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The
following are the official color classes recognized at EFC Shows
Examples
are pictured to the left. Remember that some classes may include a
variety of modifiers and patterns so the example picture may be one of
several variations accepted within the class. Pictures have been
included to give viewers a visual example to help better understand the
written description only.
ALMOND-PLUMAGE:
The ground color of the almond is a rich, golden-buff, that of the
interior of an almond nut shell from which the name is derived. Rich
black flecking shall be dispersed throughout the plumage. Flights
(primaries and secondaries) and tail feathers are to be splotched
irregularly with distinct patches of ground color, white and black. The
white splotches in the tail feathers are to be positioned in such a way
that the appearance of a white terminal bar is produced.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with flesh colored
ceres.
BEAK: Flesh colored preferred, horn permitted.
TOENAILS: Flesh colored.
ANDALUSIAN-PLUMAGE: The body and tail are to be an even shade of
midnight blue, shading to black on the head and neck. The wings are
lighter with dark blue edging on each feather. There shall be no
tendency toward reddish or bronzy tones.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with dark cere.
BEAK: Black.
TOENAILS: Black.
AOC- (Any Other Color) This classification is to be used for recognized
colors where classes are too small to be competitive. As all birds in
this class will be of recognized colors, color and/or marking points
will be awarded. This class is not to be used as as a catchall for
mismark birds. Rules pertaining to individual plumage descriptions, eye
and eye cere, and toenail colorations shall apply.
BLACK-PLUMAGE: Jet black throughout. Free from rustiness or checkery
appearance and covered with a rich beetle-green luster.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with dark ceres.
BEAK: Black.
TOENAILS: Black.
BLUE-PLUMAGE: Clear, sound, gray-blue. Free from sootiness or bronzing,
with no inclination to run light on rump or breast. The feathers on the
neck and throat shall be covered with an iridescent metallic sheen. The
wing and tail bars shall be black and well defined. The tail feathers
shall be edged all around with the same shade as the shield area.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with dark ceres.
BEAK: Black.
TOENAILS: Black.
BODYMARK-PLUMAGE: Basically a colored bird with a white tail. Bodymarks
can be bred in all the basic colors. The body plumage shall follow the
rules for that of its basic color. The front cushion shall be colored.
The back cushion shall be white.
EYES & EYE CERE: Same as that of its basic color.
BEAK: Same as that of its basic color.
TOENAILS: Same as that of its basic color.
BROWN/KHAKI-PLUMAGE: An intense basic color alternative to ash red and
blue. Often mistaken for the dilutes of the blue series (dun, silver
check, silver bar), but brown usually has a slightly more fawn shade,
fades easily in sunlight and eye color is not yellow/orange. As with the
blue and ash red series, the distribution of brown pigment can be
affected by spread(solid self), the pattern series (T check, check, bar,
barless) and other pigment altering factors (grizzle, milky, etc.). The
brown shades can be lightened to soft tones by the addition of dilution,
resulting in the khaki (dilute brown) series.
BROWN SOLID SELF A uniform rich shade of chocolate throughout.
BROWN T CHECK Rich chocolate shade on head, neck and body lightening
some underneath. Wing shields – dark chocolate with feathers edged in
fawn producing the dark checker appearance.
Tail – dark fawn with rich chocolate terminal bar.
BROWN CHECK Same as T Check, but with more fawn on the wing shield
producing clear,definite chocolate checkering.
BROWN BAR Same as above, but with even fawn throughout the wing shield
except for two distinct chocolate bars.
Tail – fawn with rich chocolate terminal bar.
BROWN BARLESS Same as brown bar without the wing bars.
KHAKI SERIES Similar to the above brown series, but lighter, like
butterschotch rather than chocolate.
EYES & EYE CERE: Brown, dark; khaki – flesh.
BEAK: Brown, dark horn; khaki, light horn to flesh.
TOENAILS: Same.
CHECKER-PLUMAGE: Checker is a pattern but is shown as a “color class”
with consideration given to balance in pattern and richness in color.
The pattern varies with the amount of light colored pigment base. The
checker pattern is made up of light and dark colored shades of the same
color. The light color appears as a “T” on the wing covert feathers.
Checker class includes checkers in all basic colors (ash red, blue and
brown) as well as their dilutes. It also can include checkers that have
had their pigment modified by reduced, milky, pale, and the like, that
leaves the checker appearance. Checkers are various patterns that range
from light to dark to velvet “T” pattern checks.
