The California Gray is an American breed of domestic chicken.

[4]: 432  His aim was to produce a dual-purpose chicken that would be suitable for meat production and would also lay large white eggs.

By cross-breeding of Barred Plymouth Rock and White Leghorn birds, an autosexing breed with barred gray adult plumage was produced.

As in other autosexing breeds, the sex of chicks can be distinguished at about a day old.

[6] The California Gray is a dual-purpose bird, producing both meat and eggs.