Hello! and welcome to the OEGB thread.

[Gagirly]

So how did the blue wheaton come about ?

 

[GotGame]

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Probably by using a wheaten male over splash females, hatch several hundred a year, keep the best two cockerels and best six pullets as ur breeders for the next year, and do it again. Three to five generations would have u in pretty decent shape.

 

[lcw1995]

blue wheaton oegb cock and a few of wheaton oegb pullet

 

[sjarvis00]

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Do you have a pic of here relaxed? unfortunately you can tell this was early in the show, or after recently cooped in. She is still flaring up for the bird next to her and standing very high on her leggs.

I would assume based on how she looks though she is a rather nice bird.

here is what I can see based on the photo, releatively short legs, relatively short back, a good transition from hackle, back to tail, tail angle could be better but with her flaring it is most likely fine when not flared up. If you can get the bottom tail feather horizontal and the top at a 45 degree angle, with no gaps that is ideal.

Let me sort through some photos I have of some of my birds both old and new, I will try to describe assorted faults and positives of each. In the mean time if you can find or get a photo of her in a good "show" posture that would help alot.

 

[FarmGirl01]

I've got this one before laying started. I also got the 2010 yearbook. Its has alot of nice pics.

What you have said already is a great help. Thanks.

 

[sjarvis00]

Matt,
See below the Birchen and opal Pullets from this year.

 

[sjarvis00]

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That is a nice bird, a touch long in the back for me, all other aspects are very good.

 

[sjarvis00]

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they have a good body, I would force molt them and see what you get. The white I see is likely due to illness or excess stress when molting the hen if she has a white feather it is possiblt from damage to a blood feather. Put them on lights at 15 hrs a day for two weeks and higher protien feed, then cut the lighting to 9 hrs a day and reduce protien to 13-14% they will begin to molt. Switch them to a 20% protien feed and 10 hrs of light. wait 10-12 weeks and see what you have.

 

[GotGame]

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Very nice. Probably the pics, but they all look like they need a tighter higher wing carriage, but huge improvement over last year. The opal is real impressive, considering where u were with them this time last year. Cant wait to see the silver blues now.

 

[lcw1995]

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they have a good body, I would force molt them and see what you get. The white I see is likely due to illness or excess stress when molting the hen if she has a white feather it is possiblt from damage to a blood feather. Put them on lights at 15 hrs a day for two weeks and higher protien feed, then cut the lighting to 9 hrs a day and reduce protien to 13-14% they will begin to molt. Switch them to a 20% protien feed and 10 hrs of light. wait 10-12 weeks and see what you have.

thanks, ill give it a go
theres a heat lamp in the coop on at all times bc i have young guineas still in need of heat
so its light in there all the time