Yes, you have a gold and a golden. In phoenix, the dark gold is more common. The light Golden's are just like the golden seen in old English and other breeds.
Phoenix is one of the few breeds that the dark ones are seen in .
Thankfully the dark ones breed true and have obvious females. They look like bb red hens just with yellow/ gold hackles.
The light golden is a male only color. The females of this shade will always be silver duckwing.
As for being able to tell silver males from light golden males.... silvers are black and white ONLY. Any red or gold no matter how pale is always a golden .
Phoenix is one of the few breeds that the dark ones are seen in .
Thankfully the dark ones breed true and have obvious females. They look like bb red hens just with yellow/ gold hackles.
The light golden is a male only color. The females of this shade will always be silver duckwing.
As for being able to tell silver males from light golden males.... silvers are black and white ONLY. Any red or gold no matter how pale is always a golden .