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The last copy of the SOP came out in 2010, which is the most current. They usually are printed about every 10 years or so, so getting a 2010 copy will be your best bet. The thread is not dead, I'm just waiting til we move further in the Continental class to the Marans.

I'll have to look over my birds again when they are done getting all their feathers in from their early molt and those that are broody to reassess what I have. I'd be curious to see what someone else has to say about the extra coloring and whether they should be used or if there is a correlation...

I agree, her tail is not as open as I'd like and do like tighter feathered birds. That's the goal of the breeding program and have made pretty good strides in the last couple of years, but all a step at a time. What I like about her, is that her offspring have really nice width and nice breast...

Mornin Lady I hope I'll make sense this AM, but did not sleep well at all, so hopefully someone will jump in if I forget something. The main difference to me is tightness of feathers. Having said that, I have the luxury of handling the birds on a consistent basis to know their structure well...

Thanks, and thanks for your comments on my Sussex boy. The one I did hold back is a big boy, but this freak weather pushed them into molt about a month ago, so just holding off on photos til they look like real birds again haha

Well, I couldn't find the birchen photo right off hand, but did find a shadowed photo of a blue copper with a crow head. I particularly like that the shadowing forces you to focus on the top line of the head. There is no rise to it at all. Whenever I get birds like this, off to the layer pen...

He doesn't have the biggest round head, but this is definitely not crow headed. On a crow headed bird, the pinched and almost flat with no substance will continue the whole way back. Hang on a sec, I'll find you a pic. I had a couple last year come out of my birchen marans (talk about a project...

Another hen from the breeder pen. She does not have a comb that is a nice as I'd like, but she produces lovely offspring without the same unevenness she has.

Thanks Karen, I've been working on them for about 4 years with lots of ups and downs, but having never raised the Sussex before, I've been happy with how they are changing thru each season of hatching and culling and etc. Here is one of my hens from the breeder group at a couple of different...

I should mention this male is no longer here as he has a sprig at the back of his comb. I have another that I could never tell apart from this one. Hopefully they will get in better feather very soon and can get photos of the roo I did hold back. I'm mostly curious about the type and etc and if...

Thanks Karen for mentioning over on the Sussex thread that Sussex were being discussed. I would like to post a few photos of my birds if that's alright. They will be photos I've already taken as my birds are not in good feather at the moment. These photos by no means will be birds in show...