Silver Laced Wyandotte Cockerels, any good?

[fancywyandottes23]

It would be better to wait until nine months before making a decision, but A does look better.

I’ll post an update later on to see how they look.

 

[fancywyandottes23]

6 month ish update. The former B has some obvious issues, so have removed it. New A and B. B still seems to be slow growing in hackles. A has a lot of a cream or beigy type color to his feathers, and not silver. Is that something that should be avoided if breeding for quality, or moved away from?

 

[Galaxy_rules]

A definitely

 

[Amer]

Hackles will come with time. B.

 

[DarJones]

Neither of the pictured birds is good enough for serious breeding. A has problems with smuttiness in saddle feathers and pointed lacing. B and C have too much black in hackle feathers. A is the better choice of the pictured birds.

One of the issues is from the slow feathering variant in these birds. You really need a male with slow feathering variant 4.

 

[fancywyandottes23]

Neither of the pictured birds is good enough for serious breeding. A has problems with smuttiness in saddle feathers and pointed lacing. B and C have too much black in hackle feathers. A is the better choice of the pictured birds.

One of the issues is from the slow feathering variant in these birds. You really need a male with slow feathering variant 4.

These were juvenile birds, and with recent updates, all hackles have since grown in. However, once B started growing tail feathers, they turn toward the right, which I'm guessing is some sort of wry tail.

However, I do have another younger coming from a second batch. After some culling, can anyone give their opinions and issues on this one?

 

[Amer]

These were juvenile birds, and with recent updates, all hackles have since grown in. However, once B started growing tail feathers, they turn toward the right, which I'm guessing is some sort of wry tail.

However, I do have another younger coming from a second batch. After some culling, can anyone give their opinions and issues on this one?

Very good