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CHARACTERISTICS OF BIRDS TO BE ACCOUNTED IN JUDGING
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Character
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Features for good birds
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Features of poor birds
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Head
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Nature of head
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Strongly* feminine in females and masculine in males, square and broad at the top. All parts are well proportionate
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Tendency to be masculine in females; coarse, crow headed, narrow and tapering at the top
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Comb, Wattles and Beak
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Full, red, waxy, warm, velvety stocky, well curved, broad and short
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Dry, scaly, shriveled, cold, coarse. Narrow, very long, thin, sharp and pointed
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Eyes
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Bright, alert and well set
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Dull, sleepy, may have squint
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Earlobes
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Full, waxy, velvety, colour as per breed specification
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Shrunken, wrinkled, coarse, off-colour to the breed
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Neck
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Stocky and short
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Long and thin
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Body
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Nature
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Capacious
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Limited capacity
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Back
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Broad and Straight
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Narrow and crooked
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Sides
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Deep and Straight
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Shallow, barrel shaped
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Keel bone
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Long, properly curved, flexible
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Short, crooked and hard
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*Pubic bone
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Wide apart, thin, soft and pliable. Distance between two pubic bones is more than 2 to 3 fingers
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Close together, thick and stiff. Distance between two pubic bones is less than 1 to 2 fingers
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*Distance between keel and pubic bones (for females)
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More than 4 to 5 fingers
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Less than 2 to 3 fingers
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Skin
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Thin, soft, oily and silky
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Thick, dry, rough and under laid with fat.
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Abdomen
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Large, soft and free from lumps of fat
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Small, hard and with lumps of fat
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*Vent
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Large, oval and moist
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Small, dry and round
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Plumage and colour
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Tight, compact, slightly dull coloured but colour specific for breed and variety
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Loose, scattered, brightly coloured but may be off- coloured for breed and variety
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Legs ,Shank, Toe-nails
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Thin, soft and flat at back
Stocky, well curved
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Thick, hard and rounded at the back
Long, thin and sharp pointed
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Temperament
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Friendly and always happy
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Shy, nervous, struggles when caught
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Appetite
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Hearty eater and crop always nearly full
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Mincing appetite and poor eater
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*Pigmentation
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Pigment bleaches out from beak, skin, vent, shank and eye ring as laying advances and they will appear faint in colour
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Due to non-bleaching beak, skin, vent, shank and eye-ring are brightly coloured because of poor or non-laying
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* These characters are important for females, while others are of common importance.
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