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In my experience i think the straw colored hackels and halos go hand and hand with mossiness, to much color. It's a balance, everyone has their preferences. I personally will absolutely not breed from mossy birds. I guess if you have nothing else than you do what you gotta do, but if you keep breeding from them then you'll constantly get over colored birds. But to each his own.
For me it is not a particular trait/fault that will prevent me from using a bird, it is the overall bird. What it has to offer, what I need in my program, will it help me get where I want to be. I hated to lose the cockerel last week. He wasn't my favorite but he had a lot that is lacking in my birds. He had an incredibly orange eye and rich copper. He had more back length and an okay tail as opposed to the horrible tails and short backs in a lot of my birds. Kfelton0002 asked for opinions, I gave her mine. It helps to see things from a lot of different points of view. The more info.... the better the decision. She has put the hen with a balanced correct colored cockerel.