Ethics in Showing

[gjensen]

Wow. I never saw this being such an emotionally charged topic. I am amazed that chickens can be such a devisive subject. I do not think the OP meant to beat up on the poor little kids. I think he intended to discuss the ethics around showing birds. I think the topic got ahead of itself.

I do not get showing another's birds. I just don't get wanting to. If the 4H judging was for conditioning and showmanship instead about the birds themselves, then I would understand. As long as the birds themselves are being judged, it wouldn't make sense to me. Then it would boil down to which parent bought the best birds

I do not know the rules or ethics, so I probably shouldn't comment. We just went through this thought process a couple years ago ourselves.

 

[cubalaya]

Showing animals you did not breed yourself is like buying paint, brushes, and a canvas, hiring an artist to paint a picture, and then you enter the finished work in an art show as your own. After all, you bought the supplies, hired the artist, and directed him, so the work is yours right? ;P The trainer doesn't win the gold medal in the Olympics do they? The athlete does!! Of course a patron of the arts or an athletic trainer deserves credit for a job well done, but that's as far as it should, and does, go. Yes, you deserve credit for good husbandry, but showing poultry implies you are the breeder. It is not necessarily like dogs and horses.
We all have limitations. If you live in a place where you can't keep cocks,then don't show purebred birds.

saladin was just stating a fact. nothing offensive about it. gallorojo just painted the picture for you. i don't get showing someone else's work and taking credit for it.

 

[Judy]

Closed for flaming, ridiculing, and otherwise failing to present varying opinions in a polite and respectful manner.