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Yes! Fellowship and developing good relationships among various breeders. I never think of those things when on the forum because I say to myself, well hey, it's just a forum, we're scattered; we're faceless entities. I need a rethink.

Thank you for your wonderful reply. My comment earlier was hypothetical in nature--sometimes, as with dogs, when you add a loose version of a purebred into the equation, it could help to improve health, temperament, and vigor (even if it introduces changes in the line in other ways). It seems...

Oh! Okay, so would it be bad form to introduce blood from a hatchery BPR if it exhibited good traits? I was thinking, a mutt hen to a good blood lined roo.?

Indeed; hence sticking with good lines / strains for breeding. I'm all for it. How does one out-cross a line?

Thank you Sonoran Silkies. I didn't really believe the real McCoy would disappoint--the inbred chicken in my opinion, would be the one to question however, I had to ask just in case. I have the greatest faith that my new soon to be babies with awesome blood lines will be everything I could...

Hmmm...this is an old thread but I wonder ...the 2 pics showing the rocks bred per the SOP; do they produce as well as the utility bred rocks? As much as I want to preserve the breed I would hope the 2 "types" will produce the same ....please say they will...I have 1 3-yr old barred rock hen and...