| Key 14 : | Key for Columbian restriction |
| Note: Black can be diluted to blue, lavender, chocolate, khaki or white. | |
| The chicken is solid buff, or red, no black markings. | |
| go to next step ... Key for Groundcolor | |
| The chicken is a (light) sussex or a (light) brahma, or has white underfluff.
The male saddle is clear (little to no black). | |
| go to next step ... Key for Groundcolor | |
| The hackle and tail are solid black. The body is groundcolor. Saddle may be striped heavy.
Lakenvelder pattern. | |
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| go to next step ... Key for Groundcolor | |
| Hackle, tail and back are dark patterned. Breast is groundcolor.
Males resemble lakenvelder but normally have more groundcolor on head and upper hackle and have more black on shoulders and wings. Quail. | |
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| go to next step ... Key for Groundcolor | |
| The chicken has dark underfluff and the male may have heavy hackle and saddle striping.
The body is clear of black flecks. Females and males have the same pattern. | |
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| go to next step ... Key for Groundcolor | |
| The chicken is male and has a groundcolor body with a (diluted) black tail.
The females are not the same pattern and have transverse pencilling or barring on their body. | |
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| go to next step ... Key for Groundcolor | |
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