WHILE JUDGING: COMPARE EACH FINDING WITH THE RELEVANT BREED STANDARD

Wings: Examine the wing by opening the wing whilst holding the fowl. Use the other hand to naturally spread the wing by pressing it near the body of the fowl. The wing will naturally open to indicate a split wing or other defects.

Slipped Wing: Angel wing also known as slipped wing, crooked wing, and drooped wing is a syndrome that affects aquatic birds, primarily geese and ducks, in which the last joint of the wing is twisted with the wing feathers pointing out laterally, instead of lying against the body. Males develop it more than females.

GENERAL DISQUALIFICATIONS AND DEFECTS: WINGS

TOPIC	DESCRIPTION	ACTION
FOREIGN COLOUR	Foreign colour feather:	Disqualify
DEVELOPMENT	Wings less than ¼ developed:	Deduct: 1 point
DEVELOPMENT	Wings less than ½ developed:	Deduct: 2 points
DEVELOPMENT	Wings less than ¾ developed:	Deduct: 3 points
MISSING FEATHER	Missing feather or part of feather:	Deduct: 1 to 2 points for each feather
BROKEN FEATHER	Broken feather but not removed:	Deduct: ½ to 1 points for each feather
TWISTED FEATHERS	Primaries or secondaries, twisted feather, except in Sebastapol Geese and Frizzle Chickens:	Disqualify
SPLIT WING	A wing exhibiting a decided gap between the secondaries and primaries; the latter not in line with the former and with the wing closed in a natural position the primaries are evident, except in Ko-Shamo: –	Disqualify
SLIPPED WING	A wing in which the primary flight feathers hang below the secondaries when the wing is closed: (This condition is often allied with split wing, in which primaries and secondaries show a very distinct segregation in many breeds of bantams)–	Disqualify
REVERSED MAIN WING FEATHERS	One or more reversed main wing feathers:	Disqualify
SPLIT QUILL	One or more primary or secondary feathers with a split quill, except Silkies:	Disqualify
CLIPPED FEATHERS	Primary or secondary feathers clipped in all Breeds of Chickens and Turkeys:	Disqualify
CLIPPED FEATHERS	Primary or secondary feathers clipped in all Breeds of Waterfowl, except Muscovy, East Indian and Call Ducks: Note– Pinioned wings if smoothly healed are acceptable.	Disqualify
ANGEL WINGS	Angel wings (the wing tip being inverted at the outer joint), one or both in all Breeds of Ducks and Geese: –	Disqualify

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