Quote: don't apologize for posting such beautiful pictures. I wish you were in the US, i'd love to get hold of some more birds like these. 8)
as far as your breeding, IMO you're doing a great job. they look way better than many of the blrw i'm seeing here in the US. sorry if my post came across wrong.
pictures are always welcome, but personally, I think if pics are posted, expect them to be critiqued somewhat. that's how we all learn and get to know what the breed is SUPPOSED to look like, and learn what faults to avoid. that's what this thread is all about as far as i'm concerned.
i'm constantly striving to improve what I've got and breed, but sometimes can't get the best stock to start with. so it's all a matter of recognizing faults and putting birds together that may help improve each other's flaws, rather than perpetuate and increase those faults.
for example, my roo's back is a bit long, but the hen's is nice and short. I don't care for her tail, but his is nice (ok, he's moulting and doesn't have much tail at the moment). so hopefully junior there is going to have his momma's shorter back and daddy's tail.
jmarie has a full brother to this boy as well, who didn't get the slow feathering gene, so looks further along than this one does.
below are pics of father, son (aka Mini-Me because of this pic) and mother at the bottom...
another pic of Mini-Me from a week prior to the one above...
and I couldn't find the pic of just 'momma' but she's the girl on the left.
and if you're wondering how I know which hen the momma is, the boy is black laced, so the girl on the left is the only option. she'll produce blue and black, while the splash girl will give me blue and splash chicks. so jmarie's chick could be from either hen, since he's blue.
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