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ORANGEBREASTED

1. ORANGEBREASTED NORMAL

COCK: Eyes dark Head neck and wings grey. Throat and upper chest pale grey with orange zebra lines running across the throat under the beak, continuing down to the chest bar. Chest bar orange. Underparts off-white Cheek patches orange. Flank markings chestnut with even, round white spots. Tail orange with horizontal white barring. Beak red, legs and feet orange.

HEN: As for the cock, minus the breast barring, cheek patches, throat and flank markings. Tear mark absent. Cheek patches lighter grey than head colour.

Show Faults: Observable tear marks on cock or hen. Incomplete replacement of black in zebra markings, chest bar and tail (ideal is zero black).

2. ORANGEBREASTED FAWN

COCK: Eyes dark. Head neck and wings warm fawn. Throat and upper chest light fawn with orange zebra lines running across the throat under the beak, continuing down to the chest bar. Chest bar orange. Underparts creamy white. Cheek patches orange. Flank markings chestnut with even, round white spots. Tail orange with white barring. Beak red, legs and feet orange.

HEN: As for the cock, minus the breast barring, cheek patches, throat and flank markings. Tear mark absent. Cheek patches paler fawn than head colour.

Show Faults: Observable tear marks on cock or hen. Incomplete replacement of deep brown in zebra markings, breast bar, and tail (ideal is no deep brown markings in these areas).

3. ORANGEBREASTED PIED

COCK: As for the Orangebreasted Normal, Fawn, etc., but with the body colour broken with white, approximately 50%. Well matched pairs are acceptable in the range 40-60%. Cocks to retain all cock markings, but broken with white. Beak red, legs and feet orange.

HEN: As for the Orangebreasted Normal, Fawn, etc., with all areas of the bird broken with white.

Show Faults: Poor matching of pairs and unevenness of white areas. Loss of markings, especially on cocks.

4. ORANGEBREASTED LIGHTBACK

COCK: Eyes dark. Head, neck and wings silvery grey. Throat and upper chest pale grey with orange zebra lines running across the throat under the beak, continuing down to the chest bar. Chest bar orange. Underparts white. Cheek patches orange (may be darker where the tear mark would normally be). Flank markings chestnut with even, round white spots. Tail orange with horizontal white barring. Beak red, legs and feet orange.

HEN: As for cock minus the breast barring, cheek patches, throat and flank markings. Tear mark absent. Cheek patches lighter grey than head colour.

Show Faults: Observable tear marks on hens. Incomplete replacement of black in zebra markings, chest bar and tail (ideal is zero black)

5. ORANGEBREASTED CHESTNUT FLANKED WHITE

COCK: Eyes dark. Head, neck and wings white. Throat and upper chest white with orange zebra lines running across the throat under the beak, continuing down to the chest bar. Chest bar orange. Underparts white. Cheek patches orange. Flank markings chestnut with even, round white spots. Tail orange and white horizontal bars. Beak red, legs and feet orange.

HEN: No tear mark or cock markings. Tail should be barred horizontally with orange and white.

Show Faults: Observable tear marks on cock or hen. Incomplete replacement of black in zebra markings, chest bar, and tail (ideal is zero black or grey)

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Last modified: March 14, 2007