Also I would really like to see BYC get behind a breed purity program of some kind and strongly discourage or even ban all mutts.
As a moderator, I can tell you that this will never happen. This is Backyard Chickens, not the ALBC or the APA or whatever initials go with the "purebred" word association. They have their missions, but it is not the ultimate mission of BYC. Do anyone honestly think that we want this type of policing to be part of our jobs? Boy, would I be more unpopular with some than I am right now, LOL! That is just not the mission of BYC.
As a member, under the conditions the OP set forth, I would then realize that my own grandfather couldn't have been a member here nor could a large portion of our members, those who are actually working on creating a new breed or variety as well as those who just have chickens for fun and eggs and don't give a flying fig what breed they have. That would leave out quite a few of our very interesting folks!
While I completely support the preservation of our endangered breeds, I don't think everyone has the space, money or other resources to get involved in such a breed project or to even separate the few breeds that they do have, endangered or not.
I must agree with Bama Chicken. In the end, there are much larger issues than whether or not your chicken has an in-line pedigree. Each to his own, I say. Variety is the spice of life. There is something to be said for hybrid vigor; it's not a myth. Everyone should do with their flocks whatever "floats their boat" as long as they are properly cared for. JMHO.
It's sort of off the subject, but not really--you remember the potato famine in Ireland? It was because there was only one type of potato and disease wiped them out. Same thing could happen with the monocultures of poultry commercial operations. Backyard breeders would then be the salvation of the chicken.
Folks, let's please not be too hard on the OP. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on the subject.
As a moderator, I can tell you that this will never happen. This is Backyard Chickens, not the ALBC or the APA or whatever initials go with the "purebred" word association. They have their missions, but it is not the ultimate mission of BYC. Do anyone honestly think that we want this type of policing to be part of our jobs? Boy, would I be more unpopular with some than I am right now, LOL! That is just not the mission of BYC.
As a member, under the conditions the OP set forth, I would then realize that my own grandfather couldn't have been a member here nor could a large portion of our members, those who are actually working on creating a new breed or variety as well as those who just have chickens for fun and eggs and don't give a flying fig what breed they have. That would leave out quite a few of our very interesting folks!
While I completely support the preservation of our endangered breeds, I don't think everyone has the space, money or other resources to get involved in such a breed project or to even separate the few breeds that they do have, endangered or not.
I must agree with Bama Chicken. In the end, there are much larger issues than whether or not your chicken has an in-line pedigree. Each to his own, I say. Variety is the spice of life. There is something to be said for hybrid vigor; it's not a myth. Everyone should do with their flocks whatever "floats their boat" as long as they are properly cared for. JMHO.
It's sort of off the subject, but not really--you remember the potato famine in Ireland? It was because there was only one type of potato and disease wiped them out. Same thing could happen with the monocultures of poultry commercial operations. Backyard breeders would then be the salvation of the chicken.
Folks, let's please not be too hard on the OP. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on the subject.
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