantamCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Cuckoo”)
Dutch BantamLavender Cuckoo	Standard (“perlgrau-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Faverolles	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
FaverollesCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Hamburg chicken	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Hamburg chickenCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantam	Standard (“gesperbert; perlgrau-gesperbert”)	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	No ruling	No ruling
Japanese bantamLavender Cuckoo	Standard (“perlgrau-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Langshan	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
LangshanCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Leghorn	Standard (“gesperbert; gelbsperber”)	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	No ruling	Standard (“Dominique”)
LeghornCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	No ruling	Standard (“Dominique”)
LeghornBuff Cuckoo	Standard (“gelbsperber”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Marans	Standard (“gesperbert; schwarzgold-gesperbert; schwarzsilber-gesperbert”)	Standard (“The dark cuckoo; The golden cuckoo; The silver cuckoo”)	No ruling	Standard (“Cuckoo Marans; Golden Cuckoo Marans; Silver Cuckoo Marans”)
MaransCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“The dark cuckoo”)	No ruling	Standard (“Cuckoo Marans”)
MaransGolden Cuckoo	Standard (“schwarzgold-gesperbert”)	Standard (“The golden cuckoo”)	No ruling	Standard (“Golden Cuckoo Marans”)
MaransSilver Cuckoo	Standard (“schwarzsilber-gesperbert”)	Standard (“The silver cuckoo”)	No ruling	Standard (“Silver Cuckoo Marans”)
Naked Neck	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“cuckoo”)	No ruling	Standard (“Cuckoo”)
Naked NeckCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“cuckoo”)	No ruling	Standard (“Cuckoo”)
Old English Game	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	Standard (“Cuckoo”)	Standard (“Cuckoo”)
Old English GameCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	Standard (“Cuckoo”)	Standard (“Cuckoo”)
Orpington	No ruling	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	No ruling	No ruling
OrpingtonCuckoo	No ruling	Standard (“The cuckoo”)	No ruling	No ruling
Polish chicken	Standard (“gesperbert; Weißhauben gesperbert”)	Standard (“cuckoo”)	No ruling	Standard (“White Crested Cuckoo (Non Bearded)”)
Polish chickenCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert; Weißhauben gesperbert”)	Standard (“cuckoo”)	No ruling	Standard (“White Crested Cuckoo (Non Bearded)”)
Silkie	Standard (“gesperbert; schokoladenbraun-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
SilkieCuckoo	Standard (“gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
SilkieChocolate Cuckoo	Standard (“schokoladenbraun-gesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Wyandotte	Standard (“gelb-weißgesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
WyandotteBuff White Cuckoo	Standard (“gelb-weißgesperbert”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

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