Dutch, show quality?

[Ricky rick ricky]

I am looking for some feedback on my birds, he lost a few sickle feathers and has the hens feathers a little messed up. What do yall think bout them.

 

[JedJackson]

They are good quality. The rooster's comb is a little large and looks like it might be slightly lopsided, but otherwise he looks good. Coloring is very nice.

The hen has some shafting, but not very much, which is good. Her tail is maybe a little low, but hard to tell that from the pictures.

I think they are show quality and could breed even better quality. How closely related are the hen and rooster?

 

[Ricky rick ricky]

I am not really sure. I have 2 hens. I drove cros-state n picked them up from a young girl who hatched them from eggs she said were shipped to her from a breeder. The rooster and one hen were from one hatch and the other hen was from another, she was younger. I think they were 3 or 4 months and 2 months old when I bought them.

 

[JedJackson]

I am not really sure. I have 2 hens. I drove cros-state n picked them up from a young girl who hatched them from eggs she said were shipped to her from a breeder. The rooster and one hen were from one hatch and the other hen was from another, she was younger. I think they were 3 or 4 months and 2 months old when I bought them.

Okay, so there is no way of knowing for sure. It's generally fine to breed related birds but best to avoid brother/sister pairings since they are so close genetically.

Anyway, they are nice! I would definitely be hatching all the chicks I could from them.

 

[Ricky rick ricky]

Most the time the hens tails are pretty high, bad pic. Also have 3 six week old chicks, recently all integrated again and the mama hen is kinda mean to the other right now so she is a little on edge.

 

[Ricky rick ricky]

That reminds me, I need to get an incubator. Any recommendations, I have limited space atm.