Nice display of borders at Mass Cage Bird Show

 

 

STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE

Head & Neck:Head, well rounded and neat when viewed from any angle, beak fine, eyes clear and positioned to rest on an maginary line between the upper and lower mandible of the beak, very slightly forward of a central point of the head.

Neck, in keeping with the head and flowing smoothly into the body lines and of sufficient length to give a free, jaunty look to the head carriage.

10 points
Body:Well filled and nicely rounded running in a smooth downward curve from the gentle, smooth rise over the shoulders to the point of the tail. The chest also nicely rounded, but not heavy. The line of curve to the root of the tail always being downwards. Viewed from above and behind the body outline should be symmetrically pear shaped.
15 points
Wings:Compact and carried close to the body, covering the back, with primary and secondary flight feathers meeting at the tips. Outer flight tips to meet at the root of the tail. Primaries and secondaries to be pointed.
10 points
Legs & Feet:Of medium lenght and showing just a little thigh, the legs should be fine yet in harmony with the size of the bird and allowing it to adopt a gay, jaunty stance. Feet in keeping with legs, both to be clean and without blemish.
5 points
Plumage:Close, firm and fine in quality, presenting a smooth, silken glossy appearance, free from browiness, frill or roughness.
10 points
Tail:Close packed and narrow, being nicely rounded and well filled in at the root.
5 points
Position & Carriage:Semi-erect, standing at an angle of 60 °. Gay and jaunty with a full poise of the head.
15 points
Colour:Rich, soft and pure, as level in tint as possible throughout, but extreme depth and hardness such as colour feeding gives are ‘debarred’. Any exhibit showing the effects of colour feeding will be disqualified.
15 points
Size:The length from top of the head to tip of the tail should not exceed five and three quarter inches (5 ¾”), length should be in proportion and balance with other features of the bird.
5 points
Health:Condition and cleanliness shall have due weight.
10 points
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 Total :100 points