Vote Which Breed this is?

[itspebbl]

I didn't think I would get that one!

 

[BlackHackle]

LOL

 

[Gray Farms]

That's not a Rock, leg color is wrong.

 

[BlackHackle]

I know, but there are lots of rocks with pale legs, it's just a result of bad breeding.

 

[BlackHackle]

I had to make it hard by choosing a lowsey example. LOL

 

[Gray Farms]

If they aren't yellow legged then they aren't Plymouth Rocks. If they don't fit the standard then aren't the breed.

 

[BlackHackle]

I totally agree, but if you look around at a lot of birds people are raising they nowhere near look like the breed. An example would by the so-called Rhode Island Reds the hatcheries are selling. They are so light in color they are orange and sometimes a light brown. But nonetheless people are still calling them RIR's

 

[BlackHackle]

I am making these for the average chicken owner. LOL

 

[BlackHackle]

See what I mean?

 

[Gray Farms]

I totally understand that is all in good fun. And I'm not trying to step on toes. But it's also important to consider that standards that define the breed. There are many people who take the hatchery's word or worse they take the feed store employee's word that "this bird is this breed" when actuality they are incorrect, misinformed, or just don't even know. Or they pull up a mislabeled picture off the internet and take it as fact.