United Pet Club

Gallina color

Amarillo

Yellow: the yellow Labrador (cream to fox red), yellow canaries and budgies, yellow poultry skin, legs and beaks, and yellow eyes.

62 Gallina breeds list Amarillo. It is in a club standard for 32 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 8 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Amarillo

BreedPCGBAPA
AnconaPicoEstándar (“Beak yellow with black or horn shadings; a wholly yellow beak not desirable”)No ruling
AnconaPatasEstándar (“Legs yellow, mottled with black, the more evenly mottled the better”)Estándar (“shanks and toes, yellow or yellow mottled with black”)
BrahmaPicoEstándar (“Beak yellow or yellow and black”)Estándar (“Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.; Dark horn shading to yellow at point.”)
BrahmaPatasEstándar (“Legs and feet orange-yellow or yellow”)Estándar (“shanks and toes, yellow shanks and toes, dusky yellow”)
BuckeyePicoNo rulingEstándar (“Yellow, shaded with reddish-horn. Yellow.”)
BuckeyePatasNo rulingEstándar (“Shanks and Toes: Yellow.”)
CochinchinaPicoEstándar (“Beak yellow, horn or black; Beak yellow or horn Beak rich bright yellow”)Estándar (“Yellow.; Dark horn shading to yellow at point.; Black shaded with yellow.”)
CochinchinaPatasEstándar (“Legs dusky yellow or lizard; Legs yellow, but may be of a dusky shade Legs brilliant yellow; Legs and feet blue with yellow tinge in pads”)Estándar (“Rich yellow. Yellow. yellow or dusky yellow; Yellow or black gradually shading into yellow; bottoms of feet, yellow.”)
Combatiente Inglés AntiguoPatasEstándar (“Legs white or yellow, white preferred ... willow Legs white or yellow Legs black Legs dark”)No ruling
CornishOjosNo rulingEstándar (“Yellow, approaching pearl.”)
CornishPicoNo rulingEstándar (“Yellow.”)
CornishPatasNo rulingEstándar (“Shanks and Toes: Yellow.”)
DominiquePicoEstándar (“Beak, legs and feet yellow”)Estándar (“Yellow.”)
DominiquePatasEstándar (“Beak, legs and feet yellow”)Estándar (“Shanks and Toes: Yellow.”)
FaverollesOjosEstándar (“Eye colour orange to yellow, grey or hazel in the buffs, cuckoos, ermines, salmons and whites. Black or ... eyes brown or black”)No ruling
Gigante de JerseyPicoEstándar (“Beak willow (some yellow permissible at present); Beak black, shading to yellow towards the [tip]”)No ruling
Gigante de JerseyPatasEstándar (“Legs and feet willow, i.e. dark greenish-yellow, soles yellow”)No ruling
Holandesa EnanaEstándar (“The yellow partridge”)No ruling
Holandesa EnanaPerdiz amarillaEstándar (“The yellow partridge”)No ruling
Japonesa EnanaPicoEstándar (“Beaks to match legs, which should be yellow or willow Beak yellow marked with black”)Estándar (“Yellow.; Yellow, or yellow shaded with black.; Yellow shaded with dark horn.”)
Japonesa EnanaPatasEstándar (“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”)Estándar (“shanks and toes, yellow; Yellow, or yellow shaded with black.”)
LeghornPicoEstándar (“In both sexes and all colours Beak yellow or horn”)Estándar (“Horn. Yellow. Yellow or dusky yellow.”)
LeghornPatasEstándar (“Legs and feet yellow or orange”)Estándar (“Rich yellow. Yellow or dusky yellow. shanks, yellow; toes, yellow or dusky yellow”)
New HampshirePatasEstándar (“Legs and toes rich yellow, tinged with reddish-horn. Line of reddish pigment down sides of shanks extending to tips of toes desirable in [males]”)No ruling
PhoenixPicoEstándar (“Beak horn (yellow or white allowed with white plumage).”)No ruling
PhoenixPatasEstándar (“Legs and feet yellow, willow, slate blue or white.”)No ruling
Plymouth RockPicoEstándar (“Legs and beak yellow Beak yellow Beak yellow, horn permissible”)Estándar (“Yellow.; Yellow or dusky yellow.; Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.; Dark horn, shading to yellow at point.”)
Plymouth RockPatasEstándar (“Legs and feet yellow Shanks and toes yellow or dusky yellow in the darker coloured varieties, yellow preferred”)Estándar (“Yellow. Rich yellow.”)
Rhode Island RedPicoEstándar (“Beak red-horn or yellow”)No ruling
Rhode Island RedPatasEstándar (“Legs and feet yellow or red-horn”)Estándar (“A line of red pigment down the sides of shanks, extending to the tip of toes is desirable.”)
WyandottePicoEstándar (“Beak bright yellow, except in marked and laced varieties, in which it may be horn, shaded with yellow”)Estándar (“Yellow. Yellow or dusky yellow.; Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible.; Dark horn, shading to yellow at point.; Black, shaded with yellow.”)
WyandottePatasEstándar (“Beak, legs and feet yellow or horn, which may dilute to straw in adults or laying pullets. Yellow preferred.; Legs and feet bright yellow”)Estándar (“Rich yellow.; Yellow or dusky yellow. Bottoms of Feet: Yellow.”)

