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howdy, what a nice name! hope you are enjoying her.
as feedstore birds go, they are production grade birds and very few of them have the quality for showing in competition. there are several things you look for when breeding for show quality, eye color is very important. you want a very dark brown eye (almost black) your bird has the light eye. another is the back and tail whick need a very slight curve up the tail at a 40 degree angle. skin and bottoms of feet to be white or pinkish. no green or yellow skin, shanks or toes, you want black. 5 pointed combs are most desireable, or less if your breeding to another with 6 or 7 points to breed out the numbers. no white feathers, even though the standard allows 1, that trait can continue in the breedings. even lenght waddles. look for a crowhead, you dont want that. it is a skull that is narrow in hieght and width. you want a full broad rounded head with eyes that appear awake and alert, not squinted and narrow in apperance.
some undesireable traits can take years to breed out of your stock but it can be done. i personally recommend to find breeders of quality birds and purchase hatching eggs, chicks or older chickens for breeding if you intend to show in competitive levels. as a breeder of australorps, we strive to maintain a standard of pure breed birds and keep the market full for the public buy, raise and maintain. eventurally depleting the cross breeds that seem to be flooding the market from the commercial hatcheries that most all feedstores are selling.
if you just enjoy back yard chickens for eggs and personal pleasure of thier visual antics, it doesnt matter what they look like! as long as you are having fun with them.
Mostly wanted to enter her for fun, just thought I'd use the prettiest of my birds and she's a pretty nice looking girl.
howdy, what a nice name! hope you are enjoying her.
as feedstore birds go, they are production grade birds and very few of them have the quality for showing in competition. there are several things you look for when breeding for show quality, eye color is very important. you want a very dark brown eye (almost black) your bird has the light eye. another is the back and tail whick need a very slight curve up the tail at a 40 degree angle. skin and bottoms of feet to be white or pinkish. no green or yellow skin, shanks or toes, you want black. 5 pointed combs are most desireable, or less if your breeding to another with 6 or 7 points to breed out the numbers. no white feathers, even though the standard allows 1, that trait can continue in the breedings. even lenght waddles. look for a crowhead, you dont want that. it is a skull that is narrow in hieght and width. you want a full broad rounded head with eyes that appear awake and alert, not squinted and narrow in apperance.
some undesireable traits can take years to breed out of your stock but it can be done. i personally recommend to find breeders of quality birds and purchase hatching eggs, chicks or older chickens for breeding if you intend to show in competitive levels. as a breeder of australorps, we strive to maintain a standard of pure breed birds and keep the market full for the public buy, raise and maintain. eventurally depleting the cross breeds that seem to be flooding the market from the commercial hatcheries that most all feedstores are selling.
if you just enjoy back yard chickens for eggs and personal pleasure of thier visual antics, it doesnt matter what they look like! as long as you are having fun with them.
Mostly wanted to enter her for fun, just thought I'd use the prettiest of my birds and she's a pretty nice looking girl.
