Standard – Ginger Red Modern Game Bantams

Standard shape requirements the same as for the breed description of Modern Game Bantams.

DISQUALIFICATIONS White in any section of the plumage. (See General Disqualifications and Cutting for Defects).

COLOR – MALE
COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Horn.
EYES: Red.
HEAD: Lustrous Red.
NECK: Hackle – Lustrous orange-yellow, free from striping. Front of Neck – Ginger yellow.
BACK: Lustrous, rich red. Saddle – Bright orange-yellow TAIL: Black Sickles, Lesser Sickles and Coverts – black with beetle green sheen. Tail Coverts – black, with green sheen, laced with red.
WINGS, INCLUDING WING FRONTS, SHOULDERS, WING BOWS AND COVERTS: Rich red. Primaries – dull black, outer edges ginger red. Secondaries – dull black, outer edges which form the wing bay are ginger red.
BREAST: Ginger red, becoming darker toward the thighs.
BODY STERN AND LOWER THIGHS: Dusky red.
FLUFF: Slate tinged with red.
LEGS AND TOES: Shanks and Toes: Willow green.
UNDERCOLOR OF ALL SECTIONS: Slate.

COLOR – FEMALE
COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red
BEAK: Horn
EYES: Red
HEAD: Soft ginger yellow.
NECK: Hackle – Golden yellow, striped with black. Front of Neck – Ginger yellow.
BACK: Ginger yellow stippled with black.
TAIL: Dull black, top two main tail feathers stippled with black. Tail Coverts – Ginger yellow stippled with black.
WINGS, INCLUDING WING FRONTS, SHOULDERS, WING BOWS AND COVERTS: Ginger yellow stippled with black. Primaries – dully black, lower edges light ginger. Secondaries – dark ginger, lower edges forming the wing bay stippled with black.
BREAST: Ginger yellow.
BODY: Dull ginger.
STERN AND FLUFF: Slate tinged with ginger.
LEGS AND TOES: Lower Thighs – Ginger Shanks and Toes: Willow green.
UNDERCOLOR OF ALL SECTIONS: Slate.