Yes, I have done it.
Walt
Sorry I was posting while you were Thanks for a straight answer.
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Yes, I have done it.
Walt
1st Thanks for a straight answer.
2nd Sorry about OEGB someone used them as an example.
3rd I think most people know what double matting is if not we can discuss that later This is a discussion of the standard (acceptable or unacceptable) Using the example OEGB.and your answer (YES) this makes the Standard acceptable. If there is a breed or verity that is not possible to produce Blue Ribbon birds both male and female with single matting then the Standard is unacceptable and should be rewritten. That is my opinion and that is all we have here is a place to discuss opinions.
The Standard describes the results of good breeding.....different folks arrive at the best bird they can in various ways. Double mating is a way to do it and it is generally for color only. The SOP has some difficult to attain goals, but does not ask for anything that is impossible. That would be wrong/unacceptable or whatever one would like to call it. Just about everything that needs to be rewritten has been addressed many years ago. It does change as new breeds are accepted and there are a few quirky things that need to be corrected, but it does not ask for anything that can't be done........it has all been done by breeders. As an example of some of the things that need to be fixed is that the black Asil, Wheaten Shamo males are not recognized for some reasons........things like that......nothing like asking for something that is impossible to create.
You should get one and if you do, read the first 40 pages and you will know a lot more about pure bred chickens than most folks. It tells you how the breeds were made, what the color should be and how the body parts should look, but does not tell you how to breed.....and forget what you used in breeding other animals, as it probably won't work with chickens. This is what causes some confusion amongst people starting in chickens after they have raised and shown other animals successfully.
Walt
When you say(possible) if you mean (possible with Single Matting) then we agree
Honestly, I didn't read anything that wasn't very straight forward. LOL, I've been accused of lots of things but a lack of straight-forwardness/bluntness was never one of them
I don't get it either.
Culling is a very important part of breeding. If you don't know what to cull, you are never going to excel at it.
Walt
I would add that it's important not to hatch more than the infrastructure can house well, but do, indeed, fill that infrastruture up.
The great thing about the hatching in number is the culling. What a drag it would be to walk out to a dozen young pullets hoping to find the best 6 knowing that only one or two are great and then the rest are the least among the other evils?! Now searching for 6 pullets from among 60--now that's fun.