Banty, I used to read a serious breeder's thread on Rocks, just out of curiosity, was very interesting. Shape before color was important. They would say, build the barn first and then paint it. They also talked about how to take useful pictures to show the bird's type (shape, confirmation) and that most pictures won't tell the whole story because it is just a moment frozen in time.
These views are good to show the width. For a rock, they would have criticized a pinched tail, which generally means less room for laying eggs, and they were looking for a wider pelvis on a dual purpose bird. Rocks were bred to be thrifty and productive. (Don't know what your breed should look like.)
This pic shows how wide the legs are set, and this bird would have been selected for a nice wide stance.
Good standing profile pics are hard to get, but they looked at the angle of the tail and how the wings were set and the overall outline of the bird. Biggest problem was trying to predict how a younger bird would finish out, when they didn't mature until 18 months. And that's what I learned from the Plymouth Rock thread. If I knew the Chanteclear SOP I could look at pics with you, but decoding what they mean in the SOP is the hard part. "... should have a clean sweeping line..." is something they might say in an SOP, but my idea of that is probably different than the next guy's. It's good to find people who show to help you see what they are looking for.
What kind of comb are they supposed to have? It doesn't look like a rose comb to me, but I am far from an expert. Pea, rose, and cushion??? I only have my Wyandotte for a rose comb. Pea combs aplenty around here, but I'm still not sure what yours have.
thought I was posting on granny's! I'm sure the folks on here can help you way more than I ever could. I think the birds are beautiful!
