Old and Rare Breeds

[saladin]

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I am curious as to why there is a need to "classify" further than function? It appears from these that this is an attempt to distinguish an age to a breed. I'm not certain it is necessary for a "Classification" The age of the breed has no bearing on anything other than history.

There is already a class system that distinguishes origin, which only serves to partition breeds. The only functional classifications are for purpose. Ornamental, egg, meat, and dual purpose. These are quantifiable by standard and functional. Any other classification or partition would only serve the market or the show ring.

It seems to me that if we as the keepers of livestock would put more emphasis on the purpose of the animal and less on vanity, nature would help us maintain better breeds.

Just my humble opinion.

Already there is a classification system which you didn't mention (actually 2 systems): APA large fowl system and the Bantam system based on combs and legs.

You forgot Games.

My reasoning was because of history and the age of a breed. The age of a breed is important to many of us who are preservationist.

Thanks for the question. I'm sure I didn't answer to anyones satisfaction though.

 

[Chris09]

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And this is suppose to help me Chris???????? lol.

I guess we could call them : Adjectives?

Well you asked for another word for modern. LOL

That is what the crazy online thesaurus gave me. lol

avant-garde, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, contempo, contemporary, current, cutting-edge, fresh, last word, late, latest, latter-day, leading-edge, modernistic, modernized, modish, neoteric, new-fashioned, newfangled, novel, now, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, recent, state-of-the-art*, stylish, today, twenty- first century, up-to-the-minute, with-it

Chris

 

[saladin]

I need to look and see if any historian gave the period a name besides Modern. Of course, the 'Modern Age' is subdivided into minute little pieces.

I'm leaning toward Adjective though.

 

[exop]

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I'm from New Zealand, and haven't heard anything about native chickens, surviving or extinct. From what I remember from school, the Maori people brought with them dogs (a food source) and the polynesian rat (a stowaway), and no other domestic animals... pigs were introduced later, around the time of European contact. Much is made of the Maoris' limited food options, so if there had been chickens, it would have been a very big thing.

You may be thinking of Easter Island... there are certainly islands elsewhere in Oceania which have ancient chicken populations from different, non-Maori waves of settlers.

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I'm all for ancient, traditional and modern, with modern kicking in around the year 1870 - 1890, in time to encompass the final development of the Brahma and Cochin, and a fourth category for breeds developed after 1940 (dare I call it post-modern?

) Maybe contemporary would be best. I thought about "factory" and "industrial" but these seem inappropriate for new breeds and varieties developed outside of industry.

Best - exop

 

[Schweiger]

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And this is suppose to help me Chris???????? lol.

I guess we could call them : Adjectives?

Well you asked for another word for modern. LOL

That is what the crazy online thesaurus gave me. lol

avant-garde, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, contempo, contemporary, current, cutting-edge, fresh, last word, late, latest, latter-day, leading-edge, modernistic, modernized, modish, neoteric, new-fashioned, newfangled, novel, now, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, recent, state-of-the-art*, stylish, today, twenty- first century, up-to-the-minute, with-it

Chris

Out of that list I like Contemporary. It sounds better that some of the others like, fresh, last word, state of the art, or with it chickens. Can you imagine having "with it" chickens!? Or cutting edge poultry?

 

[Schweiger]

Although cutting edge might work for all the game types....?

 

[saladin]

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I'm from New Zealand, and haven't heard anything about native chickens, surviving or extinct. From what I remember from school, the Maori people brought with them dogs (a food source) and the polynesian rat (a stowaway), and no other domestic animals... pigs were introduced later, around the time of European contact. Much is made of the Maoris' limited food options, so if there had been chickens, it would have been a very big thing.

You may be thinking of Easter Island... there are certainly islands elsewhere in Oceania which have ancient chicken populations from different, non-Maori waves of settlers.

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I'm all for ancient, traditional and modern, with modern kicking in around the year 1870 - 1890, in time to encompass the final development of the Brahma and Cochin, and a fourth category for breeds developed after 1940 (dare I call it post-modern?

) Maybe contemporary would be best. I thought about "factory" and "industrial" but these seem inappropriate for new breeds and varieties developed outside of industry.

Best - exop

We may yet have to break it down from 1845-say 1870ish, but I was trying to avoid it as much as possible. I like simple things.

As to post-modern, I had thought of that too. I had also thought of Atomic.

 

[saladin]

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Well you asked for another word for modern. LOL

That is what the crazy online thesaurus gave me. lol

avant-garde, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, contempo, contemporary, current, cutting-edge, fresh, last word, late, latest, latter-day, leading-edge, modernistic, modernized, modish, neoteric, new-fashioned, newfangled, novel, now, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, recent, state-of-the-art*, stylish, today, twenty- first century, up-to-the-minute, with-it

Chris

Out of that list I like Contemporary. It sounds better that some of the others like, fresh, last word, state of the art, or with it chickens. Can you imagine having "with it" chickens!? Or cutting edge poultry?

With it Chickens: almost as good as Adjective Chickens

The cutting edge was nifty!

 

[exop]

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Oww

 

[Cuban Longtails]

I like contemporary also.

Then again, I also like to view things, people, & animals as works of art too.