Good vs Bad Layer Character/Body Parts Good Layer Bad layer Comb, wattles and earlobes Fully developed, bright, red warm & waxy Small, pale, cold shrunken, dry Pelvic bones (two small bones extending along the sides of the vents) Spread apart, two to three fingers can be placed between them, thin & paliable Close together, only one finger can be placed between them thick and hard Vent Large, moist, dilated most, oval shaped Small, dry, puckered round Abdomen Soft with thin skin, expanded Hard with thick skin, compacted Spam (distance between the end of the keel or breast bone and the end of pubic bones About three to four fingers in width About only two fingers in width Pigmentation(yellow beak and shanks) Bleach or white after several months of egg production Remain yellow even after several months in the laying pen. Character/Body Parts Good Layer Bad layer Comb, wattles and earlobes Fully developed, bright, red warm & waxy Small, pale, cold shrunken, dry Pelvic bones (two small bones extending along the sides of the vents) Spread apart, two to three fingers can be placed between them, thin & paliable Close together, only one finger can be placed between them thick and hard Vent Large, moist, dilated most, oval shaped Small, dry, puckered round Abdomen Soft with thin skin, expanded Hard with thick skin, compacted Spam (distance between the end of the keel or breast bone and the end of pubic bones About three to four fingers in width About only two fingers in width Pigmentation(yellow beak and shanks) Bleach or white after several months of egg production Remain yellow even after several months in the laying pen.