ORIENTAL CHICKEN CONTEST!!! CLOSED

[gamebirdsonly]

are you post to cut them off?

 

[Chickndaddy]

No, you shouldn't cut off a Sumatra's comb. The breed standard calls for the comb to be a purplish-black, or mulberry color. But you see red ones like yours all the time.

 

[Chickndaddy]

Found the pics of my Bantam Black Sumatras, Celeborn and Galadriel. I got these from a breeder in Florida. One an auction on eggbid for a 3 month old started pair. I loved them.

And I apologize for the grainy pics. These are scanned copies, not the originals. Somehow I lost them...

 

[chicken_boy_Kurt]

Yey sumatras. And I guess you guys have seen that I have a thing for sumatras but I won't pick favorites in this contest.

 

[ticks]

My Silver Phoenix roo, Woody

 

[terris1959]

Here is my Birchen Cochen 1 1/2 yrs. old

 

[Dustin Biery]

No, Kurt, the mottleds carry a recessive gene for mottling that the splash do not possess. Aslo, in splash, its just random splotches of color. In mottled, there is just the white tips.

 

[LilPeeps]

Kurt, splash and blue mottled are completely different varieties

Here's a splash cochin hen just for comparison (this is not an entry for the show)

 

[chicken_boy_Kurt]

OK they look alot alike though.

 

[fowlafoot]

Malay hen, about 2 years old

Another Malay hen same age