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Light Vs. Dark Blue Wheaten

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Jean:
There is supposed to be a little bit of orange shafting in sickles of a blue wheaten male.

A wheaten male is supposed to have some reddish shafting in the lesser sickles.

Tailfeathers:

--- Quote from: Jean ---There is supposed to be a little bit of orange shafting in sickles of a blue wheaten male.

A wheaten male is supposed to have some reddish shafting in the lesser sickles.
--- End quote ---


Yes, I agree but I was referring to the red on the surface of the feathers.  Not the shaft.  It is my understanding that \"shafting\" is when the color of the feather shaft does not match the rest of the feather\'s color.  Am I mistaken?

Personally, I prefer to have a solid dark blue tail with no orange/red showing in either the W or BW.  Having talked with several other W & BW folks, I thought it was the general consensus that while it is common to see some orange/red markings in the tails of W & BW\'s - both near the shaft and along the outside edge - the solid blue tail is something to breed for.

To me this makes for a much more pleasant bird when viewed but, if I\'m wrong and there is some specific reason for having the blotches of orange/red in the tail, I\'d sure like to know.

God Bless,

Tailfeathers:
Bumping this up as it\'s been a week and there were no replies so I just wanted to make sure I\'m not mistaken?

God Bless,

Guest:
Just an update on how these boys are turning out.  My silver hen has an affection with these boys beards.  Overall I think they are REALLY nice looking.



Light chest


Dark Chest


Dark


Light

Jean:
I think I like the darker one better.  He looks like he has less shafting in the hackles.

But, do me a favor and check their earlobes.  (It may be just the way the birds are standing and the color of their beards.) One of them looks like there may be enamel white in the lobe.

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