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My goal is simple, make them look and feel like OE, before they go anywhere. I let very few go and often only to thise who have extensive experience with OE bantams already. even then we discuss them in detail, where the short comings are and I try to send breeder birds that will help resolve problems. I helped prepare a proposed standard for the variety and now we are need of a few more serious breeders and showmen to meet the APA requirements, ABA requirements are much easier as a "new" color I feel it is better to seek both APA and ABA recognition.
We have made considerable headway in the last two years and are seeing considerable improvement with each generation now. we are really down to wing length, wing carriage, leg legnth is getting much better with this line, as well as body carriage and breast development. Time, patients and hatching large numbers to keep very few has been the big key.
My goal is simple, make them look and feel like OE, before they go anywhere. I let very few go and often only to thise who have extensive experience with OE bantams already. even then we discuss them in detail, where the short comings are and I try to send breeder birds that will help resolve problems. I helped prepare a proposed standard for the variety and now we are need of a few more serious breeders and showmen to meet the APA requirements, ABA requirements are much easier as a "new" color I feel it is better to seek both APA and ABA recognition.
We have made considerable headway in the last two years and are seeing considerable improvement with each generation now. we are really down to wing length, wing carriage, leg legnth is getting much better with this line, as well as body carriage and breast development. Time, patients and hatching large numbers to keep very few has been the big key.
