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The Marans will be a supplement at the back of the SOP and will have no illustrations until the revision in 8-9 years. Walt

The AM's were admitted in 1984 so you will not be finding a legal version online. The Standard is revised every 10 years. The Marans almost made it, but we were out of SOP's and had to go to print. These are selling pretty quick........ We will catch it in the reprint and not wait until the...

Any copies of the SOP you find online will be several decades old. The APA just added almost 100 illustrations this last revision, so that gives you an idea how different a new one is to an out of copyright versions. There have also been text changes over the years. It is a good way to find some...

It will be a few years before that happens. The SOP was just revised. Walt

This almost looks like a mechanical problem. In the last pic the hen is close to that mesh wire. I am always suspicious of mechanical problems when it is the tail. In the breeds I have raised, poor feather quality is usually in females and it is located on the back and cushion area before the...

Do you have pictures? Walt

The APA only recognizes "Splash" (sooty white with blue splashes). If you have an unrecognized variety enter it as Jean suggests. Walt

probably because that is the way it was entered. Splash is all that is needed. Walt

As Jean says don't worry about it until the bird is pretty much finished feather wise. Walt

Purple sheen is a defect not a DQ. Occasionally you can eliminate it by cutting down on the corn products, but usually it is genetic. I have found through the years I can induce it in some strains through feeding corn, but not in others, so to me that seems to mean that it is partly feed and/or...

Great. The members really do need to show those birds...it also creates a lot of interest. lavender is a pretty color on a chicken, so the more people that see them the better . Walt

How far are you? Walt

The ABA and APA both have a standard for the splash color. Walt

It would be a slam dunk if proposed that way. I am not certain of this, but it seems as if what they are called is the only reason lavenders are not ready to be accepted. Maybe it is also the type I don't know. I can say that the APA would have no problem accepting them under self blue if they...

If I was still young I would have been banned long ago. I have a patience that usually only comes with age. Walt

Well Ron...my peers think I'm crazy for hanging out on this site, but I do think it is the future of the hobby and that is why I post here......even though I was asked by a person to stop posting here this morning. When I first started in poultry I had some issues with the "old guys" too and so...

I already knew you were old and so am I, but the Chair of the ABA Standard Committee is not old and the ABA is much more inflexible in this matter than my committee. I don't think being old or disliking change has anything to do with this as far as the APA goes. There is more to it than just...

"Boards change........all things change eventually". This is what I said in my post. Don't become annoyed at the messenger. I can't think of anything that could not be changed if people really want a change, but you have to get out of your little world and find out what the majority of poultry...

That is what I have found with the people who ask about lavender. I didn't pull that from anywhere except what my records show. I keep track of such things, because it does have a bearing on how the Committee reacts to requests. Obviously you can believe whatever you like. Do you keep records of...

The ABA and the APA are trying to keep our descriptions and terms exactly the same, so I'm not sure that lavender will ever be used. As you say Jim, the Silkie people are on record as wanting the self blue Silkie to be called lavender. Self blue has been used forever and the term lavender is a...