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Thanks. I have several but I personally like him the best so I've put him in the breeder pen. In all honesty I've never looked at the standards. Some of my roos have spotted breasts and some don't. This one has such nice contrasting colors and a solid chest.
He has a very nice comb and colors and he seems to be very assurtive about himself! He does have a few brown feathers on the side of his chest so that is acceptable when you are talking about the brown feather ratio. I hope the saddle feathers are not white or have some white to it, it would be a real downer if there are some white into it. It is very difficult to eliminate that in future generations.
The hens are pretty as they can be, I like the colors on them. I know the photographs and lighting conditions can vary, I see their eyes are yellow than reddish....what color are their eyes actually? They certainly have yellow legs!!!!!
Now let's see the eggs!
I have more pictures, including a couple of photos that are too light of the eggs, on my BYC page:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=3005-welsummers
The eggs are much darker than they appear in the photos and are normally speckled. None of the roos have white feathers but they have white fluff at the base of their tales as you can see on the roo in the photo. The other roos have a lot more brown spots here and there on their bodies and/or chest so that's why I liked this guy but then again, I've never read the standards for this breed. I also can't say for positive what color their eyes are, guess I never paid that much attention but I know they are a dark orangey color. I'll have to take a look tomorrow but off the top of my head I want to say they are about the same as the Marans eyes.
I guess I should take a look at the standards......
Here's a close up of some eyes:
