With the harder-to-find breeds, rare, threatened, or just scarce in your area, go ahead and put them out there to show. The worst case scenario is that you don't win a ribbon, but you meet someone else who has your breed and can share knowledge, tips and resources.
I often get the middle case scenario with Buckeyes, but they aren't actually that rare. Just not many breeders in Wisconsin.
It was just a comment, I've never seen one. I got the point yesterday
I posted that before reading the whole thread and seeing others had made the same comments. Probably should've edited it.
Once you get away from the Ohio Valley, you'd be hard-pressed to find good Buckeyes anywhere. They have a neat backstory, too!
I suppose, are we talking about rare or endangered breeds? Because as for endangered I have no stinkin clue if it is or not, I never meant it like that. As for getting your hands on one, THATS rare. Maybe I should've been more specific, I don't know. I guess being a small free range flock owner I'd never dream of spending more than 50$ on a single chicken, so even seeing an Ayam Cemani for 65$ is impossible for me. Guess I was applying my personal situation to everyone.I posted that before reading the whole thread and seeing others had made the same comments. Probably should've edited it.
They actually are still I imagine quite rare, compared to most other breeds. Becoming more common though, I see them once in awhile pretty cheap, especially extra roosters or culls from breeders, white toenail and or a mulberry comb. Once in awhile I see breeding pairs for a few hundred $$, and they claim they are worth thousands, must be they hadn't got word they are not worth that much anymore.
Heck four yrs ago I almost bought a bunch of chicks $25ea crossed with redleghorn just to get some fibro birds. GFF was selling breeding pairs of cemanis at the time for $2,500
Last yr, maybe it was a couple yrs ago GFF was selling straight run chicks I think it was $65, now they are selling juveniles for $200ea. The more people breeding and selling them the price will go down.
There has been a byc member, a breeder of them, don't know if they are still doing it, hosting games where you could win hatching eggs.
I still am pretty sorry about that, the popularity of this rare breed just got the better of me. Is there a way I could make up to it?
Nah I'm just gonna ask staff to delete my post, that way everything will stop. I just felt publicly embarrassed so I got angry about it, it was probably overreacting on my part.
