Blue Laced Red Wyandotte

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte

Color of Male

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND

EAR-LOBES: Bright Red.

BEAK: Horn shading to yellow at

point.

EYES: Reddish bay.

HEAD: Plumage, rich dark red,

each feather tipped with dark bluish slate.

NECK: Hackle—lustrous, rich dark red, each feather laced with dark bluish slate.

Front of neck—same as breast.

BACK AND SADDLE: Back-lustrous, rich dark red, each feather regularly laced with narrow lacing of dark bluish slate.

Saddle Feathers—lustrous, rich dark red, each feather laced with dark bluish

slate, the texture of the feather giving a radiant appearance.

TAIL: Main Tail—bluish slate.

Sickles and Coverts—Lustrous,

dark bluish slate

WINGS:Fronts and Bows—lustrous, rich dark red, each feather regularly laced with a narrow lacing of dark bluish slate.

Coverts—lustrous, rich dark red, forming wing-bars, regularly laced with a narrow lacing of dark bluish slate.

Primaries—rich red

Secondaries-upper web, dark bluish slate; lower web, rich dark red, edged with dark bluish slate, the red and bluish slate extending around the ends and into the upper webs in a progressive manner so the uppersecondaries also show rich dark red on surface with a dark bluish slate lacing.

Flight Coverts-dark red, laced with dark bluish slate

BREAST: Lustrous, rich dark red, each feather laced with a narrow, regular lacing of dark bluish slate, following shape of web to fluff.

BODY AND FLUFF: Rich dark red, each feather regularly laced with a narrow lacing of dark bluish slate.

LEGS AND TOES: Lower Thighs—

Rich dark red, each feather regularly laced with dark bluish slate.

Shanks and Toes—rich yellow.

UNDER COLOR OF ALL

SECTIONS: Bluish slate.

Color of Female

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND

EAR-LOBES: Bright Red.

BEAK: Horn shading to yellow at

point.

EYES: Reddish bay.

HEAD: Plumage, rich dark red, each feather laced with dark bluish slate.

NECK: Rich dark red, each feather regularly laced with dark bluish slate.

Front of Neck-same as breast

BACK: Rich dark red, with each feather, from cape to tail, regularly laced with a narrow, dark bluish slate lacing conforming to shape of feather.

TAIL: Main Tail-red, each feather laced with dark bluish slate, the dark bluish slate being wider at extremity of feather.

WINGS: Fronts, Bows and Wing-bars-rich dark red, regularly laced with a narrow lacing of dark bluish slate.

Primaries-rich red

Secondaries-upper web, dark bluish slate; lower web, rich dark red, edged with dark bluish slate, the red and dark bluish slate extending around the ends and into the upper webs in a progressive manner so the upper secondaires also show rich dark red on surface with a dark bluish slate lacing

BREAST: Rich dark red, each feather regularly laced with a narrow lacing of dark bluish slate, conforming to shape of feather.

BODY AND FLUFF: Rich dark red, each feather regularly laced with dark bluish slate.

LEGS AND TOES: Lower Thighs-rich dark red, each feather regularly laced with dark bluish slate.

Shanks and Toes-rich yellow

UNDERCOLOR OF ALL SECTIONS: Bluish Slate.

DEFECTS:

Black in plumage

Smut or ticking in plumage

Uneven or mealy appearance of lacing in any section

Unevenness of ground color in any section of plumage