Absolutely Refusing the Standard of Perfection - OEGB

[Merrell89]

The standard won't change. If you don't dub your birds, they'll be disqualified. I'd recommend focusing your efforts on a different breed. Someone suggested Dutch... that's a good idea

My games would tear their combs off anyways trying to get to another male through wire pens, or yard fights lol

The process isn't fun, but the bird is hardly effected by it outside the very moment you're dubbing them. I take great care in dubbing my birds, and I make sure to clean and care for them accordingly.

Any bird in my yard is EXTREMELY well taken care of, and is given the highest quality of life a chicken can have. If dubbing were cruel and unusual, I wouldn't do it

 

[curious chickee]

Just show the pullets and hens leave the rest at home.

 

[Bo Garrett]

Combs on Old English Games have not been selected for intensively due to the dubbing, the result is side sprigs, lopped combs, too few or too many points, etc...... It would take some time to correct this and the birds just don't look right un-dubbed. It is a centuries old tradition that they be dubbed just as modern games are dubbed cleanly to give them the sleek head appearance. If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.