Like most other breeder listing sites, the Livestock Conservancy breeder listing is made up of Conservancy members who desire to be on the list and the breeders themselves are the ones that input the information that is listed on the directory. The Conservancy does not have oversight over any claims made by the breeders themselves. That would be quite expensive and impractical for them to try to police all the members listed in the directory with the large number of various animals that the Conservancy is worried about preserving. The Conservancy is interested in keeping the animals from going extinct, not necessarily worrying about what type of standard a breeder may or may not be breeding their livestock to.
The APA has certified some flocks already. The APA certification means that an APA judge will have examined a flock and determined that the majority of birds in that flock appear to look like what the Standard of Perfection calls that breed of bird to look like. But this still does not guarantee that every bird hatched will be a good representation of the SOP and able to be good competition in a show and be called *show quality*. It also does not mean that the bird will be productive. Productivity is a bit hard to judge since judges can't see how well birds lay - and even then *good laying production* is a subjective thing. And it can sometimes be difficult to judge meat production unless you have a dead, dressed bird in front of you.
I also believe that it is unrealistic for a breeder to have a large number of different breeds of poultry/livestock, and still have quality animals. However *quality* is a very subjective term and I have a different idea of quality than many other people. Quality is whatever the buyer decides is quality. That is why there are plenty of breeders and hatcheries to choose from, and people can ask their questions and make up their own minds what good quality is.
