Kinda like almost every marans under the sun is from Bev Davis or Jean Wade. I have always had the view that if the breeder didn't breed that exact bird, you can't sell it as their bird. All you can say is that the parent stock is from "so and so" breeder. That's why none of the few extra birds that I sell go with any kind of name except for what breed it is. I don't think its so much the fact that some of these breeders don't want competition, they just don't want beat by their bird that was sold (and in my opinion should have gone to a breeding pen only) and the new owner takes all the credit for the years of hard work done by the breeder. I can also understand not wanting their line that they have worked so hard on, to be ruined. Which you can see this example in the marans, most don't even meet the standards to be called a marans, but the birds or their eggs are sold off as top of the line stock.
But this is all just all how I feel about it. Unfortunately, I will also have to start looking for a few breeders (who will help improve) to go with some of my projects, which for 2 of them shouldn't be as hard as the 3rd one. But I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
