BLUE LACED RED WYANDOTTES PROPOSED COLOR STANDARD

 

Rip Stalvey an A.P.A judge was kind enough to write a proposed color standard for this yet to be accepted variety of wyandottes 

THE EXISTING A.P.A. STANDARD FOR WYANDOTTES MUST BE FOLLOWED. 

THIS IS FOR COLOR/LACING ONLY 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS ONLY A DRAFT!

 

COLOR – MALE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
MALE COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright Red. 
BEAK: Horn shading to yellow at point. 
EYES: Reddish bay. 
HEAD: Plumage, rich mahogany bay, each feather having a medium blue stripe tapering to a fine point near it extremity. 
NECK: Hackle—web of feathers lustrous medium blue with a narrow lacing of rich mahogany bay, uniform in width, extending around the point, shaft mahogany bay. Front of neck—same as breast. 
BACK: Rich mahogany bay on surface. Saddle—rich mahogany bay in appearance, with a medium blue stripe through each feather, laced with rich mahogany bay, conforming to shape of center, the medium blue stripe having a long diamond-shaped center of rich mahogany bay. 
TAIL: Main Tail—Medium blue. Sickles and Coverts—Lustrous, medium blue. Smaller Coverts—Medium blue with diamond-shaped centers of rich mahogany bay laced with rich mahogany bay. 
WINGS: Fronts—Medium blue with rich mahogany bay centers. Bows—Rich mahogany bay. Coverts—web of each feather rich mahogany bay, with narrow, sharply defined lacing of lustrous, medium blue, forming a double bar of laced feathers across wings. Primaries—Medium blue with lower edges rich mahogany bay. Secondary—Medium blue lower half of lower webs, rich mahogany bay with narrow medium blue edging wider at the tip; upper webs edged with rich mahogany bay. 
BREAST: Web of each feather, rich mahogany bay, with a narrow sharply defined lacing of lustrous, medium blue .
BODY AND FLUFF: Body—web of each feather, rich mahogany bay, with a narrow sharply defined lacing of lustrous, medium blue. Fluff—medium slate. 
LEGS AND TOES: Lower Thighs—web of each feather, rich mahogany bay, with a narrow, sharply defined lacing of lustrous, medium blue conforming to edge of feather Shanks and Toes—yellow. 
UNDER COLOR OF ALL SECTIONS: Medium slate, shading to mahogany bay at base.

 

COLOR—FEMALE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright Red. 
BEAK: Horn shading to yellow at point. 
EYES: Reddish bay. HEAD: Plumage, rich mahogany bay. 
NECK: Rich mahogany bay in appearance, each feather medium blue with a narrow lacing of rich mahogany bay. Shaft, mahogany bay. Front of Neck—same as breast. 
BACK: Web of each feather, rich mahogany bay, with a narrow, sharply defined lacing of lustrous, medium blue. 
TAIL: Main Tail—Medium blue. Coverts and Lesser Coverts—rich mahogany bay, laced with medium blue. 
WINGS: Fronts, Bows and Coverts—web of each feather rich mahogany bay with a narrow, sharply defined lacing of lustrous medium blue. Primaries—Medium blue with lower edges rich mahogany bay. Secondary—Medium blue lower half of lower webs, rich mahogany bay with narrow medium blue edging wider at the tips; upper webs edged with rich mahogany bay. 
BREAST: Web of each feather, rich mahogany bay, with a narrow, sharply defined lacing of lustrous, medium blue. 
BODY AND FLUFF: Body—web of each feather, rich mahogany bay, with a narrow, sharply defined lacing of lustrous, medium blue. Fluff—medium slate. 
LEGS AND TOES: Lower Thighs—web of each feather, rich mahogany bay, with a narrow, sharply defined lacing of lustrous, medium blue to conform to edge of feather Shanks and Toes—yellow. 
UNDER COLOR OF ALL SECTIONS: Medium slate.

 

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