She looks like she would take on anyone to protect her chicks! He looks like he could pick up an chick the wanted!I like this picture.
This head is an example to breed for.
Okay a little pic heavy, what do y'all think? Please note the wind is REALLY strong so they were not the best models today, feathers were ruffled!
Is this bay?
His head is good enough to use him to breed, his eyes are a bit light but passable. I like the alert look in his eyes.
Blue with a shorter beak
I kinda like the blue eyed look.I personally would use her if she was the best hen in my flock, but breed her to your darkest red-eyed rooster you have and hatch a LOT of chicks to get as many as possible to select from. I know that not everyone can do this, but I hatched over 400 chicks each year in 2012 and 2013. From the 2012 hatch I ended up keeping only 7 as breeders. I still have 16 of the 2013 hatched chicks. I expect that number to drop by next spring to make room for better ones from this year. My 2013 breeding season went a lot better than I had even hoped for, so I have a lot better birds than 3 years ago. I can also recommend hatching in large numbers for a broader selection of good birds, but if you can't hatch 100 of them, then just simply do what you can. I won't be doing 400 this year as I don't need that many anymore to get a good selection.
Two of my Blue girls
Without question I like the front pullet's head better except for the wattles. If you don't want wattles on your roosters then don't breed from a hen that has wattles as she will most likely produce roosters with wattles, not 100% of them will have wattles but a lot of them will. The pullet in the back looks like she doesn't have wattles. I don't see any major fault with either one except the blue eyes.
Black and Red Plye
As you can see the red pyle also has wattles, but her head looks decent otherwise. If her tail is also high then it is good not to breed from her as she will pass that trait on to her offspring.
