Ignore irregular flecks of black in white or blue (gray) areas.
Also choose this option for all over barred birds that have a darkgray darker color. They may have a few black feathers.
| Key 6 : | Key for Pattern Color |
| Black featherparts can be diluted to blue, lavender, chocolate, khaki, splash, or white. Note that sexlinked barring can also dilute black to a blue tint. | |
| The chicken has black feathers or a black pattern on some of its feathers.
Ignore irregular flecks of black in white or blue (gray) areas. Also choose this option for all over barred birds that have a darkgray darker color. They may have a few black feathers. | |
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| go to next step ... Key for Mottle and Barring | |
| The chicken has gray (blue) feathers or featherpattern. Black flecks are possible. | |
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| go to next step ... Key for Blue, Smokey, Lavender | |
| The chicken has brownish, liverbrown or chocolate colored featherparts or patterns. | |
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| go to next step ... Key for Dun, Sexlinked Chocolate and Khaki | |
| The chicken is (grayish) white with or without a few black, dark or maybe red flecks. | |
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| go to next step ... Key for Dominant and Recessive White, Splash and light Khaki | |
| Skip colorgenes... | |
| go to next step ... Key Exit color | |
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