True. I have read that some which seem less filled out may grow to be the biggest.With them maturing so late, I really think you need to wait until 9 months to a year to make any final decisions.
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True. I have read that some which seem less filled out may grow to be the biggest.With them maturing so late, I really think you need to wait until 9 months to a year to make any final decisions.
It's the same with the English Orpingtons. Takes ages to pick out good breeders. Especially on the males.True. I have read that some which seem less filled out may grow to be the biggest.
They all have very good width and depth and good heads. The only thing I would change is Giants need a “rather long” back. Yours have long backs but more moderately. The tails could also be longer and more well spread, but they are correctly angled at 30 degrees.
Also the white toenails, a one point defect.
Very nice birds.
I agree on your top pick. She has all the length and a better tail spread.
This one is too u shaped (high tail, short back) and I think she has white tipping or maybe that’s just the lighting.
Gorgeous!To update this, my black Giants were looking promising when I first posted but I feel they sort of "fell apart" with age. They're nice birds, don't get me wrong, but in my opinion more of a home egg/meat production quality than serious breeding program quality.
I was raising some white Giants at the same time and after sorting and culling, ended up with what I consider a good starting pair plus an extra male.
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English Orpingtons are like that. They are just fat little goofy birds and then one day, BOOM.Thank you! These guys took much longer to come into their own so I never really showed them off. I walked out one day and my jaw dropped. Like where did you come from?