Correcting Ameraucana's to SOP?

[RememberTheWay]

Ok- I have been looking for quality Ameraucana's in my area for quite some time and am having terrible luck finding anything suitable.

My question is for those of you Breeding Ameraucana's for a while.in the pictures below the fluff on the thighs and bottoms of these hens seems too loose and fluffy for my liking. The whole body actually seems a little off to me. I don't like the thickness and looseness of the neck and hackles either. I see this in lots of lines though with the hackles and necks.. what I'm wondering is how difficult it is to correct these things in a line and how long it would take? How you would do it if it is fairly simple? And would I have to source a bird with the correct type to even begin to correct this?

In my head and what is appealing to me would be the type and look of birds from Lindsay Helton at Once in a Blue Moon Farm, if your familiar with her birds. I quite like the head she breeds for, muff beards their overall shape/type and the look of their neck/hackles and the transitions, also tail positions. I like it all!

 

[SourRoses]

From what I understand, Ameraucana are not supposed to be hard feathered (what you seem to be looking for, like a leghorn),
or soft feathered (like a mix hen I recently posted).

They're supposed to have an intermediate, medium feather.
Roosters are supposed to have a full Hackle. A majority of Ameraucana roosters actually don't have enough.
Look up major show winners to get an idea of the standard.
You can also have a look through here: Ameraucana.org Photos

 

[RememberTheWay]

From what I understand, Ameraucana are not supposed to be hard feathered (what you seem to be looking for, like a leghorn),
or soft feathered (like a mix hen I recently posted).

They're supposed to have an intermediate, medium feather.
Roosters are supposed to have a full Hackle. A majority of Ameraucana roosters actually don't have enough.
Look up major show winners to get an idea of the standard.
You can also have a look through here: Ameraucana.org Photos

Lindsays birds do win shows and I think maybe I'm not explaining what I mean quite right?

These birds look various level of "right" to me, of course some of them have things I would change and some I like more then others.

The hens in the photos I originally posted do not look anything like these birds, so my question is is it possible to take a bird like the ones first posted and transform that line into something like the second set of photos? If so how would I do that?

Reason I'm asking is because I am not going to purchase birds from that line if it isnt easy fixed. I will just wait for better birds to come along. If it is not a big deal then maybe I purchase a few now and keep looking for better?