WHEATEN
COLOR - MALE
COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red
BEAK: Light horn shading to white at tip
EYES: Reddish bay
SHANKS AND TOES: Pinkish white
HEAD: Light orange, free from dark feathers.
(Varying from golden-red to brown-red )
NECK:
Hackle -- Light orange, free from dark feathers (Varying from golden-red to brown-red )
Front of neck -- Black
BACK: Mahogany red
Saddle -- Mahogany red color matching the hackles
TAIL:
Main Tail -- Black with reddish cast
Sickles and Coverts -- Black with glints of beetle green
WINGS:
Shoulders - Strong mahogany red
Bows -- Strong mahogany red to match back
Coverts -- Lustrous black forming a bluish black armband
Primaries -- Black, edged in brown
Secondaries -- Brown with internal black barbs forms a brown triangular wing bay
BREAST: Black
BODY AND STERN: Black
LEGS AND TOES:
Lower Thighs - Black
Shank and Toe Feathering - Black
EAR DOWN: Brown
UNDER-COLOR:
Light slate. Very light in hackle and saddle
COLOR - FEMALE
COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red
BEAK: Light horn shading to white at tip
EYES: Reddish bay
SHANKS AND TOES: Pinkish white
HEAD: Lustrous Rich Wheaten
NECK:
Hackle -- Lustrous rich wheaten
Front of neck -- wheaten
BACK: Dark Wheaten
TAIL: Two top main feathers rich wheaten, slightly stippled with black. Balance of main tail feathers dull black, outer web slightly edged with wheaten.
WINGS:
Fronts, bows and coverts Wheaten
Primaries - Outer web medium shade of wheaten; inner web, ashy wheaten stippled with brownish black.
Secondaries - Outer web, wheaten; inner web, ashy wheaten shaded with brownish black.
BREAST: Wheaten
BODY AND STERN: Medium wheaten
LEGS AND TOES:
Lower Thighs - Light creamy wheaten
Shank and Toe Feathering - Creamy wheaten feathering down the out-side of the leg and outer toe
EAR DOWN:
Cream color
UNDER-COLOR
Varying from light wheaten to slate
Used with permission from the American Standard of Perfection, 44th edition.