BLUE SILVER
Proposed Standard
COLOR - MALE
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COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Horn, black shading permitted.
EYES: Reddish bay.
HEAD: Bright Silver
NECK:
Hackle - Bright silver, Some feathers, especially in the lower hackle, may include a narrow dark stripe through the middle of each feather, terminating in a point near its lower extremity.
Front of Neck - Blue with markings of silver.
BACK: Bright silver.
Saddle - Same as hackle.
TAIL:
Main Tail - Blue with slight luster.
Sickles and Coverts - Rich Blue.
WINGS:
Shoulders - Blue.
Fronts - Blue.
Bows - Deep russet red.
Coverts - Rich Blue.
Primaries - Blue.
Secondaries - Blue, exposed portion
forming blue wing bay.
BREAST: Evenly blue or with a few silver spots. Not laced.
BODY AND STERN: Blue.
LEGS AND TOES:
Lower Thighs -- Blue.
Shanks and Toes -- Shanks and toes light to mid-slate, showing pink between the scales.
Bottoms of feet - Pinkish white.
Shank and Toe Feathers - Blue.
COLOR - FEMALE
COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Dark horn.
EYES: Reddish bay.
HEAD: Lustrous silver.
NECK:
Hackle -- Silver, with a narrow dark stripe through the middle of each feather, terminating to a point near its lower extremity.
Front of Neck: Blue with markings of silver.
BACK: Blue.
TAIL: Blue.
WINGS: Blue.
BREAST: Solid blue, or with a few silver spots. Not laced in silver.
BODY AND STERN: Blue.
LEGS AND TOES:
Lower Thighs -- Blue.
Shanks and Toes -- Dark slate, bottoms of feet pinkish white.
Shank and Toe Feathers -- Blue