The following are the standards approved in 1998:
- COLOR: Natural; bright and rich throughout; color-fed or bred not accepted
- BODY: Well rounded; chest broad and full; back wide and full; neck heavy and full blending smoothly from head to shoulders; having a slightly tubular appearance
- HEAD: SMOOTH HEAD Large and wide in the proportion with the robust size of the bird; rounded from front to back and side to side with a rise over the beak; showing brows; eyes bright; unobstructed; beak short.
- CREST: A wide oval blending smoothly into the back of the head and neck feathers; length not to extend beyond the tip of the beak or obscure the eyes; well centered over the eye; set close to the skull without splits, horns or bare spots; eyes bright; unobstructed; beak short
- FEATHER: Neat; silky; smoothly follows the contour of the body
- WINGS: Evenly set; carried close to the body with the tips touching at the base of the tail
- TAIL: Short; compact; straight; carried rigidly
- LEGS & FEET: Neat; stocky; set well back; showing no thigh
- SIZE: Substantial; all parts in proportion; ideal length 6 inches
- GENERAL APPEARANCE:Alert; steady; clean and healthy; no cobbiness or feather frilling; stands at a 45 degree angle over the perch; moves readily from perch to perch; shown in Columbus Fancy show cage
