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Red Pyle Plumage

Color of Male
HEAD: Plumage, bright orange.
NECK: Hackle - brilliant light orange, free from dark striping or tipping, to match saddle.  Front of Neck - white, some blending of very light orange allowed.
BACK: Rich red with some luster.
SADDLE: Brilliant light orange, free from dark striping or tipping, to match hackle.
TAIL: Main Tail - white.  Sickles, Lesser Sickles & Coverts - white, with some luster.
WINGS: Shoulders & Fronts - White.  Coverts - pure white, free from splashes and ticking, forming a distinct bar across wings.  Primaries - white except lower feathers, outer bar of which is bay.  Secondaries - white, part of outer web forming wing bay, rich red bay.  Bows - rich red with some luster.
BREAST: White.
BODY, STERN & LOWER THIGHS: White.
UNDERCOLOR: White.

Color of Female
HEAD: Plumage, bright orange.
NECK: Hackle - white laced with bright orange.  Front of Neck - Salmon.
BACK, CUSHION, TAIL & WINGS: White.
BREAST: Rich pinkish salmon.
BODY, STERN, LOWER THIGHS & UNDERCOLOR: White.

Defects
Dark striping and tipping in male hackle - Red splashing and ticking in male wing coverts and breast - Red in female wings - Black tickings in male wings and tail - Reddish cast on back of female - Female nearly pure white - Red tinge in male breast - Slight gray or black flecking in white plumage of male (from males carrying the black red color factors) - "Rosey winged" females are useful only in the breeding pen to retain color for the production of well marked cockerels.

Eyes: Reddish Bay
Beak and Legs: Yellow
Ear Lobes: Red