Breed Standards

[iwjack6]

Do the various breed associations have breed standards that chickens are judged against at shows like dogs? I went to research about Polish and didn’t see any information, so was curious what the norm is!

 

[chickenlittle21]

For polish for any poultry show the basics are the polish must have blue (grey) legs, 4 toes, properly grown (not cut) head feathers, and no discolored feathers (example: you can not show a white crested black polish if it has a black feather in its white crest. What you would do is snip of that black feather).

 

[Bo Garrett]

When a breed or variety within a breed is developed the originator or the breed club will write a standard description of the ideal specimen, both male and female, describing all the physical points of type, shape and weights as well as feather patterns and color. The proposed new variety is then submitted to the national organization, either the American Poultry Association or the American Bantam Association, for acceptance. A show date is scheduled for the acceptance of the new breed/variety and the birds are evaluated by a licensed APA or ABA judge and if approved the breed standard will be included in the next edition of the Standard of Perfection.
So, if you want to know the polish standard, to the APA or ABA website and purchase a Standard of Perfection, an excellent resource for any poultry breeder.

Blessings,

Bo

 

[333113]

There are standards books published by the American Poultry Association (APA) and the American Bantam Association (ABA). One or both of these are usually listed in the show catalog as the standards the judges will be using for the show.

Breed standards by poultry clubs are usually but not always based on the APA and ABA standards.

For breeds not addressed in the standards, most shows have "All Other" categories, but those categories would usually not be eligible for champion row and its awards.

 

[Amer]

Most shows are judged by the American Poultry Association (APA) and American Bantam Association (ABA) standards. The ABA Standard was developed to recognize bantam breeds or varieties that breeders didn’t want to go into the work of recognizing it through the APA, which has more requirements. So typically judges will judge by the APA standard unless the breed or variety is not recognized by the APA but is recognized by the ABA. Then they will go by the ABA Standard.