BLUE

Comb, Face, Wattles & Ear Lobes:  Bright Red                             

Beak:                                                  Swarthy Horn

Eyes:                                                   Dark Brown               

Beard & Muffs:                                  Blue,  

Shanks and Toes:                                Bluish Slate First year; lighter in later years; Plumage. Blue, each feather

                                                             laced in  Bluish black.

Plumage:                       For the Blue Male:

Head:              Lustrous bluish black.

Neck:              Hackle – a uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced with lustrous bluish back.

                        Front of  Neck- same as breast.

Back:              A uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced with lustrous bluish back. 

Saddle:            same as hackles.

Tail:                Main Tail:  A uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced with lustrous bluish back

                       Sickles, Lesser Sickles & Coverts - same as main tail.

Wings:            Shoulders, Fronts, Bows & Coverts - A uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply

                        laced with  Lustrous bluish back, Primaries – a uniform shade of slaty blue. Secondaries – A

                        uniform shade of plain  Slaty blue, outer webs of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced with

                        bluish black, a lustrous bluish  Black shafting.

Breast, Body, Stern & Lower Thighs:   A uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced

                       with Lustrous bluish back.

Under color:  Uniform Slate blue in all sections.

Plumage:                               For the Blue Female:

Head:             Slaty Blue

Neck:             Hackle – a uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced with lustrous bluish back

                       Front of  Neck- same as breast.

Back, Cushion, Tail, & Tail Coverts:  a uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced with

                       lustrous  Bluish back.

Wings:           Shoulders, Fronts, Bows & Coverts - A uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply

                      laced with  Lustrous bluish back.   Primaries – a uniform shade of slaty blue.

          Secondaries – A uniform shade of plain slaty blue, outer webs of plain slaty blue clearly and

          sharply  Laced with bluish black, a lustrous bluish black shafting.

Breast, Body, Stern & Lower Thighs:   A uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced

                      with Bluish back.

Under color: Uniform Slate blue in all sections.

Disqualifications:

                      Red, Yellow, Orange, or positive white in any section of the plumage.

Defects:

                      Surface of feathers not laced with darker shade- Black or white feathers in various sections of the plumage.