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Way to go M! Really awesome job for you!
On a side note, got my birds entered into the local county fair. It's kinda fun to see a show that Forrest used to show in (and eventually stopped going to since nobody wanted to listen to him) and seeing my own birds form his lines showing in their ancestors claw steps. It hit me as I was looking at my male and seeing all these people stopped around him because he was "the biggest chicken they'd ever seen."
I also heard someone from my 4H club say "It's not right that our birds don't live up to the standard. That's why we order from a hatchery...for show birds!"
Pretty sure I hurt some feelings when I went "Oh heck no it's not! You order from there for something that looks kinda like the breed you want. If you're after show birds you HAVE to go to a breeder."
On a side note, got my birds entered into the local county fair. It's kinda fun to see a show that Forrest used to show in (and eventually stopped going to since nobody wanted to listen to him) and seeing my own birds form his lines showing in their ancestors claw steps. It hit me as I was looking at my male and seeing all these people stopped around him because he was "the biggest chicken they'd ever seen."
I also heard someone from my 4H club say "It's not right that our birds don't live up to the standard. That's why we order from a hatchery...for show birds!"
Pretty sure I hurt some feelings when I went "Oh heck no it's not! You order from there for something that looks kinda like the breed you want. If you're after show birds you HAVE to go to a breeder."
Teenage hormones run wild!
