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Re- reading your post, guess I maybe failed to answer you questions.

This one is the roo - he is not yet full grown , the Heritage ones do grow very slowly, he is still not even 1 yr old & they can keep growing until about 24 months.

His feathers esp. tail will get bigger, longer more impressive on the next molt , maybe -- I got him b/c he was getting torn up by his dad, all his original tail & back feathers were ripped out when he was about 5 months old, in winter weather so I spent a long time nursing him through that & I'm not sure if his feathers will ever reach the potential they would have had or if they got too damaged to make his full tail set (?)

The area around his neck was unharmed, & you can see how amazing it is in the photo.


What is so clear to me about the Heritage birds is the quality of the barring, the lines match up across feathers to form perfect rings around the bird's bodies when the feathers are laying smooth.
You can see it well in the Hens too, esp around their neck & upper chest/body -- perfect b/w rings around them. I didn't think I liked b/w birds until I got these, which are real eye candy.



Anyway, I just have the Trio atm.
 
Mr Buckeye is a nice big bird beautiful and I do love the B/W birds, jail birds as I call them, pictures in book just don't do them justice. I hatched out barred rocks and doms and watching them grow into pretty birds was very satisfying. My girlfriend now have them traded for fresh cows milk. My turkeys I have been told again will probably not last to egg laying if they even lay, the type of bird the broad breasted they will get too heavy and will eventually die of a heart attack or end up with broken legs, the one is starting to have trouble walking so I'm afraid my 2 hens are marked for the freezer camp to probably take place real soon.
 
Mr Buckeye is a nice big bird beautiful and I do love the B/W birds, jail birds as I call them, pictures in book just don't do them justice. I hatched out barred rocks and doms and watching them grow into pretty birds was very satisfying. My girlfriend now have them traded for fresh cows milk. My turkeys I have been told again will probably not last to egg laying if they even lay, the type of bird the broad breasted they will get too heavy and will eventually die of a heart attack or end up with broken legs, the one is starting to have trouble walking so I'm afraid my 2 hens are marked for the freezer camp to probably take place real soon.
Jail birds on the b/w is a good one. From behind I always think of those old b/w striped swimming suits ppl wore around 1900 & that makes me laugh to think of the birds strolling around the yard like a bunch of 1900-1920 ppl parading around the beach/boardwalk in their very fanciest "swimming costumes" as they called them in that area so thinking of that & watching the cockeral strutting like a muscle guy at the beach is just too funny. I might need to find a mini beach ball & a fake old time dumbell set to pose near them for a photo op next summer...hahaha!
 
FeyRaine that is too funny I will never look at those birds the same way again
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Jail birds on the b/w is a good one. From behind I always think of those old b/w striped swimming suits ppl wore around 1900 & that makes me laugh to think of the birds strolling around the yard like a bunch of 1900-1920 ppl parading around the beach/boardwalk in their very fanciest "swimming costumes" as they called them in that area so thinking of that & watching the cockeral strutting like a muscle guy at the beach is just too funny. I might need to find a mini beach ball & a fake old time dumbell set to pose near them for a photo op next summer...hahaha!

Thats funny, cos I always think my hens look like little old ladies at the beach with their dresses tucked up for paddling
 
I found a pad of tracing paper I am going to see if I can put it through the printer for the paper foundation piecing. I have read if it doesn't go through the printer you can put a piece of tape on the leading edge of the paper.
 
I found a pad of tracing paper I am going to see if I can put it through the printer for the paper foundation piecing.   I have read if it doesn't go through the printer you can put a piece of tape on the leading edge of the paper.

Wonder if you could use vilene for printing. I didnt have any proper stuff so I used printer paper. Blunt my needles.!
 

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