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Carriage and Symmetry
(10 pts.): Alert, stylish with all sections in proper proportions, when viewed as a whole with regard to standard requirements for the breed.

Head (8 pts.): The head should be large in proportion to the large body and moderately elongated from front to rear. Skull should be broad with the highest point a little forward of the center of the eye. Somewhat fiat on top, rather than round, with this flatness extending backward into the smooth gradual downward slope to where it joins the upper part of the neck. To be more masculine in cocks than in hens.

Beak (4 pts.): Stout, of medium length with the upper mandible curving slightly downward as it approaches the tip end. pinkish white in color with no discoloration.

Wattle (2 pts.): Medium in size and fine in texture. Powdery white in color.

Eyes (2 pts.): Round, bright and located a little to the front of the canter of the head. Dark hazel in color.

Neck (8 pts.): Full, thick and increasing in size as it descends from the head to the shoulders and breast giving a smooth, stout, graceful appearance. Must not be pinched at the throat. To have abundant feathers at base of the neck and back. Larger and more bullish in cocks than in hens.

Back (9 pts.): Broad, rather flat at the shoulders and tapering gradually to the rump in a straight unbroken line, with no hump or shallowness from the shoulders to the tip end of the tail.

Breast (12 pts.): Very prominent, deep and well filled out with thick firm flesh on both sides of the keel bone giving a smooth even roundness, like the bottom of a bowl, when held in the palm of the hand. The keel bone shoulder be moderately long and curving, like the rocker of a chair, extending well towards the vent but with no crooks, curves or indentations.

Body (15 pts.): Solid, compact and deep from top of back to blade of keel bone. Should be carded well forward and have good symmetrical proportions. Broad shoulders and chest representing an abundance of thick, firm meat so desirable in a utility breed. Width to carry well back from shoulders and not taper too sharply from front to rear. To be well filled out in rear of legs carrying the body depth well towards the tail.

Wings (10 pts.): The wings should tit snugly to the body with the tips resting on the rump and tail. Wing fronts should be completely covered with breast feathers obscuring them front view. Wing coverts to be well filled in over rump presenting a well-clothed, pleasing effect. Primary or flight feathers should be of medium length and nearly overlapping when the wing is folded. The tips of the longest primary wing feathers should end one inch or more from the end of the tail.

Tail (7 pts.): Should not be more than twelve inches from the fore end of keel bone to tip end of tail. Shorter tails more desirable. Width about three inches at the end and carded about one and one-half inches from the floor, in direct line with the back, when the bird is standing in natural position. Main tail feathers broad and neatly overlapping.

Shanks and Toes (4 pts.): Shanks stout and of medium length in keeping with the size of the bird but must not give a high or stilty appearance. Thighs muscular and set well apart and the toes straight and well spread. Both shanks and toes to be free from feathers and beet red in color.

Plumage (5 pts.): Smooth, tight tiffing and pure white in color.

O (5 pts.): x

Carriage of Symmetry

10 pts

Head

8 pts

Beak

4 pts

Wattle

2 pts

Eyes

2 pts

Neck

8pts

Back

9 pts

Breast

12 pts

Body

15 pts

Wings

10 pts

Tail

7 pts

Shanks and Toes

4 pts

Plumage

5 pts

Old Cock

34 to 40 oz.

Old Hen

32 to 36 oz.

Young Cock

32 to 36 oz.

Young Hen

30 to 34 oz.

Other things being equal, the larger and heavier, the better.


MAJOR FAULTS:

Small round head.
Narrow skull.
Long slender beaks.
Crow-headedness.
Coarse pale eye cere.
Thin swan-like necks.
Pinched throats.
Small narrow bodies.
Deficient breast.
Crooked keels.
Slipped or dropped wings.
Tails and wings longer than the standard specifies.
Soft, loose, fluffy feathers.

GENERAL DISQUALIFICATIONS:

Crooked or otherwise deformed beaks.
Blindness or eyes of different color.
Split wings.
Wry tails.
Roach backs.
Crooked legs or toes.
Foreign colored feathers in any part of the plumage.
Birds more than six ounces under minimum standard weights (no overweight limit).
Feathers on shanks or toes.
Sick or in such poor condition as to be unworthy of a prize.
 


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