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Quote: How has the SOP for Plymouth Rocks changed? . I think the standard is pretty much the same. I agree with you that many show lines are not being selected for production qualities. That is a shame because the SOP clearly calls for using production as one of the primary selection...

Quote: Not according to what I read. The Dominque was the quintessential pioneer chicken, yes. It's origins are somewhat shrouded, IIRC, but it's safe to say it was known in the first half of the 1800's. The others, well... I dooooooon't think so... Beekissed info is wrong. new Hampshires...

Pocopoyo, One keeps standard in mind but to work only on the standard causes problems most show lines have now. Low fertilty, not laying that many eggs in a year or low hatching of eggs. Chickens that get sick more than they should ect. Working on standarizing a line means making culls that...

I guess everyone diffenation is a bit different on what heritage means. List like the ABLC and SPPA are great but many of the chickens listed are from out of country. In there country they might not be rare or endangered, since these list are USA tablation of chickens breed here. So I would...

While the ALBC list is good, many on there are Not heritage breeds. Heritage in th US means any breed of american chicken designed and made a breed before the 20 century or date wise 1900. Many on the ALBC list are after that date so are not heritage breeds. They maybe endangered but that is...