Chickenosauurs_RexNo54
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WHat are the rarest breeds of poultry and how can we save them?
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According to a recent census there are about 200 Bruges Fighter chickens left in their native land of Belgium. These are on my radar to acquire a handful of soon. They are people friendly. https://greenfirefarms.com/bruges_fighter.html imported them in 2021. A few were sold beginning 2022.WHat are the rarest breeds of poultry and how can we save them?
https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/conservation-priority-list/WHat are the rarest breeds of poultry and how can we save them?
That's great to hear someone else is going to raise some of those beautiful birds.According to a recent census there are about 200 Bruges Fighter chickens left in their native land of Belgium. These are on my radar to acquire a handful of soon. They are people friendly. https://greenfirefarms.com/bruges_fighter.html imported them in 2021. A few were sold beginning 2022.
Piggybacking off of that thought, rare breeds that have went through a genetic bottleneck often become unhealthily inbred and are in need of fresh genes via outcrossing; something many breed enthusiasts are loath to do. 200 years ago, outcrossing was more common when “breed” was considered a fluid concept.The problem with “rarest” is the gene pool to reserect them to ok staus I’ve read over the years. Most breeds fall out of popularity and die out.