Proposed Working Standard

Broken Flemish Giant

Bob McBee Alvarado TX

            Brokens are to include any recognized variety of the breed, or variety within a group, in conjunction with white.  Colored sections on Brokens are to match, as closely as possible, the standard for the colored variety.  The twenty points allotted to the color are to be applied half to color and half to pattern.

COLOR & PATTERN – Brokens are to have both ears colored. With color   

            around the eyes, and on the nose.  (No preference given for a nose                

            butterfly over an evenly balanced nose marking.)  The body pattern may

            be spotted, with individual colored spots or patches over the back, sides,

            and hips; or a blanket pattern, with color starting at or near the neck, and

            continuing over the back, sides, and hips.  Preference is for an evenly

            balanced pattern.  Toenails should be white, but there is no fault or

            disqualification for colored toenail(s).  Eyes – Color to correspond to the

            colored variety requirement.

Faults – Unbalanced nose marking; excessive white in ears; unbalanced body

              markings; uneven color.  Color, in the judge’s opinion, more than 50

              percent.

Disqualifications from Competition – Color, in the judge’s opinion, less than

             10 percent.  Absence of color on the nose (Note: Color appearing in any  

              area where the butterfly would normally occur satisfies the requirement

              for a nose marking.), around the ears, or on the body.  Eye color other

              than called for.  Excessive scattered white hairs in the colored section. 

              No disqualification for a white spot in a colored section.