In my "humble" opinion, birds are like dogs, cats, horses, etc, etc
Starting with birds from a good lineage is great, BUT, its what YOU do with them after you get them that counts.
I have and/or have had BRs from the following lines:
Jeremy's (Reece)
Duckworth
Wheeler
Shafer
Hardy
hatchery
If I recall correctly, Kraig Shafer had BV in BR LF at Crossroads and Jeremy received RV. This was at the National Plymouth Rock meet for this year, so obviously there is at least one breeder who the judges feel has birds superior to Jeremy's.
I currently have a couple of Jeremys birds and a Hardy line bird. The Hardy line cockerel is far superior in type (at least right now) to my Jeremy bird. BUT....with time that too could change. I don't show my birds so it doesn't matter to me anyway....I simply enjoy the hobby and the people I meet associated with the hobby.
I personally think that there are several "breeders" with great lines of BRs in LF(Stukel, Shafer, Duckworth, Wheeler, Horstman, Gilman to name a few). However, I don't think we can "assume" that the OFFSPRING of any one line can trump the OFFSPRING of another line. We are all entitled to our opinions, but sometimes we need to refer to the facts
Enough said on my part. I am taking NO SIDES on this issue since my Columbian Rocks ARE the best in the US....LOL
Starting with birds from a good lineage is great, BUT, its what YOU do with them after you get them that counts.
I have and/or have had BRs from the following lines:
Jeremy's (Reece)
Duckworth
Wheeler
Shafer
Hardy
hatchery
If I recall correctly, Kraig Shafer had BV in BR LF at Crossroads and Jeremy received RV. This was at the National Plymouth Rock meet for this year, so obviously there is at least one breeder who the judges feel has birds superior to Jeremy's.
I currently have a couple of Jeremys birds and a Hardy line bird. The Hardy line cockerel is far superior in type (at least right now) to my Jeremy bird. BUT....with time that too could change. I don't show my birds so it doesn't matter to me anyway....I simply enjoy the hobby and the people I meet associated with the hobby.
I personally think that there are several "breeders" with great lines of BRs in LF(Stukel, Shafer, Duckworth, Wheeler, Horstman, Gilman to name a few). However, I don't think we can "assume" that the OFFSPRING of any one line can trump the OFFSPRING of another line. We are all entitled to our opinions, but sometimes we need to refer to the facts
Enough said on my part. I am taking NO SIDES on this issue since my Columbian Rocks ARE the best in the US....LOL