Hi folks,
As I'm learning about chickens many folks talk about breeding to the APA standards. My understanding is that these standards can be found in the APA Standard of Perfection. Occasionally folks will post those standards and I've read them when I could, but I find them somewhat difficult to understand. For example, when describing the standards for Buckeye's it seems many attributes are described as "medium". My question is does the standard show people what medium actually looks like?
When I was in 4-H we studied horse conformation. The books always showed a nicely conformed horse and a horse with all the faults listed in the book. While not perfect it helped. Does the APA book have something like this. Or even better, does it show photos of chickens with good examples of specific attributes next to one that is a poor example of that attribute?
Thanks
As I'm learning about chickens many folks talk about breeding to the APA standards. My understanding is that these standards can be found in the APA Standard of Perfection. Occasionally folks will post those standards and I've read them when I could, but I find them somewhat difficult to understand. For example, when describing the standards for Buckeye's it seems many attributes are described as "medium". My question is does the standard show people what medium actually looks like?
When I was in 4-H we studied horse conformation. The books always showed a nicely conformed horse and a horse with all the faults listed in the book. While not perfect it helped. Does the APA book have something like this. Or even better, does it show photos of chickens with good examples of specific attributes next to one that is a poor example of that attribute?
Thanks