EYES & EYE CERE: Same coloration as that of its basic color.
BEAK: Same as that of its basic color.
TOENAILS: Same as that of its basic color.
CREAM-PLUMAGE: The body and the wing color is a very soft cream-gray
blend, shading to a rich golden cream on head and hackle. The wing bars
shall be a rich golden cream.
Tail, a very pale cream-gray shading to ash-white with as little
flecking as possible with no flecking at all preferred.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with light horn
colored ceres.
BEAK: Light horn colored.
TOENAILS: Light horn colored.
DEROY-PLUMAGE: A recessive yellow “mimic”. A fairly uniform golden buff
shade which usuallyhas lightening in the flights and tail and slight
frosting on the head. May develop darker, reddish splotching with age
akin to the break of an almond. Shade may vary from dull, washed-out
buff to almost red with rich golden buff preferred.
EYES & CERE: Pearl preferred with flesh-colored ceres.
BEAK: Flesh to horn-colored with flesh preferred.
TOENAILS: Same.
DOMINANT OPAL-PLUMAGE:
This highly variable mutant bleaches the pattern areas in the wing, the
tail bar, and the primary feathers to an off white. These areas are to
be free from buff or bronze. The body color is also slightly lightened.
It can be produced on a blue, brown, or ash red base and should
correspond to the color description of these base colors except for the
above mentioned characteristics. All patterns (bar, check, t-pattern)
are acceptable as well as other pigment altering modifiers (dilute,
milky, etc.). Spread or recessive red may also be added which produces a
variably laced shield and tail.
EYES & EYE CERE: Corresponding to that of the base color’s description
BEAK: Corresponding to that of the base color’s description
TOENAILS: Corresponding to that of the base color’s description
DUN-PLUMAGE: A soft even shade of dull brown with no tendency toward a
purple or bluish tint. The feathers of the neck and throat shall be
covered with an iridescent metallic sheen.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with drab colored
ceres.
BEAK: Horn colored.
TOENAILS: Horn colored.
GRIZZLE-PLUMAGE: A peppery combination of color and white. The grizzling
effect is most noticeable on the body, shoulder, neck and head while
nearly absent on the wing and tail bars. Grizzle can be bred in all
colors, patterns and markings as well as in conjunction with many other
pigment affecting factors (dilute, milky, etc.). The classical “dragoon
grizzle” is the expression on a blue bar. Tortoiseshell effects are
produced when grizzle is in conjunction with checker. Pure grizzle
produces stork-mark. Grizzle in combination with spread or recessive red
can produce an evenly grizzled bird but most often produces black or red
splashed appearing birds.
EYES & EYE CERE: Same as that of its basic color.
BEAK: Same as that of its basic color.
TOENAILS: Same as that of its basic color.
INDIGO-PLUMAGE: Often termed an ash red “mimic”. Indigo affects the
check and bar areas of the bird. When indigo is combined with blue it
results in a rusty reddening of the bar and check areas and a washing
out of the terminal bar of the tail. The effects are not as dramatic in
combination with ash red or brown. When combined with black the result
is what is called andalusian.
INDIGO BLUE BAR Light greyish blue on the wings, body and rump. Hackle a
darker shade with a green luster. Flights and tail a darker shade with
an indistinct terminal bar. Wing bars are a dark chestnut.
INDIGO BLUE CHECK Ground color is a light greyish blue with distinct and
even dark chestnut “V” checks on the wing, back and rump. Tail terminal
bar is indistinct.
INDIGO BLUE “T” Dark blue/black on head, neck body and rump. Somewhat
lighter blue/black on the tail and flights. Indistinct tail terminal
bar. Wing shield a dark cinnamon bronze. Green metallic luster on the
head and hackle.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange with pearl preferred and dark colored
ceres.
BEAK: Black.
TOENAILS: Black.
MEALY-PLUMAGE: The body and wing color shall be a clear lavender-gray
shading to a rich claret red on head and hackle. The bars shall be a
rich claret-red. The tail is an even shade of lavender-gray with as
little flecking as possible with no flecking at all preferred.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with drab colored
ceres.
BEAK: Horn colored.
TOENAILS: Horn colored.
NCC (Non Classified Color) This classification is to be used for those
colors that have not as yet been recognized. It is also to be used for
marked birds of a color that has not as yet been recognized as well as
for any new marking that has not as yet been recognized. There will be
no allowance for color and/or marking points for birds competing in this
classification.
