do you have a copy of the standard of perfection? if not this may help with you mottled babies
Comb, Face, Wattles & Ear Lobes: Bright Red
Beak: Swarthy horn.
Eyes: Dark Brown
Beard & Muffs: same as Breast
Shanks and Toes: Bluish slate first year, lighter in later years; plumage, Mottled in same
manor as plumage in other sections.
Color of Male
Head: Brilliant greenish black, one feather in three ending in a small V-shaped white tip.
Neck: Hackle - brilliant greenish black, one feather in two ending in a small V-shaped white
tip. Front of Neck - same as breast.
Back: Brilliant greenish black, one feather in four ending in a small V-shaped white tip.
Saddle: Same as back.
Tail: Main Tail – Black, each feather ending in a V-Shaped white tip. Sickles, Lesser sickles
and Coverts - Black, each feather ending in a V-Shaped white tip.
Wings: Shoulders, Fronts and Bows - Brilliant greenish black, one feather in three ending in a
small V-shaped white tip. Coverts - brilliant greenish black each feather ending in a
V-Shaped white tip, the whole forming two distinct bars across wing.
Primaries – Black, ending with a white tip.
Secondaries – Lustrous black, ending with white tips.
Breast: Brilliant greenish black, one feather in two ending in a small V-shaped white tip.
Body & Stern: Body – same as breast. Stern - fluff, black tinged with white.
Lower Thighs: Same as breast.
Undercolor: Slaty black.
Color of Female
Head: Black, one feather in three ending in a small V-shaped white tip.
Neck: Hackle - black, one feather in two ending in a small V-shaped white tip.
Front of Neck - same as breast
Back &
Cushion: Black, one feather in two ending in a small V-shaped white tip.
Tail: Main Tail – Black, each feather ending in a V-Shaped white tip. Coverts - black, one
feather in three ending in a small V-shaped white tip.
Wings: Shoulders, Fronts and Bows – same as back. Coverts – black, one feather in three
ending in a small V-shaped white tip. forming an irregular pair of bars across wing.
Primaries & Secondaries – black, ending with white tips.
Breast: Black, one feather in two ending in a small V-shaped white tip.
Body & Stern: Body – same as breast. Stern - fluff, black tinged with white.
Lower Thighs: Same as breast.
Undercolor: Slaty black
Judging Instructions:
Black plumage should predominate over all sections of the plumage. The ideal white tip should be from one quarter
to three eights of an inch long on the back, body and thighs. This white should be pure within itself and free from
traces of gray or black, the whiter and sharper the better. An even size tip in all sections of the plumage is the ideal.
Defects:
Purple barring in black sections of the plumage – Large White mottling, giving bird an overall too white appearance –
Lack of mottling on back, breast and lower body – Solid white feathers in plumage.
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