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Very observant statement, in the show circles that extreme appearance you speak of is desirable amoung many judges although the SOP doesn't call for such extremes. For instance what you see winning are birds with a super bulbus eye rim and crown, with the wattle,comb and eye flesh melding into one giving the head a very mean and stern look. I prefer to breed to the sop because I will allways get some with these traits from every hatch for the show folks, but when bred to the standard the Standard Cornish can indeed be a very handsome bird, with tight feathering, stout strong leg's but not stumps, and a clean line from head to tail.
Hatchery stock Cornish are in no way even a close resemblance to what these birds should be, and the competition in breed & show circles to control stock is so intense as to make the WLR, & White so very rare, to the point where these folks can manipulate the standard and influence show outcomes and that directs breeders to breed for that. I just want to preserve the breed in it's true form cause in my opinion they are very cool birds, and good examples are ever more rare.
AL
