You have truly lovely Dutch. Hard to critique from pictures. They all have very good type and hope you will be hatching some great Dutch with them. One hen, as now older, is not diplaying in her picture, as well as when a pullet.--No matter, it is a picture and so hard to get them in that "show pose" that expresses the best Standard (of Holland) that we are breeding for! EVen full sisters are not twins and will produce different offspring, that may alsp be very good! I like to keep sisters in the same breeding pens.
The cock may not have his former lovely tail at his age, when he is in full feather again, but if he had it prior to several molts--he will pass a fine tail to his sons. And his daughters will be carriers of the lovely tails that they exhibit now! His comb is not perfect, but combs count the least at Shows--and he will produce sons with good combs, especially, if the hens have smal 5 point combs. Doubt judges know about the number of tail feathers--main point is nice wide tail feathers, and carried with nice spread. .....Well done.....
The cock may not have his former lovely tail at his age, when he is in full feather again, but if he had it prior to several molts--he will pass a fine tail to his sons. And his daughters will be carriers of the lovely tails that they exhibit now! His comb is not perfect, but combs count the least at Shows--and he will produce sons with good combs, especially, if the hens have smal 5 point combs. Doubt judges know about the number of tail feathers--main point is nice wide tail feathers, and carried with nice spread. .....Well done.....
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