Thanks...I took an interest in the breed a few years back and did some research in the origins of the breed and how it was developed. I was considering repeating the steps to create a psudo Marsh Daisy since no Marsh Daisy were in the US at the time and it didn't look like they would going to survive long enough to make it here. I didn't do the project and they did make it here so I have been following the establishment of the breed in the USA with interest. It has taken a while to catch on, but looks like it is now ready to take off.
I've been tossing around an idea, if these birds can live as long as most I've been thinking about mini microchiping them! AKC is about to release new mini chips for use in labs and migratory bird experiments, I'd like to be able to effeciently follow their life span and family tree! I hate banding birds as a form of ID. I won't be butchering them only breeding so it would affect my flock. It's just an idea right now