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Pullet #1359. Champion large fowl of the New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers Association 53rd annual show, 10/9/2016.

By the pics, which are always questionable, I'd eat number 4 very quickly. He appears distinctly hatchet breasted, and the stubs are highly heritable and an SOP disqualification. DQ's are established because of their potential to undermine an entire line; they're not just random bits. By your...

Don Monk(e) in Ohio?

There's a gentleman in Ohio who probably has the best around. His name escapes me, but I'll find it. Monk? Monke?

I call chicken shows "chicken church." You see everyone, share in progress and difficulty, recommit to doing it right, remember why you don't do it wrong, and generally clean house.

Excellent pics, guys! Wisher, your birds have made great strides, and it's important to point out that you make every attempt to "walk the walk," and your birds are showing the mark. The broody pic is hilarious, beautiful, and aptly illustrative of my point. Nice feather quality on that RC...

Thank you.

PS: Some birds in any strain, and the percentage will change depending on the strain, will not go broody no matter what you do: For your requirements: Anconas, Leghorns, WFB Spanish, Minorcas, Lakenvelders, Andalusians, among others. The question is how easily stock can be procured. Those...

Different strains behave differently when it comes to broodiness. Most sweeping comments about a breeds broodiness are either outdated or were only ever the statement of an ideal. Many strains of breeds rumored to be non-broody with brood just fine. To get that to happen, you're best bet is to...

Everything depends on the lens one is looking through. Via the SOP, pg. 29, "Awarding Prizes at Poultry Shows," #1: "Only such varieties as are recognized and described in the Standard of Perfection are eligible to compete in sweepstakes. This includes all varieties of chickens, turkeys, and...

No actually, again you are incorrect, and you are incorrect because you apparently do not understand judging and what a judge judges or what a judge needs to know about. At no point does a judge have to know about autosomal genes versus sex-linked genes, dominants versus recessives, and none...

Honestly and to the point, your list doesn't make sense and it's full of contradictions, i.e. the breed you listed doesn't exist. Try this approach instead if you really want to breed: Get rid of all of your layers next fall--every single one of them, once next springs birds come of age...

These last few comments are silly. There's no such thing as an "Obvious" red sex-link from an APA/ABA judge's perspective. Indeed, he/she may not have seen a red sex-link--which is a mutt-in years and years. Most importantly, why on earth would a red "sex-link" be at a show? One of the...

What "show" are we discussing. In the interest of "truth in advertisement." MyPetChicken does not sell really nice birds from great breeders. Some things are relative to place. This sounds like such an occasion to me. The term "Best of Utility" is not a term used by the APA or the ABA, and it's...