Nakstk ( Niki),
Welcome aboard the SQ SS thread.
The SS is a very pretty breed that never fails to draw attention. The birds are very friendly and curious about every thing.
There are very few breeders breeding SQ SS. You are 100% correct that they are rarely at shows. I do think if more folks saw them in person, they would want to have them.
I just hatched some buff leghorns. I would not of gotten them, had I not saw them at a chicken show.
The SS use to be the in vogue breed. Now folks are concentrating on other breeds and the SS have been pushed aside.
IF you check back at the first few posts in this thread, you will find some drawings of what good SS should look like. You find the SOP for the SS too.
The breed should be big with roosters weighing in at 9 lbs. and hens should be 7 lbs. The back should be look and the tail should have a low tail angle.
These were once a meat bird, so the breast should be broad and deep.
COLOR is important, but it is only worth 37 out of the 100 points. SHAPE is more important.
SS are a tri color bird. The first thing you want to look for and avoid is the WHITE FEATHER. Open your hens wings feathers and see if they are hiding any white wing feathers, This is more common of any issue with the males
Niki, Welcome aboard the thread. Take the time to review the first pages of this thread. Chit Chat has always been kept to a min. on this thread so that folks like you could easily find some information about their birds
i could find nothing wrong with her... ohh well i should have plenty of her genetics in the chicks... i am still setting every egg they lay and will be setting them all year... i have been really impressed with mine... the chicks hatch a full day early and are very lively and healthy have not lost a single chick so far... and the eggs hatch really well only about 5 or 6 out of all the eggs that they have layed haven't hatched... im very happy with them so far...
