Dumb dumb question

[N F C]

It's ok! I had no idea what a EE, a GLW, a SLW, SOP, or RIR stood for!

Maybe this list of abbreviations will help?
byc-index-of-abbreviations-acronyms.63285

 

[jonezjollyfarm]

Where do they find the time? So one more question then I'll leave this alone for today. What's the difference in a show chicken and what I have in my coop? Maybe i need to find a chicken show on YouTube

 

[9SpiceyChickens]

I know them now

 

[jolenesdad]

I’ve just been learning these things, too. Chicken breeding is kind of “open” as in there’s no closed breeding books “preserving” a line like in many animals such as dogs or horses.

Whereas a dog or horse would have to have parents of a certain genetic stock to classify as a breed, with chickens, a chicken is considered a breed of what it most closely matches in the SOPs. It’s this way that you can cross breed in a different chicken with a certain trait and then breed the offspring in a way to get back to the desired SOP. A Wyandotte chicken could be bred to a leghorn, and after several generations, the future offspring could meet the SOP again for Wyandotte.

The offspring of a golden retriever bred to a chihuahua, no matter how many generations after being bred to golden retrievers, would never be considered a golden retriever.

Hatcheries are after a different goal for their birds, maybe more production, maybe faster feathering, etc.

since the SOP is used as a guide, they can still sell you a “barred rock” that has blotches of black and white barring as opposed to the dainty pin stripes found on show birds.

 

[jolenesdad]

The difference is your birds have different traits, and probably traits you want. They probably lay more eggs, but the color of those eggs could be less than desired (marans), the bird could be heavier than desired (welsummer), the bird could have different feather patterns (barred rock) etc. because the hatchery chose to breed a bird that was better producing but maybe lacking in another area of the SOP.

 

[jolenesdad]

Here’s a really interesting thread with lots of good q&a mixed in

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/famous-hatchery-pure-bred-appearances.1269466/

 

[jonezjollyfarm]

Omg nope done. Watch a video of a chicken show. Poor chicken locked in cages looking miserable. I'm going to hug my chickens. I'll show my bird the good ole fashion way in my yard.

 

[The Phantom]

What is sop? I've seen it several times what does it mean? I'm sure it's a dumb question but its driving me crazy.

Don't let it bother you! I have never even heard of the word until this thread!

 

[Shadrach]

I used to read about hardware cloth here and they were using it to predator proof the runs!I didn't like to say that a mouse could eat it's way througha piece of cloth, never mind a weasel

 

[chuckachucka]

Not really. They are into production rather than type.



Name a breed of animal, and there are shows and/or competitions for them.

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