Carm
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Post by Carm on Feb 23, 2014 6:19:10 GMT -5
I was told by a few sources that it is good practice to have a picture of the perfect bird hanging in your coop to compare your birds to. Anyone tried this? I thought it sounded interesting and am going to try it. So, I need a picture of the perfect buff orpington male and female. I have a newer version of the SOP but find the orpington pictures a bit cartoonish. I was told the older SOPs had better drawings. Does anyone with an older copy agree? Could someone scan it or take a picture of it? Is there an actual photo of near perfect orpingtons I could use for this project? Any thoughts?
Thanks
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Post by crystalwhite on Feb 23, 2014 10:05:13 GMT -5
this is the old uk standered. Attachments:
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Carm
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Post by Carm on Feb 23, 2014 12:46:57 GMT -5
Thanks David. Those birds look good. I am surprised the UK standard had them with that much leg. I would say they look more like what I hear referred to as the American type than what I think of as the UK type. Interesting find.
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Post by iaechickens on Feb 23, 2014 13:51:23 GMT -5
Are these pics still a good baseline? Maybe a better question would be have the trends changed?
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Post by crystalwhite on Feb 23, 2014 14:26:12 GMT -5
this is a old pic of the standered for the uk orps.
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Post by Jon Alden on Feb 24, 2014 0:07:09 GMT -5
Courtesy of the ABA... What I have as the background of my laptop LOL Attachments:
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Post by harrys on Feb 24, 2014 8:35:41 GMT -5
I use the blacks on the top of the page for reference, different color same standard.
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Carm
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Post by Carm on Feb 24, 2014 23:05:40 GMT -5
Thanks Jon, that's a great picture. It should work for what I was looking for. They are the stouter made kind I would like to breed.
That is a nice black hen at the top Harry, she'd be something for everyone to aim for breeding the likes of.
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Post by CrookedCreek on Mar 5, 2014 17:22:25 GMT -5
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