What's the point in dubbing????

[kickenChickens]

Just wondering..... I see OEGB pics all over and the owners say they're dubbed for show!?!?!?

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! Is dubbing is called for in the Standard of Perfection for males of that breed.
Ah Ha,
"Cocks not dubbed" is a disqualification for OEGB.

Lisa
edited to add 'of'

 

[wood&feathers]

It's a lot like AKC standards for dogs. Certain breeds, like Cocker Spaniels, Dobermans or Boxers, all get their tails shorteded as pups. I do know non-show type people with those breeds who let them keep their tails. You just can't show them.

I think game breeds were dubbed so that when they fought, there was less comb area to bleed from.

 

[kickenChickens]

ahhhh. thanks that makes really good sense!

 

[Illia]

Second reason is to prevent frostbite.

Single combed birds, gamebirds especially, can get bad frostbite on their combs. Dubbing will prevent this.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

It's a hold over from the cock fighting days that has now become solidly ensconced as a tradition. Maybe one day they'll dump it since there is no practical reason for doing it now.

 

[High Roost Ranch]

A.T. Hagan :

It's a hold over from the cock fighting days that has now become solidly ensconced as a tradition. Maybe one day they'll dump it since there is no practical reason for doing it now.

Not likely to happen any day soon. As with tail docking, ear cropping, etc in dogs. Us humans are set on maiming animals for our enjoyment.​

 

[chickened]

As someone said it was done ORIGINALLY for cockfighting. The reason for it was so the other bird could not hang on to it or bleed to death. Think of it as circumcision. These breeds are notorious for fighting and many birds would bleed to death outside the pits from comb injuries from barnyard scuffles.

I like your signature line.

 

[High Roost Ranch]

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Not true with all the game breeds. Game cocks for sure because they continue to breed for fighting ability. But many of the OEGB and certainly the Moderns have had a lot of the fight removed from them as an exhibition breed in today's world. I find that my Modern cocks are some of the most congenial males I have. Rarely do they ever start something, and they usually run from an argument.'

Dubbing is still done because in order to exhibit the bird, dubbing is required per the ABA or APA standards, as was mentioned. If you choose to never exhibit a game breed, you'll never have to dub the bird in question.

 

[Chris09]

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Not likely to happen any day soon. As with tail docking, ear cropping, etc in dogs. Us humans are set on maiming animals for our enjoyment.

If you are calling Dubbing, Docking and Cropping, "maiming" than wouldn't Implants, Reductions, Tattoos, Piercings, and any other Body Augmentations that people do to there self be the same.
People do far more, "maiming" things to there selves than what we do to other animals.

Chris