show quality speckled sussex ??

[math ace]

STANDARDS - -

FAULTS
FEATHERS - - FROSTING Fault Per Section


Standard Of Perfection.....
WEIGHTS: Hen 7 lbs, Pullet 6 lbs, Cock 9 lbs, Cockerel 7 1/2 lbs.

COLOR - MALE
Comb, Face, Wattles, and ear-lobes: Bright Red
Beak: Horn
Eyes: Reddish Bay
Head: PLUMAGE, lustrous mahogany bay, EACH feather tipped with white, a NARROW black bar dividing the white from balance of feather.
Neck: HACKLE, lustrous mahogany bay, each feather having a narrow black stripe in lower half of web, the black stripe decreasing in width near end of feather
and then branching off to outer edge of each side of shaft near point. POINT OF FEATHER distinctly marked with diamond shaped white spangle.
BACK and Saddle ..... SAME as Hackle
Tail: Main tail feathers --- BLACK and WHITE
Sickles, Coverts, and smaller coverts - - - Lustrous, greenish black tipped with white
Wngs:
Fronts and Bows: Lustrous mahogany bay each feather tipped with white, a narrow elongated V shaped black bar dividing white from balance of feather
Coverts: Mahogany bay, each feather tipped with a large white spangle, a black bar dividing the white from balance of feather.
Primaries - - black and white
Secondaries - - outer web, bay edged with white
inner web, black edged with white, each feather ending with a white spangle
Breast:
Mahogany bay, each feather tipped with white, a black bar dividing the white from balance of feather
Body and fluff:
BODY - SAME as BREAST
FLUFF - Slaty Brown
Legs and TOES:
Lower Thighs - Same as BREAST.... except it is specified NARROW black bar
Shanks and Toes - - Pinkish white

UNDERCOLOR of all sections: SLATE, shading to salmon, the salmon shading to light gray at base.

I don't see anything in the SOP that sets a standard for the white speckle. It does say the black bar should be narrow and that the white should be diamond shape. I don't see how there could be any points off for either big or small white spangles as long as they are where they are suppose to be (tip of feather) , the appropriate shape (diamond like) and separated from the rest of the feather by a thin black bar.

 

[silkieloverz123]

KNOWLEDGE!!So much of it on here!





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[snowbird]

Lisa, APA SOP has very little on the speckled color, Check the ABA as it is all explained there,

 

[mrheinz77]

I was just stating what I observed. I also thought it would lead to good discussion.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I think you succeeded Jim!

 

[math ace]

Lisa, APA SOP has very little on the speckled color, Check the ABA as it is all explained there,

Hey Don,

I don't have access to the ABA... You know I don't like SMALL birds LOL...
So, can you help us out with how the ABA handles the color aspect of the Speckled Sussex ? ?

 

[math ace]

I was just stating what I observed. I also thought it would lead to good discussion.

Since Don is joining us, I think we might just get that discussion... LOL...

I would be interested in finding out if there is more we should know about the white spangles...

 

[snowbird]

Lisa and All, Here are the faults and Dqs from the ABA. Before I list them must say that I have contacted Walt about unifying the APA-ABA standard for the SS. This is one time where the APA SOP is very Vague and the ABA really goes in Depth.

ABA speckled Plumage .

DQs- Solid white feathers showing in any section of the plumage.

Defects+
Large white spangling giving bird an overall too white appearance- Lack of spangling in Back, Breast, and Lower Body-Uneven shades of Mahogany Bay in Plumage of female- White tips that run into the Dark sections of feathers giving a gray and smudgy appearance- White tips that are Marred with tiny ticks of black, giving a Gray and Smudgy appearance. This is related to improper ground color and improper marking.

 

[snowbird]

Let me also say that when breeding any of these fowl with the Spangles that the young fowl that are spangled good enough as young fowl will normally be too white when they are adults. We must keep some of the young fowl that are too dark as most will color up for the adults.

 

[math ace]

Don,

Can you explain WHY the BACK is judged so heavily in the SS? What are they looking for that would justify the heafty 12 pt value of the back?



Total pts. Pts from Shape Pts from Color

Back 12 (WOW) 6 6

Tail 8 4 4

Wings 8 3 5