MCCUSA Proposed Standard, Black Copper Variety
(submitted 12/23/10)
COLOR -- MALE
Disqualifications
Brown wing bay. (See General Disqualifications and Cutting for Defects.)
COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Horn, black shading permitted.
EYES: Reddish bay.
HEAD: Lustrous deep copper, neither yellow nor mahogany.
NECK:
Hackle -- Lustrous deep copper, neither yellow nor mahogany. Some feathers, especially in the lower hackle, may include a narrow dark stripe through the middle of each feather, terminating in a point near its lower extremity.
Front of neck -- Black with markings of deep copper.
BACK: Lustrous deep copper.
Saddle -- Same as hackle.
TAIL:
Main Tail -- Black with slight luster.
Sickles and Coverts -- Lustrous black.
WINGS:
Shoulders -- Black.
Fronts -- Black.
Bows -- Deep russet red.
Coverts -- Lustrous black.
Primaries -- Black.
Secondaries -- Black, exposed portion forming black wing bay.
BREAST: Solid black or with a few copper spots. Not laced.
BODY AND STERN: Black.
LEGS AND TOES:
Lower Thighs -- Black.
Shanks and Toes -- Shanks and toes light to mid-slate, showing pink between the scales. Bottoms of feet pinkish white.
Shank and Toe Feathers -- Black.
COLOR -- FEMALE
DISQUALIFICATIONS
Brown spotting on the body.
COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Dark horn.
EYES: Reddish bay.
HEAD: Lustrous copper.
NECK:
Hackle -- Copper, with a narrow dark stripe through the middle of each feather, terminating to a point near its lower extremity.
Front of Neck Black with markings of copper.
BACK: Black.
TAIL: Black.
WINGS: Black.
BREAST: Solid black, or with a few copper spots. Not laced.
BODY AND STERN: Black.
LEGS AND TOES:
Lower Thighs -- Black.
Shanks and Toes -- Dark slate, bottoms of feet pinkish white.
Shank and Toe Feathers -- Black.
