The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[kitkat5505]

I love seeing pics of Rex, he was so handsome.

 

[h2oratt]

Thank you. That is why I posted it. I should have taken a picture of his cage tag.

There were a lot of dominques there. Very few barred rocks.

 

[kitkat5505]

Oh man, I’d be so angry if they cancelled an order that went out of stock after you bought it, that’s just bad business.

 

[h2oratt]

The show secretary gave me the name of someone who breeds heritage BR in my state. Chris maddalena. He wasn’t there. Said he was a judge. Have you ever heard of him?

 

[speckledhen]

Thank you. That is why I posted it. I should have taken a picture of his cage tag.

There were a lot of dominques there. Very few barred rocks.

Very odd, but may be that there are really not all that many high quality BRs. Doms have more crele-like barring anyway, but a BR should have straight-across-the-feather barring on most every feather. That must have been a county fair show, not an APA-sanctioned show, right?

Oh man, I’d be so angry if they cancelled an order that went out of stock after you bought it, that’s just bad business.

Yes, it is. And they are so gripey about stuff sometimes, too. They wanted to blame the credit card glitch on me. Sorry, Joann, that was entirely your fault , not mine. My credit is A-1, used the same card, same address, same everything.

 

[speckledhen]

The show secretary gave me the name of someone who breeds heritage BR in my state. Chris maddalena. He wasn’t there. Said he was a judge. Have you ever heard of him?

No, never heard of him, sorry. I'm sort of out of the loop on stuff like that, generally, but also, he's over there in your part of the country.

 

[h2oratt]

 

[h2oratt]

This was the show. They always have a beautiful poster.

 

[speckledhen]

This was the show. They always have a beautiful poster.

Very nice poster, but this sort of proves what I said about that BR rooster in the show. Look at the BR on the poster. The show rooster doesn't come close. That is the standard, gorgeous. See the tail angle? Now, Atlas has a comparable head, or did before he hurt the back of his comb, darn it.

 

[speckledhen]

one of the early pictures of Atlas I was using to show saddle feathers to someone. This was when he was in peak condition, before he tore the back of his comb blade on the fence fighting with someone.He's showing his age now and the girls have pulled most of his hackle feathers, being stuck inside so much. And he lets them, sigh.

Note the barring on his saddle feathers is chevron-shaped-it should be straight across the feather. That comes from Rex #2 being his sire. Rex was the son of Isaac and Ida, so 1/2 Delaware, though most of you remember that.