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The golden comet's plumage tends to lean more towards reddish-brown hue, although some individuals may display slightly lighter feathers or gold-colored hue. Others might exhibit honey-toned feathers or have white patches amidst the red. Their combs, earlobes, and wattles are all a vibrant shade of upright red.
The gold-laced variant was produced by breeding silver-laced hens with gold-spangled Hamburg and partridge Cochin cocks, the white was a sport of the silver-laced, and the buff variant came from crossing the silver-laced with buff Cochin stock; [2]: 311 the black variant was also a sport, of both the silver-laced and the gold-laced. [6]
Illustration of thirty-nine varieties of chicken (and one Guinea Fowl) . There are hundreds of chicken breeds in existence. [1] Domesticated for thousands of years, distinguishable breeds of chicken have been present since the combined factors of geographical isolation and selection for desired characteristics created regional types with distinct physical and behavioral traits passed on to ...
Sometimes called Gold Birchen. Coloured Coronation Cream Light Brown Dark brown Exchequer only in the Leghorn [4]: 187 Ginger Red Golden Neck Golden-necked mille fleur Gray Lemon Blue Light Brown Pyle Alternatively spelt Pile. Red Pyle Quail Salmon Silver Blue Silver Gray Splash Tolbunt Seen only in Polish chickens White Laced Red Chocolate
Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology; Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk. Gallic rooster, a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France; Gullinkambi, a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology; Rooster of Barcelos, a mythological rooster from Portugal
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.
Red sex-links are a cross between a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a White Rock (This variety pair is known as a Golden Comet), Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White, or Delaware hen. Examples of a red-linked breeds include the Red Shaver and ISA Brown sex-links which are found in Canada. [3]
The Modern Game is tall and upright, with a long neck and long legs. The body is broad at the breast and tapers towards the tail, somewhat like a clothes iron in shape; the back is short and flat. Thirteen colours are recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain : birchen, black, black-red, blue, blue-red, brown-red, gold duckwing, lemon ...