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Well said. I have arrived at the exact same conclusion. This is how I will choose to think of it until someone convinces me I should think otherwise. I just wish we could drop the "Production Red" label, since nearly all are the production variety today, and we already have the "Heritage" label...

Okay, so a Production Red could be technically be considered a hybrid, but if I understand this correctly, they are not F1 hybrids--as a sex link would be--but probably bred for multiple generations with the Leghorn (or whatever else) crossed in, until they came up with a stable variety. And...

So, as long as the phenotype isn't changed, a breeder can cross whatever he wants into a breed and still compete in shows, and sell its offspring as pure? I still don't get how this is allowed in shows where lineage must be proven...

Okay, well technically we throw the word hybrid around a lot I know. It surely isn't the best word, because I think it actually refers to plants. But we commonly call the Red Sex Link chicken a hybrid, although it can reproduce normally, right? The offspring will be varried though, as opposed to...

Specifically, take a Production RIR as example, and explain why--if most have Leghorn mixed in--they are not considered a hybrid. Why do they breed true, but crossing with a Barred Rock is a hybrid that does not breed true? Another example, is with dogs. I was reading that an AKC champion in...