Thanks! I just read over the standard, I had not seen it before. I'll pull out the wings tomorrow and try to get some photos. I'll also fix the older guys wings so you can see the color of the secondaries... I didn't know it was all messed up when taking it.Have you had a chance to read the draft 2 standard yet? Your older too has a better shape and color according to the standard, but I can't see his wing bay. Do you have any pics with the feathers straightened out? I really like his crest, and one extra point is not a big deal in terms of his comb. In future offspring I would pick boys which display the cream and gray as much as possible in the saddle, and try to get away from those dark golden bits way back there hanging out with the lesser sickles.
Your younger boy has some growing in to do, but he has a great start shaped wise. Watch that breast line to see if it rounds out or stays flat ( round breast good). Does he always hold his wings low, or is it just the cage? This is something to look for in offspring to get them nice and high. Does he have a crest? If not, you are going to have to pair him large crested girls or he will father non crested birds instead of just passing one copy of it down...automatic DQ if you're planning on showing. Color wise, I think you know he's gold...but it doesn't 't mean that he has to be dismissed if you have cream girls to work withbest wishes with your beautiful birds!
I had just put the young cockerel in the show coop and he was pretty nervous, I have lots of blurred photos to prove it. He does have a crest that is just starting to come in, but it is there. I don't recall the age difference exactly but I know he is significantly younger than the older cockerel. I was curious about his coloring... I figured it was too dark ("cream" legbars not "gold" legbars) but wasn't sure how dark is too dark.
Both cockerels have some red in the earlobes, which I assume needs to be completely white.
I'll also get some photos of my other cockerel. He is the same age as the old cockerel. I actually have him in with the pullets b/c I liked him better.
What about white in the tail feathers? All of the birds have a tail feather that is white half way up and then are barred the rest of the way.
I appreciate the feedback... and please know it doesn't hurt my feelings at all... I want to good critiques on birds.
Speaking of showing (which I do). How should these birds be entered? I was thinking of taking some to Newnan but decided that I didn't want to risk them getting sick since I only have a handful of birds but I do plan to show these in the future. Which class should they be entered into?
Thanks!
Michael
I often don't explain well what I mean, but when I refer to a bird as gold, what I mean is that they're lacking one or both copies of cream...So the gold isn't diluted to cream. Not that they're a Gold Legbar, as in the first Legbars created. We're finding that the wing bay and sickles are a great place to look on a rooster. If the base color is cream there, and it is barred with gray, you're gtg. Same if there is a bit of chestnut. If there is gold barred with chestnut or darker gold, then the bird is missing at least one copy of cream.
