joza2210 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Hello , Well i have made my mind up on the birds i am taking to the show and i would like to ask your opinion of them ... again Many thanks Josh My Appenzeller : (Bare in mind the show is at the end of may so her tail will grow good because she is only quite young) My Frizzle pekin (I have been watching her closely and when she stands in a relaxed position she has the tilt) And My Orpington Bantam : Thanks A Million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Appenzeller I wouldn't take as she doesn't have many spots and isn't the best of quality compared to the breed standard. Frizzle looks good Orp hen looks good too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joza2210 Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 Thanks tom ( I just thought because the show only has around 400 entries and she is quite rare she would do good but oh well ) What do you think of my mille fleur pekin then ? (She is still quite young yet so ...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 I agree that your Appenzeller would need more spots, but they are all beautiful in my untrained eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joza2210 Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 Thanks space chick ... Do you think she will get more spots as she gets older as when i bought my mottled pekin it only had a bit of white on it and now he is nearly half white ! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 I honestly don't know, my Appenzeller has always been quite spotty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joza2210 Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 Your Appenzeller is just to amazing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 The Appenzeller is not well marked at all as already said, are there black areas on her? I can see some shadoes but also at least one area of black feathers I think???? thats not good if so Frizzle Pekin looks good Orp also looks good but if her sister was shown and not her that might indicate that she isnt high show quality but she would certainly pick up prizes at local shows I would imagine The Millefleur is too immature looking but come May she might be ok, I havent seen any Millefleurs at shows so not sure if they are a standard colour, Tom will probably know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 The pekin isn't fully grown yet so I wouldn't be in a hurry to enter her. Sometimes there are pullet/juvenile classes but even so, she's not the finished article yet. The orp looks quite good in the first photo but she doesn't look quite as broad across the chest as some (maybe she's still growing??) and its a bit hard to judge how good her underfluff is. Why don't you enter her, then you'll get some feedback on the day about her good points and anything which you need to work on. Its notoriously difficult to judge a bird from a photo - there's no substitute for the real thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Millefleur Pekin's base colour is too dark, needs to be closer to buff than red and as stated is too young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
