Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

[fowlman01]

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Here is an old picture of one I culled.......

http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/...s old/1-25-10SandHillJerseyGiants10mon-23.jpg

This is a picture on this thread from The Tinman (7-26-2010)

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/60141_chucky_feet.jpg

Thats a lot of yellow...can't imagine a judge not knocking that. If not a DQ, certainly severe cuts. I would say it should be a DQ, it is clearly not the color the SOP asks for.

Walt

 

[fifelakelooper]

This is the best I could do as far as pictures. I have narrowed down my choices to these two roo's. One has better defined edging on feathers...a longer straighter back...the other has darker color blue with a broader chest and tail flipped up more. I have to study their legs better but I know that both have yellow soles on their feet.

Wynette...I'll send you a email with more pictures...IF this one really shows up (picture) I'll be surprised. I always have posting issues with pics.

Note: The two are in front of the screen door...one is shaded. To the far left is a splash English Orp. Hope you can tell the two I'm talking about??

 

[kathyinmo]

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Thank you for the clarification, Walt. That is what I thought.

I have another question for you. About the "Splash," variety....
I can't remember where I read or heard this, but is it true that the splash variety is not accepted in any breed? Something about it being so variable that there can not be a "standard splash," because it varies so much?

 

[fowlman01]

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Thank you for the clarification, Walt. That is what I thought.

I have another question for you. About the "Splash," variety....
I can't remember where I read or heard this, but is it true that the splash variety is not accepted in any breed? Something about it being so variable that there can not be a "standard splash," because it varies so much?

The splash color does vary a bit, but there is a description for it.
This is the description the Modern Game Club is using for the qualifying meet at Crossroads. There seems to be difference in the eye color in other breeds. Some have reddish bay or black.


SPLASH MODERN GAME BANTAMS

DISQUALIFICATIONS

Any appearance of rust in the plumage. More than 50% blue in the plumage.

COLOR – MALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Varying from horn to black.
EYES: Dark brown.
HEAD: Slate blue and white with faint bluish-gray tinge.
NECK: Hackle – blue and white with faint bluish-gray tinge.
Front of neck – Sooty white with blue splashes.
BACK: Blue and white with faint bluish-gray tinge.
TAIL: Sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
WINGS: Shoulders and fronts – sooty white with blue splashes.
Bows – sooty white with blue splashes.
Coverts – sooty white with blue splashes.
Primaries – sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
Secondaries – sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
BREAST: Sooty white with blue splashes.
BODY AND STERN: Sooty white with blue splashes.
LEGS AND TOES: Sooty white with blue splashes.
Shanks and Toes – bluish slate.

COLOR – FEMALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Varying from horn to black.
EYES: Dark brown.
HEAD: Plumage - Sooty white with blue splashes.
NECK: Sooty white with blue splashes.
BACK: Sooty white with blue splashes.
TAIL: Sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
WINGS: Shoulders, Fronts, Bows, and Coverts – sooty white with blue splashes.
Primaries and Secondaries – sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
BREAST: Sooty white with blue splashes.
BODY AND STERN: Sooty white with blue splashes.
LEGS AND TOES: Lower thighs - sooty white with blue splashes.
Shanks and Toes – bluish slate.
Reference shape of male and female on page 169 and 170 in the American Standard of Perfection 2001.

Reference weights on page 215 in the American Standard of Perfection 2001.

Walt

 

[ChicwannaB]

here's tonights close-ups of my 2 Jersey's which look SO different Im sure one of them is a boy. First one is very glossy black with nice thick tail, second one has been scruffy, missing neck feathers for along time, has what appears to be nice little comb and wattles showing up. Is the second one a boy??

I named them Penelope and Drusilla after two very distant Great Grandmothers. I may have to be changing Drusilla to Richard. Penelope's husband in real life.

 

[coonriver]

Looking for JG chicks or eggs.Anyone have any for sale? Would need them shipped to Iowa.Thanks! Mike

 

[kathyinmo]

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Thank you for the clarification, Walt. That is what I thought.

I have another question for you. About the "Splash," variety....
I can't remember where I read or heard this, but is it true that the splash variety is not accepted in any breed? Something about it being so variable that there can not be a "standard splash," because it varies so much?

The splash color does vary a bit, but there is a description for it.
This is the description the Modern Game Club is using for the qualifying meet at Crossroads. There seems to be difference in the eye color in other breeds. Some have reddish bay or black.


SPLASH MODERN GAME BANTAMS

DISQUALIFICATIONS

Any appearance of rust in the plumage. More than 50% blue in the plumage.

COLOR – MALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Varying from horn to black.
EYES: Dark brown.
HEAD: Slate blue and white with faint bluish-gray tinge.
NECK: Hackle – blue and white with faint bluish-gray tinge.
Front of neck – Sooty white with blue splashes.
BACK: Blue and white with faint bluish-gray tinge.
TAIL: Sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
WINGS: Shoulders and fronts – sooty white with blue splashes.
Bows – sooty white with blue splashes.
Coverts – sooty white with blue splashes.
Primaries – sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
Secondaries – sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
BREAST: Sooty white with blue splashes.
BODY AND STERN: Sooty white with blue splashes.
LEGS AND TOES: Sooty white with blue splashes.
Shanks and Toes – bluish slate.

COLOR – FEMALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Varying from horn to black.
EYES: Dark brown.
HEAD: Plumage - Sooty white with blue splashes.
NECK: Sooty white with blue splashes.
BACK: Sooty white with blue splashes.
TAIL: Sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
WINGS: Shoulders, Fronts, Bows, and Coverts – sooty white with blue splashes.
Primaries and Secondaries – sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
BREAST: Sooty white with blue splashes.
BODY AND STERN: Sooty white with blue splashes.
LEGS AND TOES: Lower thighs - sooty white with blue splashes.
Shanks and Toes – bluish slate.
Reference shape of male and female on page 169 and 170 in the American Standard of Perfection 2001.

Reference weights on page 215 in the American Standard of Perfection 2001.

Walt

Oh, so glad to know this! I guess I should just read my book more thoroughly. So, maybe some of the other breeds will attempt to get the splash variety accepted in the future.
Thanks, Walt!

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

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How old are they? The first photo, I'm inclined to say she's super slow to mature.
Here's a photo of my JG at 10-11 weeks and she's definitely a hen. Her wattles are more developed than this photo shows. She's got her head stretched out so they too are stretched but they are much more pronounced on her then this photo shows.

 

[ChicwannaB]

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How old are they? The first photo, I'm inclined to say she's super slow to mature.
Here's a photo of my JG at 10-11 weeks and she's definitely a hen. Her wattles are more developed than this photo shows. She's got her head stretched out so they too are stretched but they are much more pronounced on her then this photo shows.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69266_dsc_2654.jpg

mine are 7 weeks.

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

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How old are they? The first photo, I'm inclined to say she's super slow to mature.
Here's a photo of my JG at 10-11 weeks and she's definitely a hen. Her wattles are more developed than this photo shows. She's got her head stretched out so they too are stretched but they are much more pronounced on her then this photo shows.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69266_dsc_2654.jpg

mine are 7 weeks.

Well, I'm hardly an expert and I only have the one JG. But I'd say give it more time. I agree that one is super slow and the second has a more developed comb. But not excessively and it's not very red. I'd give it more time.