Nope, actually you haven't. I've been getting some photos of my girls since you posted that.
First to ask, this is my favorite black hen. . . BUT, I just noticed today while she was running around, she's got what appears to be white earlobes?! How common is this, and how worried should I be? None of her siblings or parents had it.
Next, although the Wheaten pullet I showed earlier with the "ideal rear" didn't look as tucked in as Jean's beautiful white cock, this is her from the side view. . . And exactly why I like her. She's still very well tucked in, yet from the rear doesn't look too narrow.
The previous pictured "ideal rear"
Here's a Blue Wheaten, who I think has a bit too narrow of a rear AND tail. Still pretty though, but I'm seriously thinking of selling her.
And this is why I ask. . . What is an ideal rear? This is hers, which I think is too narrow:
And this is for you especially Jean - The drop-dead gorgeous but sadly badly roughed up Buff pullet I got from you!
And in relevance to all that. . . Here's my favorite blue hen, who is finishing up on molting. Now, my question is, is she too loosely feathered or fine? Because she's considerably much looser looking than my almost tight-feathered Wheatens and Blue Wheatens, and seems even more loose than the Buff, who seems in between them. Maybe its just that she's blue or molting that has me thinking she's too fluffy. . . Because the cockerels of her breeding are just perfect.
In contrast. . . Here's a black, who is much tighter at the rear, but she has what I consider a pinched tail. It is well spread top to bottom, but side to side it is very narrow.
As a last note, the background of all these photos looks horrible because we've been experiencing our annual "monsoon" winters of torrential rain, muck, and random debris that gets blown around.
First to ask, this is my favorite black hen. . . BUT, I just noticed today while she was running around, she's got what appears to be white earlobes?! How common is this, and how worried should I be? None of her siblings or parents had it.
Next, although the Wheaten pullet I showed earlier with the "ideal rear" didn't look as tucked in as Jean's beautiful white cock, this is her from the side view. . . And exactly why I like her. She's still very well tucked in, yet from the rear doesn't look too narrow.
The previous pictured "ideal rear"
Here's a Blue Wheaten, who I think has a bit too narrow of a rear AND tail. Still pretty though, but I'm seriously thinking of selling her.
And this is why I ask. . . What is an ideal rear? This is hers, which I think is too narrow:
And this is for you especially Jean - The drop-dead gorgeous but sadly badly roughed up Buff pullet I got from you!
And in relevance to all that. . . Here's my favorite blue hen, who is finishing up on molting. Now, my question is, is she too loosely feathered or fine? Because she's considerably much looser looking than my almost tight-feathered Wheatens and Blue Wheatens, and seems even more loose than the Buff, who seems in between them. Maybe its just that she's blue or molting that has me thinking she's too fluffy. . . Because the cockerels of her breeding are just perfect.
In contrast. . . Here's a black, who is much tighter at the rear, but she has what I consider a pinched tail. It is well spread top to bottom, but side to side it is very narrow.
As a last note, the background of all these photos looks horrible because we've been experiencing our annual "monsoon" winters of torrential rain, muck, and random debris that gets blown around.
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