Poule color
Ardoise
A dark blue-gray: slate legs and beaks in poultry, slate turkeys, slate blue cavies, slate-gray nose leather, and the slate-gray skin of hairless Xoloitzcuintli and Peruvian Inca Orchids.
30 Poule breeds list Ardoise. It is in a club standard for 27 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Ardoise
| Breed | APA | ABA | PCGB |
|---|---|---|---|
| AmeraucanaPattes | Standard (“SHANKS AND TOES: Slate, bottoms of feet and toes white.; Shanks and Toes: Bluish slate, bottoms of feet and toes white.”) | Standard (“SHANKS AND TOES: Slate with pinkish white on bottoms.”) | No ruling |
| AndalouseBec | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak dark slate or horn”) |
| AndalousePattes | Standard (“shanks and toes, leaden-blue”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet dark slate or black”) |
| AraucanaBec | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak and nails horn. Beak light horn or bluish.”) |
| AraucanaPattes | 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”) |
| AustralorpBec | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak black Beak blue or black”) |
| Combattant anglais ancienPattes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs white or yellow, white preferred ... willow Legs white or yellow Legs black Legs dark”) |
| Cou nuPattes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“white legs and feet the legs and feet are black or slate blue”) |
| HambourgBec | Standard (“Dark horn. Leaden blue. Black.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| HambourgPattes | Standard (“leaden-blue”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LakenvelderPattes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet slate blue”) |
| LangshanBec | Standard (“Light slate-blue shading to pinkish-white.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak black Beak white Beak black or blue Beak light or horn”) |
| LangshanPattes | Standard (“Slaty-blue, showing pink between the scales.; Bluish-black, showing pink between scales; web and bottoms of feet, pinkish-white.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet slate blue; Legs and feet light grey or slate showing pink between the scales and on the skin between the toes”) |
| MaransPattes | Standard (“Dark slate, bottom of feet and toes pinkish white.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet: Dark legs of medium length ... Shank feathers black.”) |
| MinorquePattes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Legs black or very dark slate, the latter in adults only Legs pinky white Legs blue to slate”) |
| Naine hollandaiseBec | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beak dark horn Beak bluish-white or horn Beak dark horn or bluish”) |
| Naine hollandaisePattes | 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”) |
| Naine japonaisePattes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“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”) |
| OrpingtonPattes | Standard (“shanks and toes, leaden-blue”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PadoueBec | Standard (“Bluish-black. Dark horn. Slaty-blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak, legs and feet dark blue and/or horn”) |
| PadouePattes | Standard (“Bluish-black. slaty-blue Slaty-blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Beak, legs and feet dark blue and/or horn, soles of feet blue”) |
| PhénixBec | Standard (“Light bluish horn”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PhénixPattes | Standard (“LEGS AND TOES: Leaden blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet yellow, willow, slate blue or white.”) |
| SebrightPattes | Standard (“Shanks and Toes: Slaty-blue.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SoieBec | Standard (“BEAK: Slaty blue to black.; Beak: Blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“With the exception of the black the beak should be slatey blue. In the black the beak should be dark slate. Green beak or tip to beak.”) |
| SoiePattes | Standard (“SHANKS AND TOES: Slaty blue to black.; Shanks and Toes: Leaden-blue.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Legs and feet lead. Nails blue white. Green soles to the feet. Green legs.”) |
| SumatraPattes | Standard (“Legs and Toes: Black or dark slate.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Ardoise is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| AustralorpPattes |
| Catalane du PratPattes |
| SebrightBec |