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Eggshell colour by Breed
(including pure breeds and hybrids)

The following table indicates shell colour by breed, but bear in mind that this is a generalisation for there is a great deal of variation between flocks of the same breed. It is the particular strain of breed that is important.

Eggshell Colour by Breed
Breed	Shell Colour	Breed	Shell Colour
Ancona	Cream/White	Lohmann Brown & L. Tradition	Brown
Andalusian	White	Malay	Tinted
Appenzeller	White	Maran	Dark speckled
Araucana	Blue-green	Marsh Daisy	Tinted
Asil	White/Tinted	Minorca	White
Augsburger	White	Modern Game	Tinted
Australorp	Tinted/Brown	Modern Langshan	Brown
Barnevelder	Brown	Nankin	Tinted
Black Rock	Brown	Nankin-Shamo	Tinted/Cream
Booted Bantam	Tinted	New Hampshire Red	Tinted/Brown
Bovans Nera	Brown	Norfolk Grey	Tinted
Brabanter	White	North Holland Blue	Tinted/Brown
Brahma	Tinted/Brown	Old English Game	Tinted
Brakel	White	Old English Pheasant Fowl	Tinted/White
Breda	Cream/White	Orloff	Tinted
Bresse	White	Orpington	Brown/Tinted
Calder Ranger	Mid brown	Pekin	Cream/White
Campine	White	Plymouth Rock	Tinted
Cochin	Tinted/Brown	Poland	White
Cream Legbar	Blue-green/Olive	Rhinelander	White
Creve Coeur	White	Rhode Island Red	Tinted/Brown
Croad Lansghan	Brown	Rhodebar	Brown
Derbyshire Redcap	White/Tinted	Rosecomb	White/Cream
Dominique	Brown	Rumpless Araucana	Blue-green
Dorking	White/Tinted	Rumpless Game	Tinted
Dutch Bantam	Tinted	Scots Dumpy	White/Tinted
Faverolles	Tinted/Cream	Scots Grey	White/Tinted
Fayoumi	Tinted/Cream	Sebright	Cream/White
Friesian	White	Shamo	Tinted/White
Frizzle	White/Tinted	Sicilian Buttercup	White
German Langshan	Tinted/Brown	Silkie	White/Tinted
Hamburgh	White	Spanish	White
Hebden Black	Mid to dark brown	Speckledy	Dark speckled
Hisex Ranger	Brown	Sulmtaler	Cream/Tinted
Houdan	White	Sultan	White
Hy-Line Brown	Brown	Sumatra	White
Indian (Cornish) Game	Tinted/Brown	Sussex	Tinted
ISA Brown	Brown	Tuzo	Tinted
Italiener	White	Vorwerk	Cream/Tinted
Ixworth	White/Tinted	Welbar	Brown
Japanese Bantam	Cream/White	Welsummer	Dark speckled
Jersey Giant	Tinted/Brown	White Star	White
Ko-Shamo Bantam	Tinted/Cream	Wyandotte	Tinted/Brown
Kraienkoppe	White	Wybar	Tinted
Lakenvelder	Tinted/White	Yamato-Gunkei	Tinted/Cream
Legbar	White/Cream	Yokohama	Tinted/White
Leghorn	White	Transylvanian Naked Neck	Tinted/White
La Fleche	Tinted/White