Actually there are pictures IN the Standard that depict correct tails. I\'ve been biting my lip, but the tail on that lavender female in another recent thread looks very pinched, or else she is missing the majority of her tail feathers. The tail is to be moderately spread, with coverts running well up the tail. Moderately spread means the main tail feathers, usually seven on each side, are neither pinched together nor fan shaped, but somewhere in the middle. We also need to avoid the appearance of a convex cushion area on females, as there should be a fairly defined break between slope of back and rise of tail. Does that help? I\'m afraid too many exhibitors and judges are preferring a modified Orpington look, and that is not the intent of the Standards.