Vote on chickens I should take to show -it's for experience, they're all "bad" but I would love help

[ATeacherChick]

PLEASE don't send hate my way if I am breaking some purist poultry show-er law. I have no fantasies of grandeur. Just a chicken girl trying to step up her poultry game a little
Disclaimer done...here goes:
I am entering a few of my chickens in two shows in Florida this January/February. I want to buy "real stock" this coming Spring, but I haven't picked my breed yet. I want to kill two birds with one stone with these shows - gain experience for the 2020 shows when hopefully I'll have "real" show chickens, to see breeds in person to help me make a final choice, and also meet people selling them.
I only have hatchery imitations of breeds, but I was hoping someone would tell me 2-3 of them that look the "least bad". I know they aren't like the purposefully bred show chickens. Please, please, don't reply just to tell me how bad my chickens are. They're one-year-old hatchery imitations, I just want to pick the best 2-3 chickens of what I have so I can say I tried on some level. I need help with this though, if anyone wants to be kind...
This is what I have (you may have to click attachments):

Welsummer Hen

BANTAM AMERAUCANA HEN

ANDALUSIAN HEN

SPECKLED SUSSEX HEN

BANTAM SHAMO BLACK - HEN

BUFF BRAHMA HEN - But she's a little small I think???

NAKED NECK HEN


I'm definitely showing my Welsummer rooster just because he's my favorite, so he's technically not in the running. Just including him in the list.

 

[GoldpartridgeHen]

Wow, all these pics are good!

I like the rooster especially!
One thing; what are category are you entering them in for?

 

[Cyprus]

Take the bantam Ameraucana and bantam Shamo

 

[Big Red Roosters]

All your chickens are beautiful. I think the buff brahma hen is your best bet, she is gorgeous.

 

[LilJoe]

I chose black shamo and speckled sussex for no reason at all. Except dor tge fact is hat you might do better with the shamo because she's black

 

[townchicks]

I know nothing about the standard, but I think your buff brahma is very pretty and looks like the pics I've seen describing the breed. Handsome roo, too. You might want to look up the SOPs online to get a sense of what they'll be judged on.

 

[JedJackson]

If the shows you are going to have categories for non-standard colors, I would take the Andalusian and show her as a splash Andalusian. Otherwise, probably the Shamo. The bantam looks more like an Easter egger, so I wouldn't take her.

 

[ATeacherChick]

Thanks! I did try with the standards, and that is how I narrowed it down to these guys...the problem becomes I am just too inexperienced to differentiate "moderately feathered shanks" from "tightly feathered" and/or what it means when it specifies "defined thighs"

I know nothing about the standard, but I think your buff brahma is very pretty and looks like the pics I've seen describing the breed. Handsome roo, too. You might want to look up the SOPs online to get a sense of what they'll be judged on.

 

[ATeacherChick]

The Sunshine Classic only has classes of Large Fowl or Bantam. The State Fair does Best of Breed, and Layer, and then best of classes.

Wow, all these pics are good!

I like the rooster especially!
One thing; what are category are you entering them in for?

 

[BantyChooks]

APA show? Your bantam AM is an EE, just an FYI... means there's no developed colour pattern matching your bird. I'm not up on their standards, but the Brahma is my favourite. She looks to have a pretty face, decent feathering, and no shafting, which is a pet peeve of mine. The SS has mottling sub-par to others I've seen, so I'd imagine you would get several more points cut there; and I'm not sure on the Shamo because they're so different from my chosen breeds. Also, is it just me or does your wellie have a slight wry tail? Good luck!!

Edited to add: your rooster is gorgeous.