Anti White Leghorn Bias?

[farmerChef]

Something like this
https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/id/4801299/album/6132091



I think I did that right, I'm on my droid, so its harder to insert pics on the new BYC, sorry if it didn't work

 

[chick-among-us]

ClareScifi wow thanks for the compliments on Casper!

 

[ClareScifi]

So cute!

 

[ClareScifi]

FarmerChef, I can't see your photo? What is it a photo of?

 

[chick-among-us]

Why are Caspers earlobes yellow? Can someone tell me if he is as handsome as I think? OR does he have wicked flaws? I would like to know if he is a SQ bird or not?

 

[chick-among-us]

I think he is so pretty! This pic got good reviews last time! It also helps with evaluating him!

 

[chick-among-us]

other side! Sorry cant figure out how to put all pics on one post!

 

[DMRippy]

He is pretty, but my guess is the yellow ears are a DQ so not show quality. He might have something else mixed in his background that introduced the yellow ear thing.

 

[ClareScifi]

I am bothered by the rampant looksism in the world. I think my Good Guy is a lovely chicken, but I could tell the folks I took him to yesterday, didn't share my enthusiasm. They mentioned having looked through 2,500 chicks to find the one they bought. The man commented on Guy's neck feathers, saying they looked different from his chickens'. Mine has red-and-white barring there, which makes his neck feathers (hackles) appear crimped (like we used to crimp our hair in the 80s), very unique and special. He said his chickens had "shiny neck feathers." What a putdown! Maybe he thought it was a malady of some kind? Then he said, "What does your other rooster look like?" I described, and the wife said, "It sounds like he is VERY mixed." Hmmmphhh!

I don't think they like white chickens much.

I don't like beauty pageants and baby shows, either. Never have, never will. LOL.

 

[Dr Bjorn Netland]

Exchequer Leghorns are very good layers of large, white eggs, almost as good as the production WLs. Some strains of single comb light brown Leghorns (I have one exhibition strain) are also superior layers of a nice size egg while others are pretty poor performers and lay smaller eggs even though they are of gorgeous exhibition quality. My WL/Norwegian Jaer crosses are my best layers.
As for the bias against WLs, I find that it is the reverse when it comes to showing. It is very, very difficult for a colored bird to compete against a white one, despite the fact that the Standard of Perfection has a different point spread to allow for the handicap of the colored ones (the white having more points for some other features and less for color). At times, I felt that the whites were unfairly placed ahead of the colored ones, and some breeders, I suspect, decide to breed the white varieties because it's easier to win with them by concentrating on "type" without having to worry about color and the challenges associated with color breeding.
Preference for white or brown eggshell color depended on the region, according to some of my old poultry books. Recently, the market for the exotic eggshell colors has reflected the newer fads: very dark brown shell color, speckled brown, green, blue, olive etc. The backyard breeders probably respond to these trends, and thus the WLs end up on the back burner though their production value (of any pure breed) cannot be surpassed.