Using abbreviations in posts

[tadkerson]

I have noticed that members of the forum are using abbreviations to acknowledge the chicken variety that they wish to discuss. I have also noticed confusion associated with the abbreviation. If everyone would write in the following manner, I believe the confusion could be eliminated.

If ever body would write:for example

I have some blue cochin (BC) that I would like to breed but my BC offspring are leaking red. Can some one explain why my offspring from the BC crossing are leaking the red.

Could I use my rhode island red (RIR) to improve the color in my blue laced red wyandottes (BLRW)? My RIR are very dark red in color and that is what I want to see in my BLRW. What would the offspring from a RIR and BLRW cross look lke?

See how that works. This way of writing is used in the scientific literature and is easily understood by all.

Just a suggestion.

Tim

 

[Chicken Fruit]

I am guilty of this, but i think yours is a simple solution. Especially since every once in a while someone makes up their own abbreviation. If it were declared at the beginning of the post then the confusion would be eliminated.

 

[lauralou]

Excellent idea! It would certainly help me if folks would do it that way.

 

[JenEric Farms]

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I've thought about suggesting this as well. I write Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs) in my current job and this is how we deal with abbreviations.

 

[GardienneWings]

Good Idea! Now can someone confirm the BBS is Blue, Black, Splash?? I keep seeing it and that is what I came up with but have never been sure I was correct

Val

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, BBS is blue, black, splash.

 

[catwalk]

Excellent idea! Less confusion in assuming that we are all on the same page. I volenteer for an Emergency Medical Service (EMS), but where I work, it stands for Environmental Management System.

 

[newchickmom09]

I think this is a GREAT idea. Being new to chickens and trying to read some of these forums...you should hear some of the things I was comming up with.

 

[tgrlily]

Great Idea! It would certainly be much less confusing. At this point I'm almost afraid to use abbreviations!!

You should have seen me trying to read & understand the abbreviations in posts when I first started reading this board. A chart of common abbreviations would have been handy.

 

[Rootball]

Fantastic suggestion

maybe it should be stickied.


ooo and we should standardize family relationship abbreviations