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Okay this confuses me. I have limited experience having only seen 4 campine roos in my lifetime...but they all had saddle feathers and were completely unrelated birds. I cannot imagine them not having saddle feathers being a larger fowl...the sebright okay (I have only seen two of those in...

Quote: Yes, there's a "judge's book" it's called the American Standard of Perfection. The "bit of studying" involves a minimum of a 2 year apprenticeship with 10 different judges. Reccomendations from those judges that you be allowed to take the exams. Then there's a comprehensive written exam...

The funniest oops to me was a trio of bantams someone brought in. 2 hens and 1 roo. They disqualified all three for "saddle feathers" on the roo. Now what the heck does that mean. What Roo doesn't have saddle feathers? And he did have them. Huh? Sebright & Campine males should both be hen...

Quote: Yes, there is the option of not awarding a first, or any placement for that matter if there is no worthy entry. I often do it at fairs but it's uncommon at an APA?ABA sanctioned show because as a general rule there are enough quality birds in a class so that it isn't an issue. That...

Quote: It's rather embarrassing but this is what the poultry show at the NYS Fair has become. There are undoubtedly a few good birds there & I do mean a few but the majority aren't much better than those pictured. The sad thing is the NYS Fair poultry show was once one of the premier shows in...