Brown Egg Blue Egg

APA Standard - Silkie Colors

From The American Standard of Perfection 2001
©American Poultry Association, Inc.
Permission to make quotations from the test of this book is granted solely
for the purpose of dissemination of knowledge, provided proper credit is cited.
Edited by Alice Stanford

See this page for all comb, face wattles, beak, eyes, ear lobes,toes and shanks,and skin descriptions.

Jump to:
Non-Brd White, Brd Black, Brd White,
Blues, Partridges, Buffs, Grays

Non-Bearded Black Silkie Bantams

Color - Male and Female Plumage
Surface lustrous greenish black.
Undercolor (except where otherwise specified) dull black in dark-legged varieties.

Non-Bearded White Silkie Bantams

Color - Male and Female Plumage
Web, fluff, and shafts of all feathers, in all sections, white.

Bearded Black Silkie Bantams

Color - Male and Female Plumage
Surface lustrous greenish black.
Undercolor (except where otherwise specified) dull black in dark-legged varieties.

Bearded White Silkie Bantams

Shape and Color - Male and Female Beard
Thick, full, extending back of eyes and projecting from sides of face.

Blue Silkie Bantams (Bearded and Non-Bearded)

Plumage Male and Female
Blue:
Head: Glossy Black
Neck: Hackle- an even shade of clear bluish slate, distinctly laced with glossy black. Front of Neck -- same as breast
Back: Back and Saddle- an even shade of clear bluish state, each feather distinctly laced with glossy black.
Tail: an even shade of bluish slate, each feather distinctly laced with glossy black.
Wings: Bluish slate.
Breast: An even shade of clear bluish slate, each feather having a sharply defined lacing of black.
Body and Fluff: Clear bluish slate.
Legs: An even shade of clear bluish slate, each feather having a sharply defined lacing of black.
Undercolor of All Sections: Bluish Slate

Partridge Silkie Bantams (Bearded and Non-Bearded)

Plumage of Male
Head: Web of feather, lustrous rich red.
Neck: Hackle - Web of feather, lustrous greenish black with a narrow lacing of medium shade of rich, brilliant red; shaft black
Front of neck - black
Back: Back including saddle - Web of feather, lustrous, greenish black with narrow facing of a mediun shade of rich brilliant red, a slight shafting of rich red permissilbe. Rich brilliant red predominating on surface of upper back; saddle matching with hackle in color.
Tail: Main tail - web, black
Main and lesser sickles - lustrous, greenish black
Coverts - lusterous greenish black, laced with medium shade of rich brilliant red.
Wings: Front - black
Bows - a medium shade of rich brilliant red
Coverts - lustrous, greenish black, forming a distinct wing bar of this color across entire wing when folded
Primaries - black, with narrow edging of redish bay on lower webs.
Secondaries - lower webs black with lower half reddish bay, terminating with black at end of each feather; upper webs, black; secondaries when folded forming a triangular reddish bay wing-bay between the wing bar and tips of secondary feathers.
Breast: Lustrous, greenish black.
Body and Fluff: Body - black fluff
Fluff - black, slightly tinged with red
Legs and Toes: black

Plumage of Female
Head: Deep reddish bay.
Neck: Hackle - black, slightly penciled with deep reddish bay and laced with reddish bay.
Front of neck - penciled same as breast
Back: Deep reddish bay, with distinct black pencilings.
Tail: Main tail - black except two top feathers which have black lower webs and deep reddish bay with black penciled upper webs
Coverts - Deep reddish bay with distinct black pencilings.
Wings: Front - Deep reddish bay with distinct black pencilings.
Bows - Deep reddish bay with distinct black pencilings.
Coverts - Deep reddish bay with distinct black pencilings.
Primaries - black with deep reddish bay diagonal pencilings on lower webs.
Secondaries - lower webs, deep reddish bay with black pencilings extended well around tips of feathers; balance of upper webs, black
Breast: Deep reddish bay with distinct black pencilings.
Body and Fluff: Body - Deep reddish bay with distinct black pencilings.
Fluff - deep reddish bay penciled with dull black
Legs and Toes: Deep reddish bay with black pencilings.

Buff Silkie Bantams (Bearded and Non-Bearded)

Plumage of Male and Female
An even shade of rich golden buff throughout the surface.

Gray Silkie Bantams (Bearded and Non-Bearded)

Color - Male Plumage
Head
Dark Gray
Neck
Hackle - light gray streaked with darker gray.
Back
Even shade of chinchilla gray.
Saddle
To match hackle.
Tail
Main tail, sickles, and coverts same as back.
Wings
Shoulders, fronts, bows, and coverts same as back.
Primaries slaty gray with center shafting of darker shade.
Secondaries slaty gray.
Breast
Light gray.
Body & Stern
Same as back.
Shanks & Toes
Slaty blue
Undercolor
Smoky gray of a shade not darker than top color.

Color - Female Plumage
Head
Chinchilla Gray
Neck
Hackle - light gray streaked with darker gray.
Back & Cushion
Even shade of chinchilla gray.
Tail
Main tail and coverts same as back.
Wings
Shoulders, fronts, bows, and coverts same as back.
Primaries and secondaries solid even shade of slaty gray.
Breast
Light gray.
Body & Stern
Same as back.
Shanks & Toes
Slaty blue
Undercolor
Smoky gray of a shade not darker than top color.

Brown Egg Blue Egg