Doublelaced

Color and pattern male

Head: black.

Neck: hackle shows black with some red glow, each feather with broad, black, green-glossy shaft stripe pattern with red-brown heart, formed by a narrow red-brown stripe on either side of the brown shaft, the outer edge is red-brown, the end  has a blackish lacing, which widens downwards to a black feather-end; front of the neck black.

Back: red-brown, each feather with broad, green-glossy black lacing.

Saddle: hackle similar to the neck-hackle.

Tail: steering-feathers black; sickles and tail coverts glossy green black; sickles and coverts glossy green black, some lacing is permitted at the base of the sickles, provided it is not visible from outside the cage.

Wings: bow glossy green black; shoulder-coverts similar to the neck-hackle, but more broadly laced black at the edge; wing-bar formed by two rows of strongly glossy green black coverts, lacing in the wing-bar is permitted.

Primary-flights: black, with the exception of a narrow reddish brown lace on the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane black, outer-vane reddish-brown, preferably with a narrow black lace along the outer edge of the feather, forming a reddish-brown wing-triangle with a narrow black lace when the wing is closed.

Breast: glossy green black, some lacing is permitted.

Thighs and body: black with some green sheen.

Down: dark-grey.

Serious faults

White in tail- and flight- feathers. Too much red in the neck- and saddle-hackle. Lack of pattern in neck-hackle, saddle-hackle, back and shoulder both on the front and back of the feather, the outer lacing of which must be black. Shaft colour too light. Lack of brown in the wing-flights.

Faults

A little brown in the feather-field on breast, belly and thigh feathers. Too much black in neck- and saddle-hackle. slightly mold-color in the wing-flights. Too little pattern in neck- and saddle-hackle, back and shoulder feathers. Shaft colour slightly too light.

 

Color and pattern female

Head: black.

Neck: black hackle with brown shaft, changing to dark golden-brown with broad shaft stripe towards the body, with the proviso that the outer black lace is so broad that the hackle shows black; some brown in the upper part of the neck is permitted; feathers on the front of the neck dark golden-brown with broad green-glossy black lace and within that a narrower similar lace, parallel to the outer one.

Back, shoulder, saddle, wing-coverts, breast, belly, thigh and body: dark golden brown with green-glossy black doublelaced pattern, of which the outer one, which runs along the edge of the feather, is broader than the inner one, which runs parallel to it; the large feathers of the saddle and those of the lower breast also have a green-glossy black stripe along the shaft, which is also black in place.

Tail: black steering- feathers with the exception of the upper feather on both sides, which is irregularly patterned with dark golden-brown; coverts doublelaced and also provided with a green-glossy black stripe along the shaft, the shaft is black in place.

Primary-flights: inner-vane black; outer-vane dark golden-brown.

Secondary-flights: inner- vane black, outer-vane dark golden-brown, preferably with a narrow black lace on the outer edge of the feather, but some coarse black lacing within the golden brown feather field are permitted. 

Down: dark-grey

Serious faults

Too heavy, irregular, not completely surrounding outer lace. Absence of inner lace. Dark reddish-brown or hard rusty-red feather colour. Too light feather colour. Too much brown in the neck. Strong peppering in the feather colour. Too light shaft colour.

Faults

The same but present to a lesser extent.

Note

When assessing the double-laced colour variety, the colour of the dark golden-brown must be given due attention. An even ground colour is highly valued.

In over-year-old hens, the presence of a complete triple lace is not considered a fault.

 

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