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McSpin thank you. I can honestly say I have learned a lot over this past year of owning poultry. And maybe why I haven't had luck in finding great show stock is because of production. And in all honest production is more what I need. I live on a working cattle ranch and deal with working cow horses. Our animals are for production and work. We do show our horses, but not halter classes and they would never win. But then halter horses would never be able to do what our cow horses do either. I enjoy my hobby of guinea pigs and do the show stuff there. My chickens will be for eggs, meat and production period. So I will quit worrying about good show stock and enjoy what I have. I got the information I needed from here and thank all that posted.
I think the biggest thing I have learned is that hatchery vs show really is all in what you do with your birds. Neither are perfect and neither are better than the other. (God knows my cuckoo silkie with light skin and a single comb from a show breeder wasn't worth the $50 in eggs.) They just have a different purpose. Chickens after all are for producing eggs in the first place. I agree with you there McSpin.
I think the biggest thing I have learned is that hatchery vs show really is all in what you do with your birds. Neither are perfect and neither are better than the other. (God knows my cuckoo silkie with light skin and a single comb from a show breeder wasn't worth the $50 in eggs.) They just have a different purpose. Chickens after all are for producing eggs in the first place. I agree with you there McSpin.