Breeds and Varieties Officially Recognized by the American Poultry Association, Inc.
America | Asiatic | English | Mediterranean | Hamburgs | Continental | Polish | French | Games | Orientals | Miscellaneous | Bantams
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Large Chickens |
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| Class I - America | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Plymouth Rock | 1874 | Barred |
| 1888 | White | |
| 1894 | Buff | |
| 1907 | Silver Penciled | |
| 1909 | Partridge | |
| 1910 | Columbian | |
| 1920 | Blue | |
| Dominiques | 1874 | |
| Wyandottes | 1883 | Silver Laced |
| 1888 | Golden Laced | |
| 1893 | White | |
| 1893 | Buff | |
| 1901 | Partridge | |
| 1902 | Silvered Penciled | |
| 1905 | Columbian | |
| Javas | 1883 | Black |
| 1883 | Mottled | |
| Rhode Island Reds | 1904 | Single Comb |
| 1905 | Rose Comb | |
| Rhode Island Whites | 1922 | Rose Comb |
| Buckeyes | 1904 | |
| Chanteclers | 1921 | White |
| 1935 | Partridge | |
| Jersey Giants | 1922 | Black |
| 1947 | White | |
| Lamonas | 1933 | |
| New Hampshires | 1935 | |
| Hollands | 1949 | Barred |
| 1949 | White | |
| Delawares | 1952 | |
| Class II - Asiatic | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Brahmas | 1874 | Light |
| 1874 | Dark | |
| 1924 | Buff | |
| Cochins | 1874 | Buff |
| 1874 | Partridge | |
| 1874 | White | |
| 1874 | Black | |
| Langshans | 1883 | Black |
| 1893 | White | |
| Class III - English | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Dorkings | 1874 | White |
| 1874 | Silver-Gray | |
| 1874 | Colored | |
| Redcaps | 1888 | |
| Cornish | 1893 | Dark |
| 1898 | White | |
| 1909 | White Laced Red | |
| 1948 | Buff | |
| Orpingtons | 1902 | Buff |
| 1905 | Black | |
| 1905 | White | |
| 1923 | Blue | |
| Sussex | 1914 | Speckled |
| 1914 | Red | |
| 1929 | Light | |
| Austraporps | 1929 | Black |
| Class IV- Mediterranean | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Leghorns | 1874 | Single-Comb Dark Brown |
| 1874 | Single-Comb Light Brown | |
| 1883 | Rose-Comb Dark Brown | |
| 1883 | Rose-Comb Light Brown | |
| 1874 | Single-Comb White | |
| 1886 | Rose-Comb White | |
| 1894 | Single-Comb Buff | |
| 1874 | Single-Comb Black | |
| 1894 | Single-Comb Silver | |
| 1929 | Single-Comb Red | |
| 1929 | Single-Comb Black-Tailed Red | |
| 1929 | Single-Comb Columbian | |
| Minorcas | 1888 | Single-Comb Black |
| 1904 | Rose-Comb Black | |
| 1888 | Single-Comb White | |
| 1914 | Rose-Comb White | |
| 1913 | Single-Comb Buff | |
| Spanish | 1874 | White Faced Black |
| Blue Andulasians | 1874 | |
| Anconas | 1898 | Single-Comb |
| 1914 | Rose Comb | |
| Buttercups | 1918 | |
| Catalanas | 1949 | Buff |
| Class V - Hamburgs | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Hamburgs | 1874 | Golden-Spangled |
| 1874 | Silver-Spangled | |
| 1874 | Golden-Penciled | |
| 1874 | Silver-Penciled | |
| 1874 | White | |
| 1874 | Black | |
| Class VI - Continental | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Campines | 1914 | Silver |
| 1914 | Golden | |
| Lakenvelders | 1939 | |
| Class VII - Polish | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Polish | 1874 | White Crested Black |
| 1874 | Non-Bearded Golden | |
| 1874 | Non-Bearded Silver | |
| 1874 | Non-Bearded White | |
| 1938 | Non-Bearded Buff Laced | |
| 1883 | Bearded Golden | |
| 1883 | Bearded Silver | |
| 1883 | Bearded White | |
| 1883 | Bearded Buff Laced | |
| Class VIII - French | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Houdans | 1874 | Mottled |
| 1914 | White | |
| Crevecoeurs | 1874 | Black |
| La Fleche | 1874 | Black |
| Faverolles | 1914 | Salmon |
| Class IX - Games | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Modern Games | 1874 | Black-Breasted Red |
| 1874 | Brown-Red | |
| 1874 | Golden Duckwing | |
| 1874 | Silver Duckwing | |
| 1874 | Birchen | |
| 1874 | Red Pyle | |
| 1874 | White | |
| 1874 | Black | |
| Old English Games | 1928 | Black-Breasted Red |
| 1938 | Brown-Red | |
| 1938 | Golden Duckwing | |
| 1938 | Silver Duckwing | |
| 1938 | Red Pyle | |
| 1938 | White | |
| 1938 | Black | |
| 1938 | Spangled | |
| Class X - Orientals | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Sumatras | 1883 | Black |
| Malays | 1883 | Black Breasted Red |
| Cubalayas | 1939 | Black Breasted Red |
| 1939 | White | |
| 1939 | Black | |
| Class XI - Miscellaneous | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Sultans | 1874 | White |
| Frizzles | 1874 | |
| Bantams | ||
| Bantams are miniature chickens usually about one-fourth to one-fifth the weight of their large counterparts, when such exist. Although they appear to be exact miniatures, actually they are disproportionately larger in head, wings, tail and feather size than their weight would indicate. Little is known of their origin but it is thought they may have originated in the Orient although historians do not agree. |
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| Single Comb, Clean Legged, Other Than Game | ||
| Breeds | Admitted to Standard | Varieties |
| Japanese | 1874 | Black Tailed |
| 1883 | White | |
| 1883 | Black | |
| 1914 | Gray (Birchen) | |
| 1947 | Mottled | |
| Plymouth Rocks | 1940 | Barred |
| 1944 | White | |
| Rhode Island Reds | 1940 | Single-Comb |
| 1952 | Rose-Comb | |
| Leghorns | 1940 | Single-Comb White |
| Minorcas | 1944 | Single-Comb Black |
| Frizzies | 1951 | |