They are a definitely a handsome pair, but not perfectly to SOP (but then what birds are?)
Anyway, a perfect male would have the wings horizontal and more of a swoop to the back.
This is what you want to aim for:
See how marvelously his back swoops? My roosters have a much flatter back, and a very low tail. The Rooster's tail is supposed to be at a 45 degree angle, and the hen's at 40 degrees.
I too was trying to compare breeds with my first flock, and got 5 RC Brown Leghorns from McMurray. Three of them turned very red in face by 19 weeks, but now at 22 weeks, I am still getting very few white eggs. Maybe one every 3 days (from all 5 birds combined). My Barred Rocks and New Hampshires of the same age are almost all laying regularly now. I do free range the birds, and I'm thinking they are laying outside somewhere, but have watched and searched and found no evidence of that (yet). Is it possible they turned bright red 3 weeks ago and still aren't laying or not laying very much yet? The couple that I've checked pelvic bone width on don't seem as widely spread as the Barred Rocks of NH - no a full 2 fingers even. But they are such small birds compared to the others.
He is pretty color is darker Than mine
Not the best photo.
