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Lark Rise said:
What should I be looking for in choosing a BWA roo? I have 5 roos to choose from. This one is the oldest at 8 months. The others are about 6 months. I'll try to get pics of them as soon as I get them out of the grow-out pen. Can you give me a critique of this roo? Thanks.





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Lark Rise
Unfortunately despite all the nice comments you have received about this Roo, I hate to inform you that he has too many faults and would probably be disqualified at a show. I recommend that you remove him from your stock and send him to me. I will be kind and give him a nice forever home.
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You can't blame me for trying
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He is absolutely stunning!
 
Ray_n_Debi said:
[COLOR=0000CD]Lark Rise[/COLOR]
[COLOR=0000CD]Unfortunately despite all the nice comments you have received about this Roo, I hate to inform you that he has too many faults and would probably be disqualified at a show. I recommend that you remove him from your stock and send him to me. I will be kind and give him a nice forever home.[/COLOR] :fl
You can't blame me for trying :oops:
He is absolutely stunning!
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I'll fight ya for him. LOL!

ETA: 4 of the 6 bw/sw/w Ameraucana eggs I set hatched. One may be late. I think I put it in 2 days after the rest. They really need to hurry their butts out of their shells already!
 
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Lark Rise, you have a very nice looking BW cockerel there. Very nice indeed. And, for those who know me, I'm pretty hard on birds when somebody asks me to critique their WBS bird. But I do so not to demean anyone's bird but rather so folks can learn. That's all.

That being said, there's the obvious like wanting to see a full colored beard with no white. The leg color might be a little light but it's really not bad. One thing, and this is just a sticker for me, is that I do see at least one tailfeather with quite a bit of red in it. I like to see completely clean tailfeathers with no red in them. He looks to have exceptionally clean hackles with little to no black in the webbing but I may see a slight black ticking or two. Size look good, Type looks good (thought a picture is only one snapshot in time so Type is really hard to tell for sure), there's full-colored wingbows, primaries and secondaries. I don't think the comb is overly large and I personally would not be too concerned about it.

All in all, I think he's one of the nicer BW's I've seen in a long time. Now, you've got me missing my boy! I got rid of him this year because I thought I'd wind up with something better. Judging from what I'm seeing come up, I'm not so sure now.

God Bless,
 
Tailfeathers said:
Lark Rise, you have a very nice looking BW cockerel there. Very nice indeed. And, for those who know me, I'm pretty hard on birds when somebody asks me to critique their WBS bird. But I do so not to demean anyone's bird but rather so folks can learn. That's all.

That being said, there's the obvious like wanting to see a full colored beard with no white. The leg color might be a little light but it's really not bad. One thing, and this is just a sticker for me, is that I do see at least one tailfeather with quite a bit of red in it. I like to see completely clean tailfeathers with no red in them. He looks to have exceptionally clean hackles with little to no black in the webbing but I may see a slight black ticking or two. Size look good, Type looks good (thought a picture is only one snapshot in time so Type is really hard to tell for sure), there's full-colored wingbows, primaries and secondaries. I don't think the comb is overly large and I personally would not be too concerned about it.

All in all, I think he's one of the nicer BW's I've seen in a long time. Now, you've got me missing my boy! I got rid of him this year because I thought I'd wind up with something better. Judging from what I'm seeing come up, I'm not so sure now.

God Bless,
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I have done that as well with my birds in the past but this year going forward. I am going to keep extra roo's to get the best.
a Bird in the hand is better than two in the bush lol...
 
I am not 100% sure, but I think he SHOULD have some red in his tail feathers. I THINK that is what Jean said at one point.

NOT POSITIVE..... anyone else know on that point??????
 

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