Help Needed - BYC Breed Pages Cleanup

[Nifty-Chicken]

Oh, and a reminder, we definitely want to make sure that we're differentiating "Breeds" from "Colors" or "Varieties". The goal is to have a single page for each breed, so we need you help to choose which of the duplicates should make the cut!

 

[banjoejoe4783]

there are 2 LF brahma pages the first is better them the 2nd but is still not right there is a lot of color varieties not listed , also true brahmas are slow to fully mature and WILL NOT LAY AT 5 MOUNTHS

there are also 2 LF cochin pages agin the first gives a better discription of the breed but also contrudics its self the auther says they lay a "small" egg but them latter in there discription they say " med" egg on the 2nd page there is no history or a good discription

the delaware blue hen proper name is BLUE HEN OF DELAWARE

there are a showgirle page showgirls are a variaty of sillkies and not a breed of there own

 

[erinszoo]

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I agree. Both pages are pretty equal in information but the first seems to be a little more detailed and has very nice pictures.

 

[stephanie1992]

ones that need to go-sub breeds section

there are to many ameracans-keep 1st get rid of rest

there are 2 andalusains.-1st is good 2nd is bad

araucana- keep 1st get rid on 2nd

keep 1st aseel get rid of rest

to many astralorps, barnevelder, Belgian D Uccle, brahma, campine, cochin, cornish, easter eggers, faverolles, frizzle, java, lakenvalder, la flech, leghorn, marans, minorca, modern game, naked neck, OEG, orphington, playmouth rock, polish, rhode island, rose comb, serama, buttercup, silkie, star, sumatra, welsummer, and wyandotte

these breeds need gone through and the best one need picked. its to much for me to go through but there the breeds that need thind out

 

[farmerChef]

There is not a Penedesenca page, and the Malay page only has chick pictures.

 

[froggiesheins]

There is only one Serama breed page ie: American Serama. There used to be a Malaysian Serama breed page but it got closed down. They are essentially the same breed just different place of breeding.

 

[spish]

there are 3 pages for the dominique....the last one has more thorough content, the 2nd one has nicer pics,

 

[Coopa Cabana]

For most breeds, there are major differences between Bantam and Large Fowl - I think you should have TWO pages per breed (when there are both Bantam and LF), not just one page per breed. Everything from housing to broodiness to climate adaptability and purpose (ornamental, egg-layer, meat production) is different between Bantams and Large Fowl of the same breed. Different color varieties also exist between Bantam and Large Fowl of the same breed.

I think the proper ABA/APA classification should also be given, to help those that want to enter their birds in shows. For example, LF Cochin are in the "Asiatic" class; Bantam Cochins are in the "Feather-Legged" Class.

The "Sub-Index" should be renamed "Varieties (Plumage Colors)" One Variety on the Sub-Index which needs to be deleted is the Cochin/Partridge. I've reported this before - that is NOT a Partridge colored bird of any breed - it is a Golden Laced.

With a very few exceptions, all breeds adhere to the same Plumage descriptions. You might think about cleaning up the Varieties (sub-index), to reflect pictures of various breeds by Plumage, i.e. White, Black, Blue, Mottled, Partridge, Columbian, Golden Laced, Silver Laced, etc., rather than showing all the breeds and all the varieties. If you list by Plumage, then you could also include the genetic make-up, which I think would be very helpful to many.

There is no need to re-iterate Breed information on the Variety index. The Breed pages should focus on breeds, and the Variety pages should focus on Plumage Colors/Patterns.

Just my opinion - but if we're going to clean things up, we should do it correctly, with proper educational value for the reader.

 

[Rainwolf]

I'm not a breeder of Java's but at one time did research on them (thought about breeding them)

As far as I know there are no such thing as White Java's
Black, Mottled and the highly debated Auburn (gaining acceptance)

But No Whites.....

A Java breeder needs to read and clean up the Java Page.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Perhaps it would be a good idea to ask the Breed Clubs to assist in cleaning up the Breed pages. After all they know the breed better than anyone.

Or get a few judges to assist.