All of our forum members should always be friendly and respectful, and the vast majority are (we all get in bad moods from time to time).
We encourage people to get the info they need in whichever way is most effective for them. Either via the website, forum, search, posting new threads, posting on old threads, etc.
"Bumping" can be a pretty grey area and there are a lot of factors involved. There is a huge difference between:
Situation 1: A member posts in "Buy Sell Trade" that they have a rooster for sale. 20 minutes later they reply to their own thread with "BUMP!!!!"
Situation 2: A member posts in the "Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures" section with a very descriptive title and as much information as they have on hand. During the next hour they find more insights from searching the forum and have some info about their situation. Their thread has no replies and so they post a reply to their thread with the additional insights and information to get feedback.
The BYC Staff don't love to be "Bump Police" but we will step in and remove bumps and even send warnings to members when the bumps are excessive and don't provide any value.