Is there such thing as a Grey Leghorn?

[K-12 Chickens]

Is there really such thing as a Grey Leghorn? I've looked at chicken breed books and have seen everything BUT a Grey Leghorn variety.

 

[vebyrd36]

How about a : Class: Class: California Gray

Never accepted into the APA Standard of Perfection

Size: Cock: 5.5 lbs Hen: 4.5 lbs

Comb, Wattles and Earlobes: Bright red single comb and wattles, small white earlobes close to head.

Color: Dark horn beak, reddish bay eyes, yellow shanks and toes MALE : Barred in light grey and white FEMALE : Barred in dark grey ( almost black ) and white

PLace of origin: United States

Conservation Status: Not applicable

Special Qualities: Good layer of white eggs. Autosexing Parent stock of today's commerical California White hybrid.



This breed was developed in California during the 1930s by crossing White Leghorns with Barred Plymouth Rocks. The goal was to have a good dual-purpose bird that laid large white eggs. It was never accepted into the APA Standard of Perfection, so the breed never really took off.

This breed is autosexing, with distinctly different coloring in pullets and cockerels at hatching time. It was later used in the development of the California White, a commercial hybrid.

California Grays are said to be calm, and they are excellent winter layers.

 

[Lothiriel]

There are Cuckoo Leghorns, and Silver Leghorns. I haven't heard of just Gray Leghorns.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry//CGK/Leghorns/BRKLeghorns.html

California Grays are developed from Leghorns.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/CalGray/BRKCalGray.html

 

[K-12 Chickens]

Snowbell(the gray leghorn)is quite calm but can be a little aggressive sometimes. She has a large red floppy comb and fairly big wattles. She is pure white and has a wedge-shaped tail. Here is a head shot of her:

 

[Lothiriel]

Well.. since she's pure white, why are you saying she's a grey? She looks more like a White Leghorn or a California White.

 

[K-12 Chickens]

Because that's what I heard she was. Maybe the name got mixed up or something.

 

[pjag]

I have a barnyard mix pullet that came from white leghorn roo or hen, not sure which they have both and could be any breed for the other side. She was light grey and yellow when she hatched. Now she looks a great deal like my brown leghorn. But she is grey and black rather than brown and gold. She has yellow legs but does not have white earlobes. The photo was taken at night so her legs look darker in the photo. She is very pretty, one of those barnyardcmixes u would like to be able to duplicate! Us this perhaps what a great longhorn looks like?

 

[JedJackson]

Gray might mean silver, and there are silver Leghorns. It might mean Cuckoo, and there are cuckoo Leghorns. It might mean birchen, but I've never seen that color pattern in Leghorns.

California grays are barred, but not pure Leghorns. Silver gray Dorkings are really just silver. Gray Japanese bantams are the birchen pattern.

Also, sometimes people call blue chickens gray, but gray isn't really a color pattern for chickens in and of itself.

So I think someone is using the term 'gray' to describe a different color pattern altogether. I would guess it probably means silver Leghorns.