CSU - Chicken State University- Large Fowl SOP

[galanie]

Thought I'd jump in finally. I'll be posting mainly Orps, but less than perfect ones. We all want to take pics of our best stock, and we learn from seeing the best. But we also learn from critiques of less than perfect birds. So here's a blue Orp that I have, and yes she has more than one fault. Pick her to pieces, PLEASE.

ps - sorry it's blurry.

 

[galanie]

And here is a hatchery Buff that I have. Again, far from perfect picture due to the sun glare. But her color is very light and washed out.

 

[aveca]

i threw in my bad angled australorps too sarah..great bird of curves turned into great bird of angles..the roosters pregty nice in person..but big bluk on the hens.i bought them that way and kept trying to make a silk purse out of a sows ear..it doesnt work well.

 

[aveca]

here is a youngster cant tell a lot yet but you can see pretty nice frame..there was something very special about these..very interesting look..

 

[galanie]

here is a youngster cant tell a lot yet but you can see pretty nice frame..there was something very special about these..very interesting look..

Pretty white girl! I don't see any faults myself right now except she looks to have a bit of a cushion but I could be wrong. I often am hehe.

 

[aveca]

yep..i think she will sarah...boy are they deep bodied birds..the over all look of them really appealed to me..like all orps..from buffs to blacks..there is some work to do..but its just nit pickey with these.not that much really..itnteresting thought went into them..almost like they knew exactly what they wanted type wise..and then will go back later when that is set and fix the little things...

 

[aveca]

im not qualified to judge anything..but i can guess..better lacing? maybe eye could be darker..depth and round ..cant see comb and the lower stuffin.lol.....better wait for walt.or vickie or somone besides me.

Thought I'd jump in finally. I'll be posting mainly Orps, but less than perfect ones. We all want to take pics of our best stock, and we learn from seeing the best. But we also learn from critiques of less than perfect birds. So here's a blue Orp that I have, and yes she has more than one fault. Pick her to pieces, PLEASE.

ps - sorry it's blurry.

 

[fowlman01]

Thought I'd jump in finally. I'll be posting mainly Orps, but less than perfect ones. We all want to take pics of our best stock, and we learn from seeing the best. But we also learn from critiques of less than perfect birds. So here's a blue Orp that I have, and yes she has more than one fault. Pick her to pieces, PLEASE.

ps - sorry it's blurry.

I know you can take and this bird looks familiar.

White ear lobes, little head, shallow in the front dumpy in the rear, cushion, not much of a tail , color off for a blue...needs lacing and way too fluffy.........other than that she is a beauty.

Walt

 

[Shaffer]

Walt I agree with you not all the imports are perfect I can bare witness to that.
Some are super and some are just good stew.

 

[fowlman01]

Walt I agree with you not all the imports are perfect I can bare witness to that.
Some are super and some are just good stew.

The first ones over were probably good by Brit show standards, but the breeders/exhibitors and judges there are not going by the British Standard. It is very clear how the feathers should be. Not my worry as I live here. I think a good British type Orp....( the ones that look like Cochins) are striking birds, but their Standard does not call for all those loose feathers. It specifically states that they should not look like a Cochin. They do show some that are correct, but they don't seem to win the higher awards. It is kind of crazy in my opinion.

Once they got here it didn't take long to go backwards in the wrong hands which is probably 95% of the folks that have them now. Our breeds go backwards too in the wrong hands and that percentage is about the same. It is very easy to produce chickens, but very, very difficult to improve them......or even keep the same quality you started with. If this was easy I wouldn't be doing it.

w.