Well, the Black Breasted Red game isn't exactly a "fluffy butt".So what is your opinion why the buckeye is tighter feathered in comparison to the other American breeds and what breed could have made that trait so apparent?
That picture is hardly a "transformer" because it appears properly built and proportional balanced.
Well, the Black Breasted Red game isn't exactly a "fluffy butt".
This is all so confusing....from those pictures, the Buckeyes from back then were not so fluffy as the Buckeyes at the Columbus show. I was beginning to think something was wrong with my Buckeyes, but for what you all are saying, they're not supposed to be really fluffy so I guess I'm on the right track.Okay, found two more, apparently from the same source:
It makes me smile to see that even 100 years ago, people were naming their favorite chickens.
Quote: How much experience do I need? I know what they are and I'm aware of what they look like. What do the breast and thigh have to do with whether or not a bird is tight feathered? The point is that the Buckeye is not simply a modified Cornish with a prettier tail, it is a composite of at least four breeds.
"What is your opinion on where the pea comb came from on the buckeye?"
I've already commented on that, but the thread moves so fast it's easy to overlook things. As the other breeds have a single comb, it's pretty obvious. Please see post #1275
When you wrote "proportional balanced" I thought you might have meant the old Buckeye picture. But okay, to compare the old Buckeye with the old Cornish:
Allowing for the fact that one bird is pictured in profile and the other 3/4 perspective, to my eye, the bird on the left, the Buckeye, is balanced, while the old Indian game appears to have massive feet, long legs, a huge chest, a short neck and a teeny, tiny head. Almost cartoonish in it's proportions. (not because of how it was drawn, but because of how it was built)
Of course, everything is beautiful in it's own way, so if you see the Cornish as balanced that's fine. However, I can't help but think transformer.
I agree. They were apparently not as fluffy and certainly not anywhere near as "jacked up" as the ones I've seen pictures of winning at shows either. I attribute that to fashion, the thinking being that if a bird with little pouf gets noticed by a Judge and wins, alot will make an even bigger impression. That's what will be shown and tha's what will be bred and that's what people will begin to think is correct. That's just human nature. For example, German Shepherd Dogs didn't always slink around half crouched on wobbly back legs because they aren't suited for anything but moving at a flying trot. That horrific deformity came about as a result of breeders noticing that dogs with an overangulated rear assembly had incredible drive, and combined with a good reach in front, made a strong impression on the judges. Those dogs won, and were bred and the trait was exaggerated until the "show ring" version of the GSD is practically crippled. Fortunately, poultry has an automatic check on fads, called the Standard of perfection. When breeders follow the SoP the breed stays true to it's origins.
