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Besides the feather lacing and the nice tent on the hen, I really like the wide heads and lovely combs that have nice shape and texture. Of great importance is how the combs follow the contour of the head and especially the point on the cock's comb.
Besides the feather lacing and the nice tent on the hen, I really like the wide heads and lovely combs that have nice shape and texture. Of great importance is how the combs follow the contour of the head and especially the point on the cock's comb.
Very nice looking SLW. I love the lacing and the type on them. I have seen a lot of folks working on yellowing or darkening the leg color.
That would be very interesting! I have not tracked it yet since I'm only hatching a couple at a time to build up my stock. When I get the chance I will start tracking that. Great observation Forgetful.Great post sidewing. I also started with hatchery silver laced, and in fact still keep them to show others as a comparison. I will comment on your observations about chick down. I receive a decent variation in down colors, with some being lighter and others darker. It may just be for my strain, but I have noticed that most lighter downed chicks turn out to be male. I have only done one season of serious record keeping to check, but found surprisingly accurate results and look to explore this further. It may be a large help to me in the future. I mention this though to say those chicks with darker down do not always indicate a lower quality bird, and viewing parent stock or noting incoming feathers as they grow is a better way to tell. The pullet I shared above had darker down as a chick