PIED-PLUMAGE: A colored bird with up to 75% of its plumage randomly
dispersed white. A white bird with less than 25% of its plumage colored.
A tailmark with less than 75% of its tail feathers carrying color. A
bodymark with less than 75% of its tail feathers white. A saddle with
less than 75% color in the shield area.
Note: A pied bird is one whose odd feathers are too numerous to pluck.
EYES & EYE CERE: Same as that of its basic color or marking.
BEAK: Same as that of its basic color or marking.
TOENAILS: Same as that of its basic color or marking.
POWDERED BLUE-PLUMAGE: Clear, sound, light, milky blue on body, wings
and tail. Free from sootiness with no tendency toward cream, yellow or
purple coloring. Having the appearance of being lightly flecked but not
checked with powder. The feathers on the neck and throat shall be
slightly darker than the body and covered with an iridescent metallic
sheen comparable to burnished silver. The neck and throat, like the
body, wings and tail, shall be free of cream, yellow or purple coloring.
The wing and tail bars shall be flat black, as near black as possible
and shall be distinct. The feathers of the tail shall be edged beyond
the terminal bar with the same color as the shield area.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl, red or orange, pearl preferred, with fine, dark
ceres.
BEAK: Black.
TOENAILS: Black.
POWDERED SILVER-PLUMAGE: Fawn colored on the body, wings and tail.
Having the appearance of being sprinkled with a powdery glow. The
feathers on the neck and throat shall be slightly darker than the body
and covered with an iridescent metallic sheen. The wing and tail bars
shall be distinct and dun colored. The tail feathers shall be edged
beyond the terminal bar with the same color as the shield area.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with drab colored
ceres.
BEAK: Horn colored.
TOENAILS: Horn colored.
QUALMOND-PLUMAGE: An even peppering of bluish grey shades throughout the
body, wings and tail. The even peppering is desired, but flecking and
patches of darker blue are not a serious fault, as it is a unique part
of this mutant. Wing bars vary from almost nonexistent to dark gray,
with preference for non-distinct bars. Flight tips and tail bar to be a
darkershade of the blue-gray body color. Hackle to have a pink and green
luster. This color may be further affected with the addition of
dilution, milky (powdered), etc.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl, orange or yellow, with pearl preferred, with
dark eye ceres.
BEAK: Horn colored.
TOENAILS: Horn colored.
RED-PLUMAGE: An even shade throughout of clear, rich, bright, chestnut,
free from sootiness or any tendency toward bluish or plum tints. The
feathers on the neck and throat shall be covered with an iridescent
metallic sheen.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with flesh colored
ceres.
BEAK: Flesh colored.
TOENAILS: Flesh colored.
SADDLE-PLUMAGE: The wings shall be marked evenly, the ten outside
feathers (primaries) being white, the rest, including the covert
(shield) and scapular (thumb) feathering to be colored. The body, except
for the back, shall be white. In barred varieties the wing barring shall
be clear and distinct. The colored plumage shall follow the rules for
color under appropriate color description for the basic color and
pattern involved.
EYES & EYE CERE: Dark hazel or bull with flesh colored ceres.
BEAK: Flesh colored.
TOENAILS: Flesh colored.
SILVER-PLUMAGE: A soft shade of light silver with no tendency toward a
creamy color. The feathers on The neck and throat shall be covered with
an iridescent metallic sheen. The wing and tail bars shall be dun and
well defined. The tail feathers shall be edged all around with the same
shade as the shield area.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with drab colored
ceres.
BEAK: Horn colored.
TOENAILS: Horn colored.
TAILMARK-PLUMAGE: The tailmark is a bird basically with a white body and
a colored tail. It is bred in all the standard colors. The color
intensity of the tail may vary from an intense solid to a delicate lace.
A white back cushion is preferred. Uniformity of marking is desired.
EYES & EYE CERE: Dark hazel or bull with flesh colored ceres.
BEAK: Flesh colored.
TOENAILS: Flesh colored.
WHITE-PLUMAGE: Pure white
EYES & EYE CERE: Dark hazel or bull with flesh colored ceres.
BEAK: Flesh colored.
TOENAILS: Flesh colored.
YELLOW-PLUMAGE: An even shade throughout of rich, bright, golden-buff
with no tendency to run light on the rump. The feathers on the neck and
throat shall be covered with an iridescent metallic sheen.
EYES & EYE CERE: Pearl or orange, pearl preferred, with flesh colored
ceres.
BEAK: Flesh colored.
TOENAILS: Flesh colored.
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