Disqualifications
Spotted Breast
Black or no triangular wing bays at all
General Description
Wheaten cocks are black, with a coppery-red coat, and so looking like the Black Copper cocks except for the triangular wing mirror which is brown.
Comb, Face, Wattles and Earlobes
Bright red
Beak
Light horn shading to white at tip
Eyes
Reddish bay
Shanks and Toes
Pinkish white
Head
Light orange, free from dark feathers.
(Varying from golden-red to brown-red )
Neck
Hackle -- Light orange, free from dark
feathers (Varying from golden-red to brown-red )
Front of neck -- Black
Back
Mahogany red
Saddle -- Mahogany red color matching the hackles
Tail
Main Tail -- Black with reddish cast
Sickles and Coverts -- Black with glints of
beetle green
Wings
Shoulders -- Strong mahogany red
Bows -- Strong mahogany red to match back
Coverts -- Lustrous black forming a bluish black armband
Primaries -- Black, edged in brown
Secondaries -- Brown with internal black barbs forms a brown triangular wing bay
Breast
Black
Body and Stern
Black
Legs and Toes
Lower Thighs -- Black
Shank and Toe Feathering -- Black
Ear Down
Brown
Under-Color
Light slate. Very light in hackle and saddle.
Disqualifications
Washed off back colors
General Description
The hen's coat is a dark wheat color (The color of the grains of wheat). Each feather has a lighter staff and edge. Head and hackles are a rich wheaten color. The breast is wheaten and the underside of the body is a medium wheaten color. The secondary color is whitish.
Comb, Face, Wattles and Earlobes
Bright red
Beak
Light horn shading to white at tip
Eyes
Reddish bay
Shanks and Toes
Pinkish white
Head
Lustrous Rich Wheaten
Neck
Hackle -- Lustrous rich wheaten
Front of neck -- wheaten
Back
Dark Wheaten
Tail
Two top main feathers rich wheaten, slightly stippled with black. Balance of main tail feathers dull black, outer web slightly edged with wheaten.
Wings
Fronts, bows and coverts -- Wheaten
Primaries -- Outer web medium shade of wheaten; inner web, ashy wheaten stippled with brownish black.
Secondaries -- Outer web, wheaten; inner web, ashy wheaten shaded with brownish black.
Breast
Wheaten
Body and Stern
Medium wheaten
Legs and Toes
Lower Thighs -- Light Creamy Wheaten
Shank and Toe Feathering -- Creamy wheaten feathering down the out-side of the leg and outer toe
Ear Down
Cream color
Under-Color
Varying from light wheaten to slate