Zanna,Hi All! Would love some opinions on this young pullet of this years breeding, she is not laying yet. She looks very different from her full siblings........ Short back, very poofy tail with short tailfeathers for her age (compared to my others), not much copper on the neck, heavily feathered legs, no middle toe feathers but some fluff on the webbing. One of the pics. shows her with a 1/2 sibling who is younger but obviously way different type. Her feathers are amazing, wide and tight. No brown tinge even though the pics. look like she does. Pumkin coloured eyes (look too dark in pics.) She is a broad, chunky, compact load. I just don't know what to think about her, she really appeals to me but I don't know if her type makes her worth test mating back to Dad...............
First how old is she? She is a toughy to judge. Does she have any copper coming in at all? Looks like in the photo she has a bit coming in but I cant tell for sure. I would give her some time on the tail. I had some Birchen males that took forever to grow a tail. I have been told that if it takes them time to get tail feathers they come in nicer. It doesnt look like shes rumpless. And maybe with her tail coming in its pushing her cushion up a bit. That is throwing of her topline for me. The bottom-line is nice to me as well as her wing carriage. Her big beefiness makes her head seem a bit small, but Im looking at a photo. And the darkness of her face and lack of color seem to me as she is over melonized and very dark. I would like to see some pics of her in the future. This is a very hard bird for me to comment on as I see good points and less than ideal points. But she is beautiful, and she may develop into a better package in the future. She really has some heft to pass on if she catches up. Thanks for sharing. And these are my opinions. Wynette and others my have better thoughts.