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Abbreviations for Chicken Breeds, Varieties and Patterns

Wow, lots of negative comments about abbreviations.... Me personally, I really don't want to write "Double blue laced Barnevelder" on each egg that goes into the incubator, and there is hardly enough room on the egg, so, yes, abbreviations are important and would be nice if there were a standard list for standard breeds.
 
I hope this is in the right place.
I'm trying to get together a list of the abbreviations used here for chicken breeds or varieties and patterns. I've pulled and sorted these from this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1638#p1638 and from Chicken Junkie's page. http://chickenjunkie.com/poultry-faq/poultry-acronyms/
If you know more, add them on. Corrections are welcome. Abbreviations for breeds / varieties and patterns only please. Thanks
This is what I have so far;

Chicken Breeds and Varieties


AG - American Game
ANDY - Blue Andalusian
AMER - Ameraucana
BA or LORP - Black Australorp
BCM or FBCM - Black Copper Marans or French Black Copper Marans
BLRW - Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
BO - Buff Orpington
BR or BPR - Barred Rock or Barred Plymouth Rock
BSL - Black Sex Link
CM - Cuckoo Marans
CW - Columbian Wyandotte
CX - Cornish Cross
DB - Dark Brahma
EE - Easter Eggers (Ameraucana Crosses)
FAV - Faverolles
GCM - Golden Cuckoo Marans
GLC - Gold Laced Cochin
GLW - Golden Laced Wyandotte
GPH - Gold Penciled Hamburg
GSL - Gold Sex Link
JBG - Jersey Black Giant
JG - Jersey Giant
ISA - ISA Browns, Hubbard ISA Browns, Hubbard Browns (Institut de Sélection Animale)
LB - Light Brahma
NH - New Hampshire
NHR - New Hampshire Red
OEG - Old English Game (usually standards)
OEGB - Old English Game bantam
PR - Production Red
RIR - Rhode Island Red
RSL - Red Sex Link
SF - Salmon Faverolles
SSH - Silver Spangled Hamburg
SS - Speckled Sussex
SLW - Silver Laced Wyandotte
WCP - White Crested Polish
WCBP - White Crested Black Polish
WFBS - White Faced Black Spanish
WL - White leghorn


Patterns

BBR - Black Breasted Red
BLR - Blue Laced Red
BTB - Black Tailed Buff (usually Japanese bantams)
BTW - Black Tailed White (usually Japanese bantams)
GL - Gold Laced
GP - Gold Penciled
SDW - Silver Duck Wing
SL - Silver Laced
SP - Silver Penciled
SPL - Splash
You are missing BBS - Blue, Black, Splash
 
Any ideas as to what this says? The feed store wrote it on my friend's box of chicks, but neither She nor I can decipher it. Haha!
 

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