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Standards come from the Australian Poultry Standards - 1st Edition
Carriage:
Sprightly and erect
Type:
Back - fairly long, flat and tapering to the tail.
Breast - full and round. Flanks deep.
Shoulders - wide.
Wings - large and closely carried.
Tail - full, neatly spread, and carried somewhat low, not perpendicularly,
the sickles and coverts abundant and well curved.
Head:
Large and decidedly pronounced protuberance on top, and crested.
Crest - large, full, circular on top and free of any split or parting, high and smooth
in front and compact in the centre, falling evenly with long untwisted or reverse-faced feathers
far down the nape of the neck, and composed of feathers similar to those of the hackles.
Beak - of medium length, and having nostrils rising above the curved line of the beak.
Eyes - large and full.
Comb - of horn type and very small if any (preference should be given to birds
without a comb).
Face - smooth, without muffling in the White-crested Black or Blue varieties, and
completely covered by muffling in the others. White Polish are found in two forms, both bearded
and non-bearded.
Muffling - large, full and compact, fitting around to the back of the eyes and
almost hiding the face.
Ear-lobes - very small and round, quite invisible in the muffed varieties.
Wattles - rather large and long in the White-crested and non-bearded
varieties; the others are without wattles.
Neck:
Long with abundant hackle coming well over the shoulders.
Legs and Feet:
Legs - slender and fairly long, the shanks free of feathers.
Toes - four, well spread.
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With the exception of the crest, which is of globular shape, the general
characteristics are similar to those of the male allowing for the natural sexual differences.
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Black:
Male and Female Plumage - Black throughout all sections with beetle-green sheen.
Undercolour as dark as possible.
Chamois or Buff Laced:
Male Plumage - Buff ground with white lacing. Crest white at the roots and tips, and as
free a possible from whole white feathers. Muffling mottled or laced, not solid buff. Hackle tipped.
Wing bar and secondaries laced, and primaries tipped. Tail, sickles and coverts laced.
Female Plumage - Except that the wing primaries are tipped, the colours and
markings including the crest, are buff ground and white lacing.
Golden:
Male Plumage - Golden bay ground with black markings. Crest: black at roots and tips,
and free as possible of whole white feathers. Muffling: mottled or laced, not solid black.
Hackle tipped. Back and saddle distinctly laced or spangled at the tips. Breast, thighs,
shoulders and wings: laced except primaries which are tipped. Tail laced, the ends of the
sickles well splashed.
Female Plumage - Golden bay ground with black lacing, each feather distinctly
marked and free as possible from splashes.
Silver:
Male and Female Plumage - As for the gold, substituting silver as the ground colour.
White (Bearded):
Male and Female Plumage - Pure white throughout all sections.
White (Non-bearded):
Male and Female Plumage - Pure white throughout all sections.
White-crested Black:
Male and Female Plumage - Rich metallic black, except the crest which is snow white,
with a black band at base of crest in front.
White-crested Blue:
Male and Female Plumage - Solid dark blue (self coloured). Crest snow white, with
a blue band at base of crest in front.
In both sexes of all varieties:
Beak dark blue or horn. Dark Blue only for White, White-crested Black and White-crested Blue.
Eyes, comb and face: red. Ear-lobes white. Legs and feet dark blue.
Frizzled Polish:
These birds to conform to the Polish Standard in all respects for type and colour. Their frizzled
plumage is made up of feathers which are curved back towards the head; the curl as close,
even and abundant as possible.
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Split or twisted crest. Comb, if any, other than horn type.
Absence of muffling in Chamois, Golden and Silver varieties. Legs other than blue or slate.
Other than four toes on each foot. Any deformity. Absence of black or blue
in the front of crest in White-crested Blacks and Blues.
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Scale of Points:
White-crested Varieties and Non-bearded Whites
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Type
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5
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Head (crest 30, comb and wattles 15)
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45
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Colour
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30
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Condition
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15
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Size
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5
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TOTAL
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100
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Other Varieties
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Type
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10
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Head (crest 30, muffling 10)
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45
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Colour and markings
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30
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Condition
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10
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Size
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10
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TOTAL
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100
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Weights:
Fowls
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Male
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2.70 - 3.20 kg
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(6 - 7 lb)
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Female
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2.00 - 2.5 kg
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(4 ½ - 5 ½ lb)
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Bantams
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Male
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790 - 910 g
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(28 - 32 oz)
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Female
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680 - 790 g
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(24 - 28 oz)
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