That was disingenuous. Hasn't anyone been reading the quotes I have been posting?
These birds are only 6 months old. They aren't Langshans, Brahmas, or any other breed. They are Sussex.
This is an exciting event for Sussex fanciers and breeders.A whole new strain for us to work with.
I don't understand why folk wish importers would bring in this and that breed...then when one does,
they diss it.
There is a lot to work with in these birds. No bird is perfect. It's been a while since I have seen a breed jeered at
like this on this thread.
It is not hard to bring in live birds if one is a registered importer like Greenfire. Read the Company history.
They are not the only importers either. Other companies import animals of all kinds all the time. Greenfire just
happens to specialize in poultry.I feel sad that folk cannot see the potential in these birds.As I quoted earlier,
how they are mated and the prepotency in them from the blood of their ancestors is more important than the
individual bird's detailed phenotype.
I think birds from this import would be best served if they were mated in small matings from each of the different
strains available in the US to see which ones nick best. Then move on from there. It is also possible they may do
best within a closed gene pool of their own strain. I think it will all depend on how closed a gene pool they came
from and how prepotent they are for breed type.
Best,
Karen