The Standard of the American Bantam Association for the Blue Silkie requires the both the male Silkie and the female Silkie to have a lustrous bluish black head. The hackle, back, saddle, tail, wings and body a uniform shade of slaty blue clearly laced with bluish black. The undercolor should be a uniform slaty blue.
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Bearded Blue Cockerel owned by Roy Kårtveit
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Blue Cock and Blue Hen
Photo courtesy of the Silkie Club of Great Britain
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