Which Chicken breeds come in Penciled?

Club breed standards describe Penciled for the Brahma chicken, Cochin chicken, Hamburg chicken, Japanese bantam, Leghorn, Orpington, Plymouth Rock, Silkie, and Wyandotte.

Chicken pattern

Penciled

Fine concentric lines following the shape of each feather, as in partridge Wyandottes and penciled Hamburgs.

46 Chicken breeds list Penciled. It is in a club standard for 45 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Penciled

Breed	APA	PCGB	EE	ABA
Brahma chicken	Standard (“Dark”)	Standard (“The dark”)	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert; blau-silberfarbig-gebändert; blau-silberfarbig-gebändert mit Orangerücken”)	Standard (“Dark”)
Brahma chickenDark	Standard (“Dark”)	Standard (“The dark”)	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”)	Standard (“Dark”)
Brahma chickenBlue Partridge	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“blau-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Brahma chickenBlue Silver Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“blau-silberfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Brahma chickenBlue Silver Penciled Orange Backed	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“blau-silberfarbig-gebändert mit Orangerücken”)	No ruling
Brahma chickenLavender Isabel Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“perlgrau-isabellgebändert; isabell-perlgraugebändert”)	No ruling
Brahma chickenGold Partridge	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Brahma chickenLavender Silver Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“perlgrau-silberfarbig gebändert”)	No ruling
Brahma chickenSilver Penciled Orange Backed	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert mit Orangerücken”)	No ruling
Cochin chicken	Standard (“Partridge”)	No ruling	Standard (“braungebändert; silberfarbig-gebändert; rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert; blau-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	Standard (“Silver Penciled; Partridge”)
Cochin chickenPartridge	Standard (“Partridge”)	No ruling	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	Standard (“Partridge”)
Cochin chickenBlue Partridge	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“blau-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Cochin chickenBrown Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“braungebändert”)	No ruling
Cochin chickenSilver Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”)	Standard (“Silver Penciled”)
Hamburg chicken	Standard (“Silver Penciled; Golden Penciled”)	No ruling	Standard (“silbersprenkel; goldsprenkel; gelb-weißsprenkel; gold-blausprenkel; zitronsprenkel; zitron-blausprenkel”)	Standard (“Silver Penciled; Golden Penciled”)
Hamburg chickenSilver Penciled	Standard (“Silver Penciled”)	No ruling	Standard (“silbersprenkel”)	Standard (“Silver Penciled”)
Hamburg chickenGolden Penciled	Standard (“Golden Penciled”)	No ruling	Standard (“goldsprenkel”)	Standard (“Golden Penciled”)
Hamburg chickenBuff White Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“gelb-weißsprenkel”)	No ruling
Hamburg chickenGold Blue Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“gold-blausprenkel”)	No ruling
Hamburg chickenLemon Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“zitronsprenkel”)	No ruling
Hamburg chickenLemon Blue Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“zitron-blausprenkel”)	No ruling
Japanese bantam	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert; rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Japanese bantamPartridge	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Japanese bantamSilver Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Leghorn	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
LeghornPartridge Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Orpington	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
OrpingtonPartridge	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Plymouth Rock	Standard (“Silver Penciled; Partridge”)	Standard (“The silver pencilled; The partridge”)	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert; braungebändert; orangefarbig-gebändert; rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	Standard (“Silver Penciled; Partridge”)
Plymouth RockSilver Penciled	Standard (“Silver Penciled”)	Standard (“The silver pencilled”)	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”)	Standard (“Silver Penciled”)
Plymouth RockPartridge	Standard (“Partridge”)	Standard (“The partridge”)	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	Standard (“Partridge”)
Plymouth RockBrown Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“braungebändert”)	No ruling
Plymouth RockOrange Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“orangefarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Silkie	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert; rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
SilkiePartridge Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
SilkieSilver Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
Wyandotte	Standard (“Silver Penciled; Partridge”)	Standard (“The silver pencilled; The blue silver pencilled; The partridge”)	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert; blau-silberfarbig-gebändert; orangefarbig-gebändert; blau-orangefarbig-gebändert; braungebändert; rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	Standard (“Silver Penciled; Partridge”)
WyandottePartridge	Standard (“Partridge”)	Standard (“The partridge”)	Standard (“rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	Standard (“Partridge”)
WyandotteSilver Penciled	Standard (“Silver Penciled”)	Standard (“The silver pencilled”)	Standard (“silberfarbig-gebändert”)	Standard (“Silver Penciled”)
WyandotteBlue Partridge	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“blau-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
WyandotteBlue Silver Penciled	No ruling	Standard (“The blue silver pencilled”)	Standard (“blau-silberfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
WyandotteOrange Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“orangefarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
WyandotteBlue Orange Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“blau-orangefarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling
WyandotteBrown Penciled	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“braungebändert”)	No ruling
WyandotteRusty Partridge	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“rost-rebhuhnfarbig-gebändert”)	No ruling

Breeds where Penciled is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
Dorking chicken

See all Chicken colors, patterns and markings