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Eastern Fantail Club Standard
The philosophy of this
standard of perfection is to achieve a refined, balanced Fantail, a
Fantail that displays this balance while standing, while in motion
and in transition from one to the other. The points allowed for the
individual traits are insignificant unless a balance of the general
requirements is achieved.
The Fantail is primarily
a bird of type and action; “type” meaning to represent typical
structural characteristics and posture while standing. “Action”
meaning behavior and method of performing while in motion. 80
points describe the type while stationary; 20 points describe
action, carriage while in motion.
Fantails are to be judged
by comparison, seeking the best refined balance of the strongest
traits that define the breed --- round body, large tail, well set
legs and head while standing and in motion.
In solid and patterned
selfs an advantage of 5 points may be allowed for excellence in
plumage color. In marked birds, such as saddles, tailmarks and
bodymarks, 5 points may be allowed for excellence in marking and 5
points for excellence of plumage color of recognized colors. There
is no allowance for color or markings in whites and NCC’s
(Non-Classified Colors).
If two birds are equal in
general requirement points the smaller bird is preferred.
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Body
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Round like a ball when
viewed from any angle, showing a graceful curve from beak to
feet when viewed in profile. |
Subsection
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Keel |
Relatively short keel
protruding well in front of the wings, producing a full
round underbelly and forward depth. |
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Back |
Should give the
appearance of being slightly hollow in the center. Length
of back should be in proportion with length of neck, to
allow for proper head setting. |
Body, Keel & Back
12 |
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Wings |
In profile, narrow
from top to bottom, bottom wing line unbroken, flights just
clearing the lowest feathers of the tail, flights not too
long, tips nearly meeting behind the tail and resting gently
on the floor. Wings should be well up on the sides
of the body, exposing as much body frontal as possible and some of
the lower leg. From the front, wings shall be hidden so as
to preserve the overall appearance of roundness of the
bird. Flights shall be tight against the body and feathers
tight together. |
Wings
8 |
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20 |
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Tail |
Slightly concave,
circular, closely filled with broad even set feathers, well
overlapping each other. The tail should be set high enough
on the body to allow the bird to have as much top tail as
possible without forcing the head out of the pocket. The
tail should be straight on the bird from side to side. |
Tail
10 |
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Cushions |
Front, full, long and
wide. Back strong, wide, flaring and centered on the tail. |
Cushions
5 |
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Rump |
Sufficient rump to
support the tail, straight from side to side and well up. |
Rump
5 |
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Ratio |
The relationship of
tail size (as determined by vertical height of the slightly
concave, circular appearing tail) to the body size (as
determined from floor to top of chest) while the bird is
showing should approach 2 to 1. |
Ratio
5
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20 |
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Head/Neck |
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Head |
Small showing refinement, smooth, free of ornaments |
Head
2 |
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Beak |
Thin and medium in
length, with small fine textured wattles. Color in
accordance with feather color. |
Beak
1 |
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Beak Wattle |
Small and fine in texture. |
Wattle
1 |
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Eyes / Ceres |
Clear, bright, alert,
eye cere as fine as possible and colored in accordance to
feather color. Eyes dark for all white headed colors.
Pearl eyes or yellow to orange-red eyes for all other
colors. Pearl eyes preferred. |
Eyes/Ceres
1 |
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Neck & Headset |
Thin, nicely curved
and tapered well off as it approaches the head. Length of
neck should correspond with length of the back to enable the
head to consistently set effortlessly centered, from side to
side, and at the base of the cushion. This shall be known
as the pocket. Beak line should flow into the curve of the
body profile. Head must not be visible above the chest from
straight on front, and should be well beneath the top of the
chest when viewed in profile. |
Neck & headset
5
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Legs/Feet |
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Legs |
Strong, moderately
short to medium length, not stilty, set well apart and
forward of the center of the body circle (resulting in rear
depth) and so as to conform with the curve of the body line.
There should be noappearance of “buckling”, bowed in, or spreading
out past the width of the body. When standing they should
be squared, not with one pulled back . |
Legs
15 |
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Feet |
Strong, neat, fine, free of feathers and bright red in
color. When standing the bird’s weight should be set soundly
on the front toes. The ball of the foot should be slightly
of the floor. The feet should be squared up, not one pulled
back or turned in. |
Feet
5
20 |
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Plumage |
Clean, neat, hard and
tight fitting, with no pants or loose feathers obscuring the
lower legs. All feathers on the Fantail should be short
including the flights, except the tail and cushion feathers
should be long. Plumage pigmentation to comply with
recognized color descriptions. |
10 |
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Carriage
and Motion |
Carriage in motion
relates to the behavior and carriage of a Fantail in motion,
or walking. Posture while standing is covered with each
structural trait. Proper carriage in motion demonstrates a
balance between all the structural traits ensuring no trait
invades and destroys another. Fantails should walk forward
in an airy carefree manner while maintaining graceful
control. A Fantail should go on short trips (jaunts) and
have its head thrown back in a graceful, effortless manner
consistently centered from side to side and at the base of
the cushion, maintaining a full round body with wings well
covered and closely fitting to the body, tail carried
upright presenting as much top tail as possible while walking
on its front toes. There should be a slight upheaval of the
chest with each step and no inclining forward or dropping
backward of the tail and no loosening of the wings. |
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The Fantail should
perform these disciplines without a great deal of
encouragement. However, the judge may have to straighten
tangled feathers or wait for distractions in the walking pen
to dissipate. Carriage in motion is the only place all the
traits are considered as a whole. Carriage in motion
explains how the traits of a Fantail relate to each other
while the Fantail is in motion. |
20 |
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Total points for general
requirements:
100
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