I am no martinet but I agree that it would be a shame to loose this thread. I will do my part to only discuss decourous topics.Have to keep in mind that people from every walk of life are capable of reading this page. It's came close to having the thread deleted before for fight talk, even when some of it was not really fight talk per-se. They warned "once more" and the thread would close pages ago.
Breeding for performance is not really possible in the USA today legally, to even breed a bird for fighting purposes is illegal in most states and to attend a cockfight is now a federal offense with penalities for bringing anyone under 18 as signed into law by Obama a few months back whether you have chickens or not.
It'd be pretty rough to be breeding for performance and someone call the cops on you then you end up in prison.