Gold-neck

Color and pattern male

Head: orange.

Neck: hackle orange-gold, each feather with a glossy green-black shaft-stripe, running parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip; vein black; front of the neck glossy green-black.

Back, shoulders and wing-bow: orange-gold.

Saddle-hackle: similar to the neck-hackle.

Tail, wing-bar, wing-flights and breast: glossy green-black.

Thighs, belly and fluff: black.

Down: greyish-black.

Serious faults

Insufficient shaft-stripes and straw-yellow color in the hackles.

Faults

Minor deviations in color and pattern. Insufficient sheen in the black.

Color and pattern female

Head: orange.

Neck: hackle orange-gold, each feather with a glossy green-black shaft-stripe, running parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip; vein black; front of the neck glossy green-black.

Back, tail, wings and breast: glossy green-black.

Thighs, belly and fluff: black.

Down: greyish-black.