I hate to see such a rousing discussion on a breeding project like this fade away. And I am usually genuinely interested in this type of topic, but in light of the recent warnings, and the provocative nature of the question that drew the warning here, I will keep it safe and say, they sound real purdy.
I was fixing to add to the other thread that if the OP truelly understood the amount of work and resources that a project like this requires to see through to appreciable results, and were still determined to undertake it, then I am the last person in the world to discourage them. I was given some advice early in my silver laced Brahma project, probably 25 years ago now, and my experience bears this out. The big things with these type of projects are....
Numbers, it requires hatching a lot of chicks to get the few that have the closest combination of genes to what you are breeding for, hence the need for a plan or ideal of what you are trying to achive.
Patience, this will take many years and the change from generation to generation may be very slight.
Persistance, enthusiasm will likely waine after a while, you will have to be very determined not to lose interest and quit.
Thats what I have to add to the discussion, if this is deemed too radical, I guess I will just have to try and find where most of the serious poultry people who have left this site have gone.
