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That bird in the pic is a SQ bird and is a bantam. The ones from a hatchery will be PQ and likely be LF.
Partridge is not the "original" color.
Partridge standard:
Color of male
HEAD: Surface of feather, brilliant medium shade of rich red.
NECK: Hackle - surface of feather, lustrous greenish black with narrow edging around entire surface of rich brilliant red; shaft. black: to match saddle. Front of neck - black.
BACK: Surface of feather, lustrous greenish black with narrow edging around entire surface of a medium shade of rich brilliant red. A slight shafting of rich red is permissible. The surface of upper back should appear to be rich glossy red, when viewed from a distance too great to distinguish the individual feathers.
SADDLE: surface of feather, lustrous green black with narrow edging around entire surface of rich brilliant red; shaft black; to match hackle in color.
TAIL: Main Tail black, shafts black. Sickles & Lesser Sickles lustrous greenish black. Coverts lustrous greenish black, with narrow edging around entire surface of rich brilliant red.
WINGS: Shoulders & Fronts black. Bows medium shade of rich brilliant red. Coverts lustrous greenish black, forming a well defined bar when wing is folded. Primaries black, lower edges of lower feathers, reddish bay, shafts black. Secondaries black, exposed portion of outer web forming wing bay, reddish bay; shafts, black.
BREAST: Lustrous black with greenish sheen.
BODY & STERN: Body black. Stern fluff, black slightly tinged with red.
LOWER THIGHS: black.
UNDERCOLOR: slate in all sections.
Color of female
PLUMAGE: penciling in the partridge female should be of uniform width and conform to the shape of the feather. Each feather of the back, breast, body, wing bows and thighs should have three pencilings; the center black, then alternately reddish bay and black, ending with reddish bay edging around the entire surface. More attention should be given to the brightness and sharpness of the reddish bay ground color and the almost jet black penciling than whether the bird appears lighter or darker than an individual preference. The ideal is one uniform color over the entire body of the bird.
HEAD: deep reddish bay.
NECK: Hackle surface of feather, center portion black; slightly penciled with deep reddish bay. With narrow edging around the entire surface of deep reddish bay. Front of neck same as breast.
BACK: Deep reddish bay with distinct pencilings of black.
TAIL: Main Tail black, except two top feathers, which are deep reddish bay on the upper web, penciled with black, shafts black. Coverts deep reddish bay, with distinct pencilings of black.
WINGS: Shoulders, Fronts, Bows and Coverts - deep reddish bay, with distince pencilings of black. Primaries black with edging of deep reddish bay on outer webs, shafts black. Secondaries inner webs black; outer webs deep reddish bay, with distinct pencilings of black extending around outer edge of feather, shafts black.
BREAST: Deep reddish bay with distinct pencilings of black.
BODY & STERN: Body - deep reddish bay penciled with black. Stern fluff, deep reddish bay.
LOWER THIGHS: Deep reddish bay, penciled with black.
UNDERCOLOR: Slate in all directions.
Disqualifications
Positive white in main tail feathers, sickles of secondaries Shanks other than yellow or dusky yellow.
Defects
Purple sheen in males Unevenness of ground color in females Dullness, mealiness and smokiness in ground color of females White in undercolor Red on partridge males is not to be so dark as to give the impression that the bird is black No male is to be awarded a first premium if ten percent or more of his breast feathers are other than black.
