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FTHOBBY
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I appreciate all the explanation. I had so many questions after the first response and you all answered all of them all. Before I could even ask lol. How are you sure they are cockerels?
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Thank youPresence of male saddle feathers, large red combs and wattles and the crowing.
I agreePresence of male saddle feathers, large red combs and wattles and the crowing.
Yes, definitely see a difference...sue even looks silkier than the girl in the dirt. I need to find a chicken show now...do they get groomed like dogs...tail ones clipped, combs and beaks slicked, and all that kind of fancy stuff? Are hatchery stock more prone to reproductive or other issues because they are mass produced (so to speak)?For example, here’s a hatchery quality bird vs a show quality one:
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See her even and defined barring?
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That chicken is beautiful! Definitely see a difference! Do chickens have parentage where he breeder tracks them? Like Rooster A has his grand champion title and is used to breed to hens from around the country (or the state)?You can tell a bird is hatchery quality by the feathers, body shape, sometimes they have wrong combs, etc. For example, these birds are SLW, which should have a lot more of the actual silver coloring.
This is what a better quality SLW looks like (not my picture).
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Do you see how much more defined the lacing is? The boys in the photos are mostly just black.
One also has a single comb, instead of the rose comb which the breed is supposed to have.
They do. I read an article about it. Legs and beaks oiled and polished, earlobes powdered, and a little bit of petroleum jelly brings out the color in their combs and wattles.Yes, definitely see a difference...sue even looks silkier than the girl in the dirt. I need to find a chicken show now...do they get groomed like dogs...tail ones clipped, combs and beaks slicked, and all that kind of fancy stuff? Are hatchery stock more prone to reproductive or other issues because they are mass produced (so to speak)?
I just joined the chicken world a few months ago and had no idea there was a world of show chickens. I guess I should have assumed, but now I want to see these fancy gals!
Are hatchery stock more prone to reproductive or other issues because they are mass produced (so to speak)?