Breed Representations in the APA Standards

[rodriguezpoultry]

Yes! Linkage! Linkage! Linkage!!!

 

[Ryu]

http://www.katherineplumer.com/poultry/drawings/Standard.html

ETA I thought that the majority of the images are very nice. I can't imagine tackling a project like that.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Hey...HEY. I saw no Langshans in there!!!!!

 

[Cuban Longtails]

I think those are new illustrations for the next edition of the standard of perfection. The 2001 edition did not have white cubalaya or blue sumatra.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

It would be nice to have colour illustrations or photographs of ideal patterned feathers. I realize that the feathers can differ somewhat from one area of the body to another, but things like penciling and lacing don't vary much; don;t need to do every colour of each pattern, but just the patterns themselves.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Sonaran - I agree, color photos would be great to have. The black and white photos shown in the Standard aren't of the greatest clarity.

 

[chookster77]

Don't sweat the pictures overmuch. Poultry judges are not supposed to take these artist's renditions as examples of perfect specimens, anyway. I quote from the APA SOP: "The written text is the description of the ideal bird."

In older editions (I have a 1915 edition) all pics are "half-tone illustrations of retouched and idealized photographs of living specimens." I personally wish the APA would go back to that method, but in color, too. These old illustrations are leaps and bounds more informative and detailed than the newer colored artwork, IMHO.

The British Poultry Standards uses color photographs, not really sure why the APA and ABA have chosen not to... except that it'd cause a great big fuss over who had the most "perfect" specimen!

Cheers,
TC