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The question you should ask is . . . "Did they get their stock directly from Bev Davis or Wade Jean?".
Once a person sells their stock to someone else and that person breeds and sells them to someone else and that person breeds and sells to someone else. ... . well lots of things can happen if culling practices aren't maintained.
It doesn't change where the birds orginally came from. . . . .
Each breeders birds demonstrate certain characteristics. Each breeder determines what is important to them in their breeding program / goals. For example, MAYBE this person was concentrating on COMBS and not leg feathering. . . . In the nature of breeding, one genreation will be different from the next. . . . That is why IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW FAR REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL BREEDER THAT THE STOCK IS. . .
If the marans are many generations away from the breeder it DOES NOT MEAN they are not pure. It does indicate that they will not be the same as they were if you had got them from the original breeder. . . . They could be better or they could be worse.
Hope this helps you out . . . .
Here's another variable to throw in -- does "from ___'s stock" mean that ALL the parents/grandparents/great-grandparents/etc are from those breeders' stocks? If this person got ONE bird from each breeder, and those birds were culls, and then he bred them to whatever he had, does that still qualify as "from stock from Bev Davis and Wade Jean C1"? Just something to think about.
Some people say I'm picky. I say "yes, I'm Always Noticing Another Loophole." (hehehe)
ETA...funny...I didn't think THAT word would be edited automatically to "picky." Now my joke is not nearly as mildly funny as I intended.
When I say that my birds originated from Bev Davis or are of Bev Davis lines, it is soley for the purpose of letting prespective buyers or interested parties know where my birds came from. I find that some people want to know where I got my start because they may specifically be looking for stock from that particular breeder or they may not, and some people couldn't care less and just want dark egg layers....it's all good with me for whatever reason they want the bird or breed, but I am sure to let them know that just because they originated from Bev's lines does not mean that they are Bev's birds and she is not here making breeding decisions for me and telling me who to breed to who or who not to breed. When I got my first birds and they reached breeding age...it was up to me to make those decisions there for they became my line but originated from Davis stock.
Hope this helps!
The question you should ask is . . . "Did they get their stock directly from Bev Davis or Wade Jean?".
Once a person sells their stock to someone else and that person breeds and sells them to someone else and that person breeds and sells to someone else. ... . well lots of things can happen if culling practices aren't maintained.
It doesn't change where the birds orginally came from. . . . .
Each breeders birds demonstrate certain characteristics. Each breeder determines what is important to them in their breeding program / goals. For example, MAYBE this person was concentrating on COMBS and not leg feathering. . . . In the nature of breeding, one genreation will be different from the next. . . . That is why IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW FAR REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL BREEDER THAT THE STOCK IS. . .
If the marans are many generations away from the breeder it DOES NOT MEAN they are not pure. It does indicate that they will not be the same as they were if you had got them from the original breeder. . . . They could be better or they could be worse.
Hope this helps you out . . . .
Here's another variable to throw in -- does "from ___'s stock" mean that ALL the parents/grandparents/great-grandparents/etc are from those breeders' stocks? If this person got ONE bird from each breeder, and those birds were culls, and then he bred them to whatever he had, does that still qualify as "from stock from Bev Davis and Wade Jean C1"? Just something to think about.
Some people say I'm picky. I say "yes, I'm Always Noticing Another Loophole." (hehehe)
ETA...funny...I didn't think THAT word would be edited automatically to "picky." Now my joke is not nearly as mildly funny as I intended.
When I say that my birds originated from Bev Davis or are of Bev Davis lines, it is soley for the purpose of letting prespective buyers or interested parties know where my birds came from. I find that some people want to know where I got my start because they may specifically be looking for stock from that particular breeder or they may not, and some people couldn't care less and just want dark egg layers....it's all good with me for whatever reason they want the bird or breed, but I am sure to let them know that just because they originated from Bev's lines does not mean that they are Bev's birds and she is not here making breeding decisions for me and telling me who to breed to who or who not to breed. When I got my first birds and they reached breeding age...it was up to me to make those decisions there for they became my line but originated from Davis stock.
Hope this helps!
