Satinettes

ORDER OF EVALUATION:

General Impression (including Station). Body Form (including Size). Head and Beak. Crest. Neck and Frill. Markings. Color.

WEIGHTING OF ELEMENTS OF JUDGING

• General Impression (including Station) 20 

• Body Form (including Size) 15 

• Head and Beak 15 

• Crest 10 

• Neck and Frill 10 

• Markings 15 

• Color 15 

Possible Groupings:

Judges may wish to consider grouping specimens, when there are enough birds to do so, in the following manner: 

• By age (young vs. old)  - Young = is defined as a bird banded (e.g. 2024) the year it was born and banded/raised and shown that year.  

• By sex (hen vs. cock)   - Old = is defined as birds banded/raised the last year or before (e.g. 2023, 2022, etc.). 

• Separate barred birds from laced birds 

• Separate lace tail birds from spot tail birds 

• Separate by color

STANDARD - SATINETTES / Colors: 

BLACK LACED SATINETTES 

Each feather of the wings and tail (from a line across the rump), except those of the prescribed white arcs, should be edged in black-coal black.

DUN LACED SATINETTES 

Same as black except the edging in colored feathers is a deep, lustrous metallic dun-dark gun metal. (So called light color duns-browns and khakis-should be excluded from this class when possible by the judge and shown in proper class provided for them) 

BLUE LACED SATINETTES 

Each colored feather of the wings should be edged in the grey-black or blue-black color of a normal checkered pigeon. This edging must be even whether penciled, arrow pointed, or ticked, preference to be given in the order named. Tail, dark blue, having a black band at lower extremity. On this band, or replacing it evenly in each feather, should be a clear round white spot," moon", or bar, clearly defined and limited to the band area. 

SILVER LACED SATINETTES 

Same as blue, except that wing feather edging is the soft silvery gray or gray-black of a normal silver checkered pigeon. Tail, gray or light grayish blue with a dark gray or gray-black bar, marked as in blue, above. (True dun is permissible in lacing or tail bars if tail is distinctly gray or gray blue. No birds with reddish or brown lacing, or with fawn, tan or brown color in tails is permitted-such birds to be placed in class provided for them by the judge. 

BLUE BAR SATINETTES ---BLUETTE 

Each colored feather of the wings should be a clear solid blue, of the normal blue-gray pigeon color, with two clear cut white bars, edged at lower extremity with black. Tail marked as in blue laced Satinette. 

SILVER BAR SATINETTE--SILVERETTE 

Same as blue bar except colored wing feathers should be clear soft silver gray-silver of the normal silver bar pigeon. Bars as in the Bluette above but edged with dark gray or gray-black. True dun permissible in bars and tail markings providing tail is distinctly gray or gray-blue. Fawn, brown-silver or brownish casts in wings or tail, or chocolate brown bars should result in exclusion by the judge and placing in class provided for browns. 

BROWN LACED SATINETTES-LACED TAIL 

Same as black-laced Satinette except edging of wing and tail feathers should be a clear brown-chocolate brown preferred. 

KHAKI LACED SATINETTES-LACED TAIL 

Same as brown laced, above, except edging of feathers should be a clear pale brown (light tan or khaki). (Since these are sometimes difficult to differentiate from brown laced above, they may be shown in the same or separate classes, according to decision of the judge. 

BROWN LACED SATINETTES-SPOT TAIL 

Same as blue laced Satinette except that edging of wing feathers shall be true brown (chocolate brown preferred), and tail feathers definitely brown. Reddish brown in wing lacing may be permitted and brownish gray or fawn may be permitted in tail only if in the opinion of the judge the majority of the class is generally of the same coloring. 

KHAKI LACED SATINETTE-SPOT TAIL 

Same as brown laced except feather edging on wings should be a very light grayish-brown-as close to khaki color as possible. Tails should be light gray-brown also, with dark buff or light brownish bars on which the spots appear. Generally this bird has a yellowish-khaki cast. 

BROWN BAR SATINETTE 

Same as Bluette, feathers of wings being brown, preferably a clear light creamy brown, with white bars which, if edged, preferably are chocolate brown. Tail as in brunette. 

KHAKI BAR SATINETTE 

Same as preceding, except wing feather coloring is a clear pale egg-shell brown or light khaki with a yellowish cast, bars, if edged, preferably dark khaki or brown. Tail as in khaki laced Satinette. 

RED LACED SATINETTE-LACED TAIL (Recessive Red) 

Same as black laced except each feather of wings and tail, excluding standard white area, edged in clear deep brick red. (Brown, gray, black or tan color in wing coverts or tail not permitted) 

YELLOW LACED SATINETTE - LACED TAIL (Recessive Yellow)

Same as red laced except edging of feathers a clear deep yellow.

RED LACED SATINETTE-SPOT TAIL (Recessive Red) 

Same as blue laced except for clear brick red edging of wing feathers. and clear red tail feathers with white bar or spots. No trace of brown, gray black or dun color permitted in coverts, tail feathers or tail bar area. 

YELLOW LACED SATINETTE - SPOT TAIL (Recessive Yellow)

Same as red laced except edging of feathers a clear deep yellow. 

RED BAR SATINETTE (Recessive Red) 

Same as Bluette. except for clear deep brick red of wing feathers, white bars with no edging other than uniform red of wing coverts. Tail as in red laced Satinette (spot tail). 

YELLOW BAR SATINETTE (Recessive Yellow) 

Same as red bar Satinette except for clear deep yellow color in wings and tail. 

ASH-RED SATINETTE (LAVENDER) 

Same as black except the edging in colored feathers is a light ash-gray, lavender-gray, or reddish-gray. Shafts of tail feathers are col­ored and tail feathers may be whitish, grayish or flecked, but there is seldom, if ever, any lacing of tail feathers. 

ASH-YELLOW SATINETTE (LAVENDER-DILUTE) 

Same as ash-red except the edging in colored feathers is a very light soft yellowish-gray, yellow-pink, or pinkish-gray. Tail the same.