Blue mottled

Note

As the chickens with the mottled color varieties age, the amount of white in the pattern will increase. Two-year-old chickens generally have the best pattern distribution.

Color and pattern male and female

The entire plumage as evenly as possible bright gray-blue with a white sharply defined pattern. The pattern should be as regular as possible.

The flight feathers and tail feathers, and in the case of the male also the sickles, are required with a small white end spot. This white pattern lies at the end of the feather symmetrically in relation to the vein of the feather. The white feather ends vary from slightly tufted to diamond-shaped end tips. The bright grey-blue with a white sharply defined pattern. The pattern should be as regular as possible.

Down colour: blue-grey

Serious faults in males and females

Severe deviation in the pattern due to the presence of too much white or too much blue in the plumage; strongly irregularly distributed pattern; much red in the plumage, completely bright blue feathers.

Faults in males and females

Slight colour and pattern deviation; too much white in the head feathering; almost completely white flight feathers or tail feathers; slightly irregularly distributed pattern.

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