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Colour Cock Hen Notes Black: Green iridescence is desired for "beetle black" show chickens. Blue Sumatra dark blue-laced Andalusian Splash or Blue Splashed White Sumatra Silkie Splash is the homozygous form of Blue Buff Lavender: Red lavender Red Red is the intensified version of Buff White: Silkie
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The physical traits used to distinguish chicken breeds are size, plumage color, comb type, skin color, number of toes, amount of feathering, egg color, and place of origin. [1] They are also roughly divided by primary use, whether for eggs, meat, or ornamental purposes, and with some considered to be dual-purpose. [1]
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.
The Rhode Island Red is an American breed of domestic chicken.It is the state bird of Rhode Island. [2]: 70 It was developed there and in Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century, by cross-breeding birds of Oriental origin such as the Malay with brown Leghorn birds from Italy.
[2]: 293 The red has the same markings as the light, but the base colour is a rich dark red throughout. The speckled is a rich dark mahogany colour, each feather with a black dot and white tip. The white is pure white throughout. [2]: 293 The coronation Sussex has the same markings as the light, but with lavender instead of the black.
The Dominique is an American breed of chicken, characterized by black-and-white barred plumage and a rose comb. It is considered to be the oldest American chicken breed, [8]: 121 and is thought to derive from birds brought to America by colonists from southern England. It was well known by about 1750, and by the mid-nineteenth century was ...
A 7-week-old cream pullet. The Legbar has three colour varieties: gold, silver and cream. [15] The cream variant has a crest and lays blue, olive or green eggs. [11]: 53 The Legbar is considered a rare breed by the Poultry Club of Great Britain and, until the Autosexing Breeds Association was re-formed, fell under the Rare Poultry Society.