are my blr dotties show quality?

[Blisschick]

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I think I'm being misunderstood about what I was saying. I realize that yes, there is a great deal of variance in color from breeder to breeder, and that there is no particular standard as far as that's concerned. What I mean by the color not being uniform is what like Strawberry pointed out, the head is too dark compared to the bodies on the hens. The color should be uniform throughout the entire bird, or as close as possible. I'm sure if they had lacing on their heads and necks, that probably would have offset the obvious color difference.

 

[hoppy]

maybe I need to rethink about showing.

 

[lelisabeth]

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I think you should do it for fun. My husband is planning on running a marathon, but not planning on winning. He's just doing it for the fun of it, and to say he did! I think it would be a lot of fun.

My blr wyandotte is much lighter red. I think they are supposed to be a mahogany color, mine is more like rust. Yours are very beautiful though! My blr is only 11 weeks old, will her color change when she molts?

 

[hoppy]

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I think you should do it for fun. My husband is planning on running a marathon, but not planning on winning. He's just doing it for the fun of it, and to say he did! I think it would be a lot of fun.

My blr wyandotte is much lighter red. I think they are supposed to be a mahogany color, mine is more like rust. Yours are very beautiful though! My blr is only 11 weeks old, will her color change when she molts?

it's possible yours will change. mine look better after the first yr and then again, one looked worse and will be leaving this yr.

 

[Mrs. Turbo]

The whites and SLW are hard to compete against when it comes to shape......when we cull BLRWs we look for shape first and color second...... and keep the best 3-5 out of about 200 for the next years breeding. I know for call ducks you get more points for shape and head than you do for the color.

 

[hoppy]

I have tried to buy some sq wyandottes in my local area from 3 people that are winning. maybe since I don't show, they don't take me serious, or they don't want someone competing against them with their own stock (I want them to improve my bird's type with theirs)
I also don't want to spend $30 on one chicken- call me cheep,cheep. after reading on here and other places, yes I see some birds go for alot, but for me it's not about showing (yet), it's about laying eggs and looking good for the family.

 

[Krys109uk]

Hoppy,
I do hope you don't give up. Yours blue laced are a lot nicer than most I've seen over here. Can anyone here post a picture of their blue laced which is better?
The hackle ought to be red with blue down centre of each feather. But how many blue laced wyandottes does one actually see with great neck hackles like that? Not many at all.
I've just been looking on Feathersite. There are lots of nice typey blue laced birds there but none of the blue laced are what one would call "perfect" marking wise. Most of the nicer blue laced are clearly crosses from gold laced.
Back in UK we had some very expensive Blue laced wyandottes which were German imports & while type was generally okay, I was forever disappointed with the markings of their offspring in comparison with the offspring from our Dutch import silver laced & gold laced.

 

[hoppy]

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I am very encourged by what you all are telling me, that at least I'm on the right track. I may just have to give showing a go and maybe the other dottie breeders will be willing to help me out.

 

[Katy]

Well, I don't know if mine are any nicer, and they probably won't pass your test Krys, but I'm happy with how they're coming along. I have a young medium blue roo that has really nice coloring, but I need to get a recent picture of him. My blues have probably a nicer body type, but they don't all have the correct leg coloring.

 

[hoppy]

nice birds katy.