The Moonshiner's Leghorn Thread Peanut Gallery

[The Moonshiner]

Also had someone fill up some classes with bantam white leghorns.
All white shanks. No DQs on them. Disappointing

 

[Amer]

Our state fair champions deserved it. But there were birds that shouldn't have ever been there. One was wry tailed very obviously, one had a crooked breast and two had no feathers on their heads. They had been plucked bald. Obviously two were DQ'd and the other two placed last, but still. There was no reason to even bring them

Crooked keel is only a severe defect for most breeds (Cornish, Asil, Turkeys ect being disqualifications) but there’s still no reason to bring them.
There was a crooked keeled bird at the last fair I judged, but I dqed him because of his bow legs. It seems if they’re a little deformed they’re a lot deformed.
One of our Ancona cockerels had a crooked keel this year. Sadly he was still to young to be worth eating.
The superintendent at that fair works for Hyline and he said the high production layers produce so much and draw so much calcium from their bones that the bones deossify and get so soft that they bend into weird shapes, crooked keels being extremely common. Gross, but a little fascinating.

 

[Amer]

I dqed so many birds for mites…
The superintendent was actually kinda grateful though because judges in the past let it slide and even though he told kids to take care of the mite problem they wouldn’t. He was a nice guy.

 

[Amer]

Check out this fancy “crossbreed egg layer.” I think it’s like a Sapphire Gem Olive egger or something. But it’s lacing is better than most purebreds…

Oh, also, they had the most magnificent Hamburgs but they had heavy stubs. (tiny feathers growing out of their feet. DQ)

 

[Amer]

A Leghorn got best in show at the Sate Fair. Also there was this buff Leghorn and an Ancona that sleeps at the most extreme relaxation.

 

[Painted Calls]

A Leghorn got best in show at the Sate Fair. Also there was this buff Leghorn and an Ancona that sleeps at the most extreme relaxation. View attachment 3223809View attachment 3223804View attachment 3223803

Bless his little heart. Make my neck hurt looking at him.

 

[Painted Calls]

I bought these two....
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@HeatherKellyB

 

[Amer]

My friend saw my pictures of the Orpingtons and said they had a pretty golden color.

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

My friend saw my pictures of the Orpingtons and said they had a pretty golden color. View attachment 3223813View attachment 3223815View attachment 3223818View attachment 3223821View attachment 3223822View attachment 3223823View attachment 3223824View attachment 3223828View attachment 3223832View attachment 3223835View attachment 3223836View attachment 3223837View attachment 3223839

Is that a frizzled duck?

 

[Painted Calls]

Is that a frizzled duck?

Sebastopol goose.