Høne color
Brun
A general brown. In horses a color of its own (seal brown): near-black with lighter brown on the muzzle, around the eyes, on the flanks and inside the legs. In eggs the usual mid-brown shell.
75 Høne breeds list Brun. It is in a club standard for 68 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Brun
| Breed | PCGB | EE | APA | ABA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AndalusierØyne | Standard (“Eyes dark red or red-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Araucana | Standard (“The black-red; The spangled”) | Standard (“blau-wildfarbig; wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaRød med svart bryst | Standard (“The black-red”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaRød med blåsvart bryst | No ruling | Standard (“blau-wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaViltfarget | No ruling | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AraucanaFlekkete | Standard (“The spangled”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AustralorpEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Barnevelder | Standard (“The double laced chestnut (red-brown ground, black lacing)”) | Standard (“braun-blaudoppeltgesäumt; braun-schwarzdoppeltgesäumt; dunkelbraun”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cochin | No ruling | Standard (“braungebändert”) | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| CochinBrun | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| CochinBrun blyantstripet | No ruling | Standard (“braungebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| CochinEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Brown Tinted”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| CornishEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Brown Tinted”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DominiqueØyne | Standard (“Eyes reddish-brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DominiqueEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dorking | No ruling | Standard (“gold-wildfarbig; wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Single Comb Colored”) | Standard (“Single Comb Colored; Rose Comb Colored”) |
| DorkingFarget | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Single Comb Colored”) | Standard (“Single Comb Colored; Rose Comb Colored”) |
| DorkingGull rapphøne | No ruling | Standard (“gold-wildfarbig; wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| DorkingEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Brown White/tinted”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| FaverollesØyne | Standard (“Eye colour orange to yellow, grey or hazel in the buffs, cuckoos, ermines, salmons and whites. Black or ... eyes brown or black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hollandsk dverghøne | Standard (“The gold partridge”) | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | Standard (“Light Brown; Blue Light Brown”) | Standard (“Light Brown; Blue Light Brown”) |
| Hollandsk dverghøneLysebrun | Standard (“The gold partridge”) | Standard (“goldhalsig”) | Standard (“Light Brown”) | Standard (“Light Brown”) |
| Hollandsk dverghøneBlå lysebrun | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Blue Light Brown”) | Standard (“Blue Light Brown”) |
| Hollandsk dverghøneØyne | Standard (“In both sexes and all colours Eyes orange-red to brownish-red.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japansk dverghøne | Standard (“Tri-coloured”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japansk dverghøneTrefarget | Standard (“Tri-coloured”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japansk dverghøneØyne | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Reddish-bay. Brown.”) | No ruling |
| Jersey GiantØyne | Standard (“In both sexes and all colours... Eyes brown to black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jersey GiantEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Brown Tinted to brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LakenvelderØyne | Standard (“Eyes red or bright chestnut”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Langshan | No ruling | Standard (“braun-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanBrun bjørkefarget | No ruling | Standard (“braun-birkenfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanØyne | Standard (“Eyes brown, the darker the better, but not [black] ... (... hazel nut, a Vandyke brown)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LangshanEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Brown; Egg colour: White, cream to brown Brown to brown-yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Leghorn | Standard (“The partridge; Brown”) | Standard (“goldbraun-porzellanfarbig; blau-rebhuhnhalsig; rebhuhnhalsig”) | Standard (“Rose Comb Light Brown / Single Comb Light Brown; Rose Comb Dark Brown / Single Comb Dark Brown”) | Standard (“Light Brown; Dark Brown”) |
| LeghornLysebrun | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Rose Comb Light Brown / Single Comb Light Brown”) | Standard (“Light Brown”) |
| LeghornMørkebrun | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Rose Comb Dark Brown / Single Comb Dark Brown”) | Standard (“Dark Brown”) |
| LeghornBlå rapphøne | No ruling | Standard (“blau-rebhuhnhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornGyllenbrun mille fleur | No ruling | Standard (“goldbraun-porzellanfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornRapphøne | Standard (“The partridge”) | Standard (“rebhuhnhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| LeghornBrun | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nakenhals | No ruling | Standard (“wildbraun”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| NakenhalsViltbrun | No ruling | Standard (“wildbraun”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| New HampshireEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English Game | Standard (“The black-red (partridge bred)”) | Standard (“rebhuhnhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameRapphøne | No ruling | Standard (“rebhuhnhalsig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old English GameRød med svart bryst, rapphønelinje | Standard (“The black-red (partridge bred)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OrpingtonEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Phoenix | No ruling | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PhoenixViltfarget | No ruling | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PhoenixØyne | Standard (“Eyes red-brown.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Plymouth Rock | No ruling | Standard (“braungebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Plymouth RockBrun blyantstripet | No ruling | Standard (“braungebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polsk | No ruling | Standard (“wildbraun”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PolskViltbrun | No ruling | Standard (“wildbraun”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rhode Island RedEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Light brown to brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SebrightØyne | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brown.”) | No ruling |
| Silkehøne | Standard (“The partridge”) | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Bearded Partridge / Non-Bearded Partridge”) | Standard (“Partridge (Bearded); Partridge (Non Bearded)”) |
| SilkehøneRapphøne | Standard (“The partridge”) | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Bearded Partridge / Non-Bearded Partridge”) | Standard (“Partridge (Bearded); Partridge (Non Bearded)”) |
| Sumatra | No ruling | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SumatraViltfarget | No ruling | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sussex | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“wildbraun”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark Brown”) |
| SussexBrun | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“wildbraun”) | No ruling | Standard (“Dark Brown”) |
| SussexØyne | Standard (“Eyes: brown – brown or red; buff, red and speckled – red; light, silver and white – orange.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsummer | No ruling | Standard (“blau-rostrebhuhnfarbig; rost-rebhuhnfarbig”) | Standard (“Only One Variety; Partridge”) | Standard (“Welsummer plumage”) |
| Wyandotte | No ruling | Standard (“braungebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteBrun blyantstripet | No ruling | Standard (“braungebändert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WyandotteEggeskall | Standard (“Egg colour: Brown Tinted”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Brun is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| BarnevelderEggeskall |
| BrahmaEggeskall |
| BuckeyeEggeskall |
| DelawareEggeskall |
| NakenhalsEggeskall |
| OrpingtonØyne |
| Plymouth RockEggeskall |
Color changes
How Brun can appear or change over an animal's life.
Brunchanges toLysebrun
Eggeskall · Progressiv · from 25 weeks · females only
Mørkebrunchanges toBrun
Eggeskall · Progressiv · from 25 weeks · females only