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Or if you are a female and select a degree in biology you might spend the first half of your “career” life working temporary jobs and shifting gears every 6 months and then finding a new venue every 3-4 years. And sweating about where you might move, if you can take the chickens or afford them…...

This was my BV blue quail watermaal cockerel, I believe :)

@kurby22 I would not use any birds missing all their spikes if I had any other choice. That includes females. But that is me. I am one of the creators of the American Watermaal. I have been working with them a long time. I know that the short spike problem is a difficult issue to get away from...

And, I forgot to mention, the tassel on this white bird you posted is nearly perfect. Hopefully this is a homozygous tassel and hopefully there is a triple spike there. So cute, thanks for sharing!

You’re welcome! The tassel is a dominant gene with accessory modifiers. Any time you breed a non-tasseled bird to a tasseled one, the result is generally a smaller, heterozygous tassel in the chicks. If you are working with moderate to large tassel sizes in your homozygous birds, this can be a...

Adding a bit more on combs to help others know what to look for. This first is a Quail Watermaal pullet 4-months. Her spikes are clearly developed already even though her comb is not fully developed. You will only get the desirable long spikes on developed combs if the babies combs have defined...

@kurby22 I am sorry to inform you that number of spikes and presence or absence of tassel are some of those things that just don’t really change from the day they hatch. Sometimes the tassels will be small but you should see the tassel feathers the same time beard feathers come in (6-8weeks)...