Today I've Read Like 10 Different posts about people "helping" chicks out of the shell. In my opinion, you are NOT helping. I believe this will lead breeds into unhealthy sick little birds. If they cannot get out of the shell, how will the do in life? Its adding bad genes BACK into the gene pool, which mother nature naturally worked out. I've only helped one chick out of the shell, and all the old timers (who if you look around have the best birds )warned me not to, And my bird turned out to have dwarfism, and no toe nails. It died 8 weeks later. This is what ive learned, its better to let a breed die out that to help them out of the shell. Whic really only happens when are around bad breeders (example the dorking) while the pycheon is just as rare but has good genetics and vigorous.
Another Idea- Alot of people are doing "projects" For Fun. I really think this should be left for the professionals, like hinkjc and the genetic guros on this section. I think it would be better to save an endangered breed ( like the java, le fleche, ect) as you can learn as you go with these. I think with the millie fluer cochin project, they are going great, but now with so many people just breeding them and not knowing what to look for (wich is why i dont have them i dont know about that color pattern) the variety is going steps back. When they were low profile, i think they made alot more progress.
What do you think? I can't get these ideas out of my head and im not sure if i need to be "straightened out" or not lol . This is not met toward sanyone or any particular threads/posts
Another Idea- Alot of people are doing "projects" For Fun. I really think this should be left for the professionals, like hinkjc and the genetic guros on this section. I think it would be better to save an endangered breed ( like the java, le fleche, ect) as you can learn as you go with these. I think with the millie fluer cochin project, they are going great, but now with so many people just breeding them and not knowing what to look for (wich is why i dont have them i dont know about that color pattern) the variety is going steps back. When they were low profile, i think they made alot more progress.
What do you think? I can't get these ideas out of my head and im not sure if i need to be "straightened out" or not lol . This is not met toward sanyone or any particular threads/posts