I agree, life is short, and that there are varying degrees of breeders. Use of the term bator does not bother me.
If you were to go to a large poultry show and listen to the breeders with the top notch birds talk, you will not hear the word "roo" spoken. Unless they are having a laugh over something they read online, or maybe a call they had received. These folks have invested a bunch of years, sweat, and money developing their birds to that level.
On another thread I read here, several people were discussing how incredibly difficult it is to find good top quality large fowl Cornish. And if you could find a breeder, it was even harder to get them to sell stock to someone that was not in their click. They joked about their must be some secret handshake or something. Here again these old guys, have a lot invested in their birds and don't wish to see their efforts ****** away by someone not knowing what they are doing, or more commonly wanting to breed their own version of a broiler meat bird.
My point here is there are certain red flags that will make some breeders suspicious as to the experience level/knowledge of a prospective buyer and they may hesitate to place the results of their years of work in these hands, and then some breeders may just be out for the cash. Just saying that using a word or two might limit the pool of prospective sellers when looking for the genetics that might help put your breeding program over the hump.
I have never shown my birds. But do go to the local shows to remind myself what a proper specimen of the breed looks like, and strive toward that in my projects. Fortunately I am within a couple hours drive time to a few very good shows.
As to my birds, this link will give you an idea on their backstory.
http://www.the-coop.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=29277&page=1
