wheaten - Approved variety

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