I would like to share some agate canaries photos, where we can see different classes of designs, wider, thinner, more continuous, shorter ...
It is very important to find a balance in the birds. The finest design won't always win.
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I would like to share some agate canaries photos, where we can see different classes of designs, wider, thinner, more continuous, shorter ...
It is very important to find a balance in the birds. The finest design won't always win.
All are examples of achievements. Accomplished by much sustained efforts and great perseverance by multiple breeders. I appreciate all and respect their breeders achievements. Then I, like most experienced color breeders, recall fondly the words of the great Geoff Walker: "It is about the color, pattern, and overall degree of perfection minus the imperfections that in aggregate makes it a real and not quite ideal specimen." So I carefully look at each and take in the limited observations from a photo rather than a real live canary. And with that come to decide that the one in the second photo, the Agate Red Mosaic Hen is best. The first photo, the Agate Yellow Mosaic Hen is second best. Third photo, the Agate White is third best. The other two, photos four and five, in their poses show more noticeable imperfections in the melanin, striations, tail, and conformation. Those two I value at least 2 points below the third best bird. Based on the photos.
NOTE: broader striations of wider melanin I prefer over narrower striations, because that maximizes melanin; but all striations must be in clearly continuous uninterrupted striations that are visually sharp and tightly organized. Where the eye can follow each striation from head to tail.... In photos this is exhibited best in the second photo.