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Chickens come in dozens of different colors. There are solid colors - black, blue, splash(white-blue with blue splashes of color), white, buff(yellow), red, lavender, dun, laced blue, etc etc. There are "speckled" colors like "spangled" and "speckled", and pied patterns such as "mottled". There are color patterns like "black-tailed white" and "black-tailed buff." There are feather patterns like "barring" where the color looks like alternating stripes of white and another color on each feather.
To make it even more confusing, colors that are called the same thing in hens and roosters do not always look the same. A wheaten hen for instance is usually a light brown color while a wheaten rooster has bright colors like red and black. There are also different varieties of a color. For example, a blue wheaten has blue where black would be on a regular wheaten.
To get a better idea of the variety of colors, visit a website like Cackle Hatchery or McMurray's Hatchery and browse the pictures they have of the various chicken breeds they sell. However, their birds rarely meet breed/color standards, and many times they have incorrect information. BackYardChickens is a much better, and more reliable resource.
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Is the green color of the feet an indication of a sickness in chickens particularly Bantams?
Actually the color of a chicken's feet is hereditary. They can be yellow, green, or even black depending on the breed of chicken and their color. It definitely does not mean they are sick.
What is the significance of chicken leg color and egg color?
Leg color and egg color are only linked indirectly (by breed) and thus leg color cannot reliably be used as an egg color indicator. E.g. a Rhode Island Red hen (red/brown hen with yellow legs) will lay large brown eggs, but a Red Leghorn hen (also red/brown hen with yellow legs) will lay white eggs. In general, a better indicator of a chicken's egg color is her earlobes. (A chicken 'earlobe' is a round spot of skin just underneath the ear socket. It can be flabby or taut.) A chicken with red earlobes will typically lay brown (darker) eggs, where a chicken with white earlobes will lay white (lighter) eggs. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule. For help identifying a chicken's earlobe, see Related Links, below.
What can you feed a chicken so it will lay an egg with a purple shell?
What you feed Chickens does not determine the color of the egg. The color of the egg is determined by the variety of the chicken. For instance, while a white leghorn chicken will lay white eggs, a Brahma chicken will lay brown eggs and an Americana chicken will lay eggs that range from blue to green! there has been a recent discovery of a chicken variety that lays purple eggs, but not much information is available about them yet.
A black erminette chicken is crossed with a white erminette chicken what color are the offspring?
The offspring are black feathered because the black feather gene is dominant
What color is the tendon in a chicken wing?
The bone is white as it grows but overtime it will take on the hue of surrounding tissue. It can be pinkish in color.
Why is chicken the color of chicken?
What other color would it be? If chicken was not the color of chicken, maybe it was the color of steak, then steak would have to be the color of chicken, otherwise people would think "Oh i am eating chicken!" unaware that it was actually steak. Love, M&M Anyway some chickens aren't the usual colour of chicken, it depends what breed the chicken is. If eating a grey coloured high protein substance called chicken would put you at ease I recommend you eat silkies.
What color are chicken wings?
Brownish tan color
In the game Chicken Crossing what color is that elusive worm?
In the game Chicken Crossing what color is that elusive worm?
What if your brown chicken has just laid a white egg is she ok?
the color of the egg does not depend on the color of the chicken, it depends on the breed. so your chickens fine. the color of the egg does not depend on the color of the chicken, it depends on the breed. so your chickens fine.
Does color affect a chicken's appetite?
its a chicken...it will eat anything!its a chicken...it will eat anything!does color affect a chicken's appetite?There is limited experimental evidence that colour may influence food intake levels in poultry.
What is peach the color in Spanish?
CHICKEN!
What color are chicken legs?
Yellowish,
What if your chicken is color brown and your rooster is color white what could be the color of the chicks?
yellow
Will coloring a chicken egg before its hatched change the color if the chicken?
NO, the color is only a surface coating and will not effect the contents of the egg.
What is the difference between a chicken and a butterfly?
A chicken tastes much better.
What are the different characteristics of parrot and chicken?
The chicken has a little color and the parrot has RAINBOW colors
What color should a chicken comb be?
red
