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Breed Characteristics:
Head: Oval, arched, forehead medium high; muffed
plain headed or with a wide, thick shell crest ending on
each side with rosettes; clean legs are plain headed.
Eyes:
Dark; eye cere small, flesh colored to red.
Beak:
Long, flesh colored lower beak on blacks and blues.
Neck: Medium length; throat well curved (no
gullet).
Breast: Broad, well rounded and carried,
forward.
Back: Long. Slightly sloping.
Wings: Long, closed.
Tail: Long, closed, twelve feathers.
Feet and Legs: Low set, well muffed or clean
legged.
Feathering: Well developed, expecially on the
muffed variety; close tiffing on the clean legged.
Colors: Black, blue, red, and yellow.
Color Markings: Red, yellow, and black intense,
blue light with flights as dark as possible. Ground
color white; colored areas are the forehead spot, the
muffs, twelve to fourteen primary and secondary feathers
along with their primary coverts, the thumb feathers and
the surrounding small wing shield feathers which, when
the wing is closed, form an elongated triangle shape on
the bottom edge of the front of the wing; spot not too
wide as it extends up the forehead (berry shaped)
reaching its highest point on the head above the center
of the eyes, but not touching the eye cere on either
side.
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