ornamental chicken breeds contest is now open :D

[chikenzrok]

do chicks count?

 

[hdowden]

yes you can enter chicks

 

[Disco Hen]

There are no Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandootes,or Easter eggers

 

[hdowden]

There are no Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandootes,or Easter eggers

wyandottes for the most part are considered a meat breed (or duel purpose), rir are strictly used for laying (for the most part), barred rocks are considered layers (duel purpose) as well in the books and sites i have read, with easter eggers there are to many combinations that create ee's and with the later generations there can be up to 3+ breeds mixed in and i'm only wanting pure breeds, no mixes, in this show, and ee's are also considered a laying breed.

trust me this wasnt easy to determine which breeds were considered ornamental. this by far is one of the hardest contest/shows i have put together going to at least 3-5 different sources online and in books theres at least 25 breeds that all sites/books had in common and i almost just stopped with those but choose to go ahead and use the other breeds that i also found listed as ornamental on here to which led me to 30 breeds

its also hard for me to turn down a breed cause i love seeing pics of all the beautiful chickens but alas for this contest i have to use all my will power to turn breeds down. i will in the future either before or after this long show ends create another show just for layers and one just for meat breeds and with those i will only be using storey's illustrated guide to poultry breeds which in total list over 128 different birds (including ducks, geese, ect).

i do hope you enjoy this and have fun with it

 

[Disco Hen]

wyandottes for the most part are considered a meat breed (or duel purpose), rir are strictly used for laying (for the most part), barred rocks are considered layers (duel purpose) as well in the books and sites i have read, with easter eggers there are to many combinations that create ee's and with the later generations there can be up to 3+ breeds mixed in and i'm only wanting pure breeds, no mixes, in this show, and ee's are also considered a laying breed.

trust me this wasnt easy to determine which breeds were considered ornamental. this by far is one of the hardest contest/shows i have put together going to at least 3-5 different sources online and in books theres at least 25 breeds that all sites/books had in common and i almost just stopped with those but choose to go ahead and use the other breeds that i also found listed as ornamental on here to which led me to 30 breeds

its also hard for me to turn down a breed cause i love seeing pics of all the beautiful chickens but alas for this contest i have to use all my will power to turn breeds down. i will in the future either before or after this long show ends create another show just for layers and one just for meat breeds and with those i will only be using storey's illustrated guide to poultry breeds which in total list over 128 different birds (including ducks, geese, ect).

i do hope you enjoy this and have fun with it

WOW!

 

[hdowden]

WOW!

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[Disco Hen]

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A lot of breeds/ information!

 

[hdowden]

A lot of breeds/ information!

yes in deed. total i think (if i counted right) theres 45 different breeds. before i even started posting this i was looking things up for about 1 month, then a week total to get the whole show up and running as i only created a few threads at a time so i wouldnt knock any other current shows off this main page ...i'm sure judging will not be easy but sure will be fun and its also going to be an open judging when the show ends, only thing i ask is that you dont choose yourself

 

[Disco Hen]

yes in deed. total i think (if i counted right) theres 45 different breeds. before i even started posting this i was looking things up for about 1 month, then a week total to get the whole show up and running as i only created a few threads at a time so i wouldnt knock any other current shows off this main page ...i'm sure judging will not be easy but sure will be fun and its also going to be an open judging when the show ends, only thing i ask is that you dont choose yourself

Thats a long time!

 

[Ilovemyduckies]

Darn, there's non of the breeds I have. I've got A Golden sex-link, A White Leghorn, A RIR, and an Easter Egger.....Oh well, I guess the contest has already started and they are all laying breeds....