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Breeders and fanciers of chickens accurately describe the colours and patterns [1] of the feathers of chicken breeds and varieties. This is a list of the terms used in this context. This is a list of the terms used in this context.
Chicks down color of solid white chicken breeds can vary from a light creamy white, through different yellow shades, to a toasted orange. [2] In adult phase, the entire surface of the plumage is pure white due to the absence of melanin pigmentation in all parts of the feathers.
Solid black (chicken plumage) Solid white (chicken plumage) This page was last edited on 25 January 2019, at 18:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Sex-linked barring is a plumage pattern on individual feathers in chickens, which is characterized by alternating pigmented and apigmented bars. [1] The pigmented bar can either contain red pigment (phaeomelanin) or black pigment whereas the apigmented bar is always white.
In the United States, seven color varieties of the Plymouth Rock are recognized: barred, blue, buff, Columbian, partridge, silver-penciled and white. [3] Ten plumage varieties are listed by the Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture, of which five – the barred, black, buff, Columbian and white – are recognized by the Poultry ...
The Dutch Bantam (Dutch: Hollandse Kriel) is a breed of bantam chicken originating in the Netherlands. [6] [7] It is a true bantam, a naturally small bird with no related large fowl from which it was miniaturized. [8]: 136 It is kept mainly for exhibition, and has been bred in many color varieties; it is a good layer of small eggs. [9]: 45
The Delaware is an American breed of chicken with an unusual plumage pattern. It was developed in the state of Delaware in the mid-twentieth century, and was initially known as the Indian River. It was briefly of some importance in the American chicken industry, until it was superseded by the common industrial Cornish Rock cross.
The Silkie (also known as the Silky or Chinese silk chicken) is a Chinese breed of chicken named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk and satin. The breed has several other unusual qualities, such as black skin and bones , blue earlobes, and five toes on each foot, whereas most chickens have only four.