Annual breed fads

[iajewel]

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This is exactly my concern. Like this year with anything lavender.. what is being sacrificed in the breed standard just to get a paint job?

 

[thebirdguy]

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I'll take a trio of these... but could I get the purple-laced ones instead of the pink? I need to maintain my testosterone levels and one more pink thing around would probably tip the scales..

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

One reason that breeders set prices for undeveloped breeds of varieties high is to keep them in hte hands of those who will seriously work on their continued development rather than sell fast, to whoever will buy, long before the breed or variety is even close to meeting a standard. Of course, there are those who have plenty of money are don't develop the birds as well as those who do not and would be more than willing to...

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I'll take a trio of these... but could I get the purple-laced ones instead of the pink? I need to maintain my testosterone levels and one more pink thing around would probably tip the scales..

Most young girls consider purple to be a feminine colour, though

Maybe you want the ones with army drab green or jungle camoflage barring?

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

Why, oh why did I not invent Silly Bands???

Then I could afford all the chicken trends my little ol' heart desires.

 

[thebirdguy]

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I'll take a trio of these... but could I get the purple-laced ones instead of the pink? I need to maintain my testosterone levels and one more pink thing around would probably tip the scales..

Most young girls consider purple to be a feminine colour, though

Maybe you want the ones with army drab green or jungle camoflage barring?

I'm talking ROYAL manly purple here!!! Like the Kings & Pharaohs wear...

thanks for looking out for me though!!

 

[TurtleFeathers]

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This is exactly my concern. Like this year with anything lavender.. what is being sacrificed in the breed standard just to get a paint job?

Don't get me wrong - I like anything new and different as much as the next guy, and I *do* have several lavender projects going on - but they're PROJECTS, and if I do ever decide to sell any, they will be sold as such, and not because its the current fad. But generally, as with all fads, if you wait long enough, the price will come down. The hard part is finding the ones that don't have any kinks left to be worked out.

Personally, I don't need chickens right off the boat from another country. Sure, it took years to develop those breeds and varieties abroad, but getting them here isn't much more difficult than having cash and connections. The fad will soon fade, and the prices will drop as they become more plentiful, so I'll just admire them from afar until then - maybe longer. But if I'm going to invest my money in a rare and unique breed of poultry to carry on with, its going to be something like Big Medicine's brahmas - 20 years of blood, sweat and tears went into those birds, and he did it for the love of the breed, not to make a quick buck (or several hundred).

 

[sheila3935]

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Now if you could really breed a chicken that kills coyotes, I'd buy them.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Most young girls consider purple to be a feminine colour, though

Maybe you want the ones with army drab green or jungle camoflage barring?

I'm talking ROYAL manly purple here!!! Like the Kings & Pharaohs wear...

thanks for looking out for me though!!

The girls don't care--if it's purple, it's THEIRS--trust me, that is what my dgd tells me.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

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ANY bird is only worth as much as someone will pay for it. If people are paying for them...then I guess they think they're worth it!