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He does have lacing on his coverts. It's hard to comment on photos because it's just an evaluation of a picture. There are lots of things I look for when handling a bird, the last of which is color. Based upon the photos, he appears to have decent size, but appears a bit leggy for his depth front to back. In the photos he appears short backed. There's nothing wrong with a good tall male, but you need overall balance to make it all work, otherwise you get a stilty appearance. I like the fact that he shows lacing in his thigh fluff areas. His breast lacing is good. He is uneven in ground color front to back. His hackle and saddle about match, but his wing bow/shoulder/bay areas are too dark in comparison. The standard calls for a golden bay ground color. I'd say the hackle and saddles area a couple notches too light and the shoulder/bay/bar areas are a notch too dark. This color flaw is common in most GL Cochin Large Fowl I've seen. Main Tail appears to be a bit stiff which is also a common flaw in GL males and females. Can be improved by strict selection/breeding. Overall he appears to be a pretty nice bird.
Tom, I'm looking back at the pic of your roo (GL x Partridge), that you said was also too light in the hackle and saddle. Do you have a pic of just what color is "Golden Bay"? Below is my bantam GL roo, who is really red. Is Golden Bay somewhere in between all these? (I'm actually happy about the red, because I'm also using him as my lead roo in my BLR project, and I wanted to be sure and get the Mahogany gene.)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/40221_midas_1_4-25-10.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/40221_midas_3_4-25-10.jpg
look at that red laceing wow
He does have lacing on his coverts. It's hard to comment on photos because it's just an evaluation of a picture. There are lots of things I look for when handling a bird, the last of which is color. Based upon the photos, he appears to have decent size, but appears a bit leggy for his depth front to back. In the photos he appears short backed. There's nothing wrong with a good tall male, but you need overall balance to make it all work, otherwise you get a stilty appearance. I like the fact that he shows lacing in his thigh fluff areas. His breast lacing is good. He is uneven in ground color front to back. His hackle and saddle about match, but his wing bow/shoulder/bay areas are too dark in comparison. The standard calls for a golden bay ground color. I'd say the hackle and saddles area a couple notches too light and the shoulder/bay/bar areas are a notch too dark. This color flaw is common in most GL Cochin Large Fowl I've seen. Main Tail appears to be a bit stiff which is also a common flaw in GL males and females. Can be improved by strict selection/breeding. Overall he appears to be a pretty nice bird.
Tom, I'm looking back at the pic of your roo (GL x Partridge), that you said was also too light in the hackle and saddle. Do you have a pic of just what color is "Golden Bay"? Below is my bantam GL roo, who is really red. Is Golden Bay somewhere in between all these? (I'm actually happy about the red, because I'm also using him as my lead roo in my BLR project, and I wanted to be sure and get the Mahogany gene.)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/40221_midas_1_4-25-10.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/40221_midas_3_4-25-10.jpg
look at that red laceing wow
