I have to tell you the more I learn on here the more confused I get
I read on another post that a lot of the big hatchery birds are actually mutts, and that the pure heritage breeds are hard to find.
Then I read some where else on here that the breeders of those quality birds don't want to...
Thank you for all responses. I am not sure that I can buy that rarity is based on percentage of one breed as compared to the percentage of all breeds of chickens. I am sure compared to commercial breeds all (or at least most) other breeds of chickens would be rare.
I was also wondering if it...
I would like to get a heritage breed. One I was interested in is the Cayuga duck. I see them different large hatcheries, but they are on the threatened list on the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy page. There are chickens that are listed as threated too that I see in the hatchery catalogs...