Jest Another Day in Pear-A-Dice - Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm in Alberta

@drumstick diva -- LOL! That is ironic. I know each one individually, and see all their faults. I pick them apart in my mind until I think there is not one in the bunch worth using. I know I am too critical, but I am only learning this selective breeding and trying ever so hard to do it right. Of these six, I lean toward the last one (standing by the tree.) His barring is tighter and higher on his throat than the others, his comb is closer to standard, and his breast is nice and wide. His legs look crooked, but it is just how he is standing. His wings are well tucked and his tail has the correct set. His topline is one of the best I have seen in this years birds, so far. His hackles are clean and his leg and eye color is right. He has made the first mental cut, but there is another (not pictured) that I like better.
 
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Wisher, I've been sending that photo to everyone - they look like clones fresh off the assembly line.

My dear DD, those birds are as different as can be. Look at the combs, the wing set, the pattern, the body shape, the color of the eye & legs(when you can see legs) and the overall stance of the bird.
just saying, and I have kissed my Caddy before.
Scott
 
@drumstick diva -- LOL! That is ironic. I know each one individually, and see all their faults. I pick them apart in my mind until I think there is not one in the bunch worth using. I know I am too critical, but I am only learning this selective breeding and trying ever so hard to do it right. Of these six, I lean toward the last one (standing by the tree.) His barring is tighter and higher on his throat than the others, his comb is closer to standard, and his breast is nice and wide. His legs look crooked, but it is just how he is standing. His wings are well tucked and his tail has the correct set. His topline is one of the best I have seen in this years birds, so far. His hackles are clean and his leg and eye color is right. He has made the first mental cut, but there is another (not pictured) that I like better.

There I go, sticking my foot in mouth again.
Scott
 
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What do you mean? You are absolutely right. One has to look at the individual characteristics, but when they are right (or close to being right) the whole bird is spectacular.
That is my goal - Spectacularity!
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Scott you forgot the ear lobes, the three I can see are all different from each other. How could I have missed that?

Great observation, Diva, the earlobes are supposed to be oval shaped, smooth, thin, and fitting closely to the head. The color should be enamel white, with less than 50% red not considered a disqualification. My friend, Cathy, has been working to get the red out of the earlobes of her Silvers, I have been lucky that mine rarely show any. My pullets have a powder blue earlobe, which is acceptable, evidently, because it means they are white and very thin (this is what I've been told by a couple of judges.)

ETA: The white earlobes are the most striking feature of the Golden Campines, IMHO. I'll find a pic....
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Not my pics, but borrowed from the net.

Anyone want to take a stab at pointing out good and bad points on these birds? Again, not my pics, not my birds.
 
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