Hi Walt, Thanks for the feedback. Good idea about taking video and picking stills from that!
These guys are only 14 weeks old, so their tales are not fully grown in. I know that they are too young to know for sure yet, but as it stands today my Barnie flock appears to be 14 boys and only 6 girls. These are the oldest and the most expensive since I got them as chicks from Greenfire and the others I hatched from eggs.
With the cost of feed and available space, I don't want to keep 14 roosters all winter. Since I'm very new to chicken breeding I'm hoping I can get help from more experienced breeders to decide which to cull.
Below are four pictures of each of the two blue roosters. The top row is Albert. The second row is Augustus.
And here are the three standard double laced:
BTW, I'll be taking at least a few of these to the local fairs in the fall. I'm hoping to meet some experienced breeders, as far as I know at this time there are not many serious breeders in the area. Mostly just mixed backyard flocks for laying and meat.
Thanks again for any feedback!!
The bodies on all these look good. It is hard to judge birds by pictures, but I sure don't see anything right off that appears to be a problem. I can't knit pick a young bird. Type wise everything looks on course to be good birds. I have seen a lot of these with flat lower chests....none here.
Walt