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Soli 
Here's the Blue-silver cockerel that's about 4 months old. He's out of some hens I culled shortly after getting the new roo. I didn't like the hens at all, but I do kind of like the way this cockerel looks - he's leggier than the others, won't have as good feather but looks good in his own way. He is a bit dirty - got pooped on his shoulder area. He's definitely not a clean silver - pretty sure a clean silver won't be doable with what I have, but I can make silver splash, which is nice.
Soli, I think he is pretty.. I try not to cull until they are over a year old but it is better to wait until first real molt. He has a thinner tail it looks like, but good stance and nice tail angle. Good feather texture. and a beautiful color. Longtails is not always best bird to best bird makes a great bird.. Example.. my shojo is not a perfect nonmolter and the silver ginger hen I chose to breed him to, was average. They come from good lines, but are not amazing in themselves.. however, that being said, they made some of the most beautiful gingers I have seen in chicks this year.. It seems with longtails as you narrow your gene pool down, you get better quality birds.. Here is the dad, mom, and offspring.. (this is also the mating that produced my barred cream gingers)
