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Beak:
Light in color, stout, with smooth wattle carrying out
its lines.
Throat:
Very deep and full.
Crest:
Neither peak nor shell, but about half way between these
two, formed in such a way that you see a hollow section
where the head feathers carry out the line of the skull
back into the crest with crest feathers growing up and
partly around this section. In testing you should be
able to rest your finger on the bird's skull with your
finger tip snugly into the crest with crest feathers
coming up around your finger. Lines of the crest should
be carried on down by both the mane and 'chain in an
unbroken line, both peak and shell crests are to be cut
10 points. A strong good typed bird showing a very small
or poor crest should be placed if it carries enough
other points. No good typed bird is to be thrown out as
long as it shows some crest.
Neck:
Short, extra full but looking real tight in feather.
Breast:
Very broad, full deep showing all the power it can, the
head and neck should be held back giving the bird a
"chesty" look. Keel should be straight but never cut
over three points. The flesh should be bulged out on
either side of the keel and breast should be wider than
the depth of the bird. This does not mean that a broad
shallow keeled bird should win over a deep bird for we
want both depth and breadth.
Back:
Straight, giving this breed something of the Carneau
type rather than that
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Beak, Wattle, Cere,
Eye |
10 pts |
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Throat |
5 pts |
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Neck |
10 pts |
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Crest |
15 pts |
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Breast |
10 pts |
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Back |
5 pts |
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Keel |
3 pts |
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Wing and Tail |
10 pts |
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Legs and Feet |
7 pts |
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Feather, Body,
Hardness of feather |
15 pts |
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Look of Power |
10 pts |
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looking for a picture of an Giant American Crest. If any of you
have raised a champion and have a picture, please send it to
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of the
king. Birds should be cut for hollow back starting from
a slight swing up to a king type. But the maltese type,
those showing a sharp break should be disqualified. Many
of our best birds show a hollow back and such birds can
be placed champion if they have the proper number of
other points to carry it past a better backed bird.
Wings:
Held high; tightly folded. Short and strong secondaries
should cover the back and primaries and be held high
enough so that the birds do not show "sails" (a very bad
fault) wing buffs should help the bird look broader.
Tail: Short, well folded and carrying out the
lines of the bird. Feathers in the vent, abdomen, or
belly region should be tight and held close to the body,
carrying out the breast lines without a break losing
themselves into the lower tail coverts. Feathers on rump
and upper tail coverts should also be tight and held
close to the body. Wings should rest on the rump with no
space between.
Legs:
Tightly feathered, very muscular and showing great
strength. Not too long, set apart with plenty of breast
between. Shanks should be thick, showing large bone.
Toes should be well spread, looking short because of
their chubbiness.
Bone:
Heavy throughout this breed adding to its look of great
strength.
Comments:
Bred in all colors. Cere to be deep red in all colors
but can be dark in blacks and blues. No more than three
points cut for off colored cere or eyes. Beak should be
light in all colors but blues and blacks. Legs and feet,
red. Birds should show as much breadth as possible.
Those lacking either breadth or strength should be cut
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