Annual breed fads

[hallerlake]

Sounds like an F1 hybrid not a breed to me.

BigDaddy'sGurl :

I found someone tonight on a local website trying to sell his/her version of "buff sussex" for 20.00 each. I may be wrong, but I believe that it takes more than they did to create one: their ad says they crossed purebred sussex hens with a purebred BO rooster...

If I am right and they are trying to sell crossed up chicks for 20.00 each, I will laugh loudly at anyone who buys them. If I'm wrong:

(That's not how one would create a genuine buff sussex, right? I mean, you can't just mix two breeds and call it a new breed, right? Right?!)​

 

[mississippifarmboy]

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i visited your pages and you are a manand a family afte my own heart.

you folks are true americans and i enjoyed lookin and reading your pages,God bless you and yours.

Larry

Thanks Larry. That was a very nice thing to say!

 

[mississippifarmboy]

A.T. Hagan :

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You're late to the dance. Silkies have been around for years!

Awww A.T., darn it! I thought I was finally on to something.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

BigDaddy'sGurl :

I found someone tonight on a local website trying to sell his/her version of "buff sussex" for 20.00 each. I may be wrong, but I believe that it takes more than they did to create one: their ad says they crossed purebred sussex hens with a purebred BO rooster...

If I am right and they are trying to sell crossed up chicks for 20.00 each, I will laugh loudly at anyone who buys them. If I'm wrong:

(That's not how one would create a genuine buff sussex, right? I mean, you can't just mix two breeds and call it a new breed, right? Right?!)

Well, how many generations ago did they make the cross? And do they consider them a "project" or a finished product? Sometimes breeders will sell project birds for a higher cross than a mere mutt should bring to limit purchasers to those who will seriously work on the birds. And sometimes people try to make a quick buck off the naive.​

 

[punky rooster]

I think those Whoepel barred rocks will be one of the next "fads"

 

[kathyinmo]

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How can a common breed like a Barred Rock be a fad? Or do you mean the excellent quality (which is from true Heritage stock) from Frank Reese stock (AKA 1900s E. B. Thompson champion strain) will be a fad? Quality is quality, not a fad, in my opinion.

Aren't fads more like something new and often non SOP?

I have a question .... How do you feel about people that request hatching eggs (or chicks) from things like this, and then change their minds? Fads changed and so did they?

 

[punky rooster]

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How can a common breed like a Barred Rock be a fad? Or do you mean the excellent quality (which is from true Heritage stock) from Frank Reese stock (AKA 1900s E. B. Thompson champion strain) will be a fad? Quality is quality, not a fad, in my opinion.

Aren't fads more like something new and often non SOP?

I have a question .... How do you feel about people that request hatching eggs (or chicks) from things like this, and then change their minds? Fads changed and so did they?

I ment many people are going to get them..... I'm not even sure what fad is lol. I ment like, the next Big Thing

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

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Well, how many generations ago did they make the cross? And do they consider them a "project" or a finished product? Sometimes breeders will sell project birds for a higher cross than a mere mutt should bring to limit purchasers to those who will seriously work on the birds. And sometimes people try to make a quick buck off the naive.

Well, their ad says:

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Buff Sussex Pullets and Cockerels Mothers are full blooded Light Sussex crossed with Full blooded Buff Orpington Rooster


**that says to me that it is an individual with sussex hens and a BO roo.

Sounds like your last sentence hit the nail on the head.

And I copied and pasted their ad from the word description until rooster. Their actual wording.