Breeds where Amarillo is a fault

BreedPCGBAPA
AustralorpOjosFalta (“Yellow or pearl-coloured eyes”)No ruling
LangshanPiel y escamasFalta (“Yellow skin.”)Descalificante (“Yellow skin, bottom of feet yellow in any part.”)
LangshanOjosFalta (“Light eye (make some allowance for age). Yellow iris.; Yellow or orange-coloured eyes.”)No ruling
LangshanPicoFalta (“Yellow base of beak.”)No ruling
LangshanPatasFalta (“Yellow shanks or [feet]”)Descalificante (“Yellow skin, bottom of feet yellow in any part.”)

Breeds where Amarillo is disqualified or not accepted

BreedAPAABA
MaransPatasDescalificante (“Any tint of yellow on bottom of feet or toes.”)Descalificante (“Yellow on shanks or toes”)
OrpingtonPiel y escamasDescalificante (“yellow beak, shanks or skin”)No ruling
OrpingtonPicoDescalificante (“yellow beak, shanks or skin”)No ruling
OrpingtonPatasDescalificante (“yellow beak, shanks or skin”)No ruling
SussexPiel y escamasDescalificante (“yellow skin, shanks or feet”)No ruling
SussexPatasDescalificante (“yellow skin, shanks or feet”)No ruling
BarnevelderPicoNo rulingNo ruling
BarnevelderPatasNo rulingNo ruling
BrahmaPiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling
BuckeyePiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling
CochinchinaPiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling
Combatiente Inglés AntiguoNo rulingNo ruling
CornishPiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling
DelawarePicoNo rulingNo ruling
DelawarePatasNo rulingNo ruling
DominiquePiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling
DorkingOjosNo rulingNo ruling
Gigante de JerseyPiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling
LeghornPiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling
New HampshirePiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling
Plymouth RockPiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling
Rhode Island RedPiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling
WelsummerPicoNo rulingNo ruling
WelsummerPatasNo rulingNo ruling
WyandottePiel y escamasNo rulingNo ruling

Color changes

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

  • Amarillochanges toBlanco

    Plumaje · Con la edad · males only

  • Amarillochanges toBlanco

    Piel y escamas · Con el estado corporal · can change back · females only

  • Amarillochanges toBlanco

    Pico · Con el estado corporal · can change back · females only

  • Amarillochanges toBlanco

    Patas · Con el estado corporal · can change back · females only

See all Gallina colors, patterns and markings