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[BigBlueHen53]

The mystery intensifies! Your birds do not look like any on the list that I can tell.

Well then .... maybe they are pretty rare then!

 

[cherrynberry]

They could be VERY rare, as in completely unique, the only ones extant. (Calm down, this is very tongue-in-cheek. That means it's a joke!) I mean, what's more rare than, "this is the only one of its kind ever to exist!?! Okay, maybe that's not that funny. I don't get out much.

True, I should have said "they are not very rare"

 

[Geckolady]

They probably are ultra rare, in the sense that they're so mixed that the chance of you getting another one mixed exactly like it is very rare. They take crossbred and mixed breed dogs and sell them as rare or new breeds, why not chickens? It's marketing, I guess.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

They probably are ultra rare, in the sense that they're so mixed that the chance of you getting another one mixed exactly like it is very rare. They take crossbred and mixed breed dogs and sell them as rare or new breeds, why not chickens? It's marketing, I guess.

Yeah, that's wat I meant. I'd guess hatcheries often or always have projects going on, and if/when they come up with something neat they market it. The "culls" in the process become packing peanuts, "specials" or "rare breeds."

 

[cherrynberry]

They could be VERY rare, as in completely unique, the only ones extant. (Calm down, this is very tongue-in-cheek. That means it's a joke!) I mean, what's more rare than, "this is the only one of its kind ever to exist!?! Okay, maybe that's not that funny. I don't get out much.

But to be honest, I dont think that hatcheries should include EEs in their rare breed kit. Especially since there are many more rare breeds out there and if you are paying more money than just directly buying EEs.

 

[cherrynberry]

Yeah, that's wat I meant. I'd guess hatcheries often or always have projects going on, and if/when they come up with something neat they market it. The "culls" in the process become packing peanuts, "specials" or "rare breeds."

I sort of hate that. They always make more and more breeds, but never stick with it well.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I sort of hate that. They always make more and more breeds, but never stick with it well.

I'm just happy if they call an EE an EE and leave it at that.

 

[cherrynberry]

I'm just happy if they call an EE an EE and leave it at that.

Yeah, but thats not what they do most of the time. Oh well...

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I know, lol. They have to make them sound all new and exotic! Gotta have, gotta have!

 

[cherrynberry]

I know, lol. They have to make them sound all new and exotic! Gotta have, gotta have!

Yep, they even label EEs into categories. Like OEs, SE, ME, Etc. Thats not the worst of it all though...theres some pretty odd names for chicken breeds (is it even a breed?)