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Yup, I am noticing that too. That's why I am switching to Excell type set up. if you select the willow leg feature all the breeds you mentioned would still be in the list. Then you pick something else, like tufts, 5 toes, etc to try to limit it down more, and then you end up with some links to pictures for the final guess.
It will never be as good as you experts, but probably get me by on the common breeds.
The most important thing I want to be able to do is sex them at maturity without making a mistake. Lots of great posts here, like the different barr'ing (sp) patterns, comb sizes relative to breed, etc. Only one of my girls is laying, but I never see her do it. I have roosters that sound like hens and probably some hens that try to crow. I am not just good enough yet to be 100%. But need to cull 'cause there are too many roosters running around. too stressful for the hens and for me. (18 weeks old)
Yup, I am noticing that too. That's why I am switching to Excell type set up. if you select the willow leg feature all the breeds you mentioned would still be in the list. Then you pick something else, like tufts, 5 toes, etc to try to limit it down more, and then you end up with some links to pictures for the final guess.
It will never be as good as you experts, but probably get me by on the common breeds.
The most important thing I want to be able to do is sex them at maturity without making a mistake. Lots of great posts here, like the different barr'ing (sp) patterns, comb sizes relative to breed, etc. Only one of my girls is laying, but I never see her do it. I have roosters that sound like hens and probably some hens that try to crow. I am not just good enough yet to be 100%. But need to cull 'cause there are too many roosters running around. too stressful for the hens and for me. (18 weeks old)
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