Any poultry judges out there? feather clipping around vent question

[thecochincoop]

Does anyone out there know if you clip the feathers aroung the vent on bantam cochins for breeding, do they take points off at shows for that? I am going to show my birds this spring, but I don't know what to do about the excess amount of fluff because they are breeders too. I don't know if they have been knocking points off at shows for this or not.

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Good question, I hope there is a knowlegeable reply!

 

[blackred]

I am not a judge but I do show. You can not clip feathers for any reason. I am pretty sure it is a disqualification.
Pulling feathers is also a no-no. It could be argued that you are hiding a defect or a disqualification.

Bob

 

[4-H chicken mom]

I am not a judge, but I do know that the more feathering a bird has the better. I have seen judges that cannot decide between two birds, they start looking for missing feathers to help them decide a winner. If it were up to me, I wouldn't clip any feathers until you can find an actual judge to give you a definite answer.

 

[NYREDS]

I am a judge & that would disqualify the bird.

 

[Kanchii]

It's a disqualification

 

[mikarod]

Definite DQ.

 

[thecochincoop]

OK so what do I do to get fertile eggs and keep the feathers. I have heard of banding them what does that consist of?

 

[Kanchii]

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You'll probably have to do artificial insemination, which most people do with their cochins anyway. I'm sure someone will have the link to the good article about how to do it. Pretty easy.

 

[thecochincoop]

Does anyone know about the feather banding? I don't really want to do the AI. I wouldn' t even have a clue how it works.