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I have won Champion English and Best of Breed with very fluffy birds and the competition was not just four or five birds.. Cochin look to me has to do with the tails. My birds don't have a cochin tail. When I see the UK winners and some other European winners that is what makes me want Orpingtons. But this thread is not about American SOP. It is about how we love our imported big fluffy Orpingtons. If your birds have good wing carriage, combs and color. If their weight is up to par and you think they can compete please take them to a show and have fun. I have never been to a show where one of my birds didn't place. I have competed against birds I have sold and they done well to.yes we show them, extra fluffy or not. If the judge does not like them you dont get a ribbon, but so what. you had fun right? I agree with what Roger said earlier, I have the imported birds because thats the type I wanted. I love them. the American birds have gotten to small and to common for me.
Dragon Lady would you happen to have any pictures of what you consider overdone cochin type? just curious as I dont really see very many pictures of the birds winning in England. the judges here need to get over it and stop arguing about how much fluff is wrong or right. I always did think think that maybe they should just have a variety within the breed itself so the fluff argument could get dropped. the very reason I ended up with English imports, fluff that covers the legsmy preference.