What's the rarest breed or variety you have?

[The chicken nurd]

I wish I had rare breeds
The only semi rare bird I had was a bantam australorp who passed in 2020

 

[CFLRanching]

I used to have Nankin bantams but they all got killed off. I'm not sure what the rarest one I have no is maybe my Cornish bantams I don't see many of those unless people here just don't have as many

That was my thought for your rarest were the cornishes, Cornelia and Nacho. (And the Nankins, which you still have a couple crosses that have the Nankin bloodline.

 

[MountainMarans2012]

My rarest would be the Aloha's. last year the breeding flocks fell to five farms with a total population of around 100 left worldwide due to predation and weird calamities.

I've brought eggs in from all the farms left to make sure I have all the genetics left I can. I hatched out or brought in140 chicks so when they start laying I will have the largest flock to hopefully get eggs and chicks to people who are interested in helping bring the breed back from the edge of extinction.

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I'd say Alohas are one of the rarest in the World.
They've been on my Bucket list for many years.
Glad your keeping the genetics going

 

[Show Sebright]

I’m hopefully getting a cockoo dAnver

 

[dheltzel]

I keep a lot of rare breeds and rare colors. I created Crele Welsummers (Welbars) about 8 years ago, but have been distributing them, so they are no longer the rarest. But now I have Isabel Crele Welsummers (Autosexing Lavender). I'm pretty sure no one else has these, so they are now my rarest breed.

 

[Amer]

Arabian Trumpeter pigeon

 

[JacinLarkwell]

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Oh that coloris so pretty

 

[Chicken poppy]

I keep a lot of rare breeds and rare colors. I created Crele Welsummers (Welbars) about 8 years ago, but have been distributing them, so they are no longer the rarest. But now I have Isabel Crele Welsummers (Autosexing Lavender). I'm pretty sure no one else has these, so they are now my rarest breed.

How do you make a new breed or color to a breed like that?

Do you just mix a breed + a color you want til you get what you like or is there more to it then that?

 

[NatJ]

How do you make a new breed or color to a breed like that?

Do you just mix a breed + a color you want til you get what you like or is there more to it then that?

Mixing definitely is an important step.

But then you have to spend generations sorting out the mixes, to end up with the right combination of traits, and to get them breeding true (no recessive genes to pop up later.)

And if you want them to be accepted by the American Poultry Association, or similar organizations in other countries, you need to check their rules and follow their procedures. They will probably require a written standard, and they might require you to show the actual birds to demonstrate that they birds do exist and breed true, and there may be requirements for having a certain number of other people also raising that variety of that breed-- it varies from one organization to another, but tends to be things along those lines.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Mixing definitely is an important step.

But then you have to spend generations sorting out the mixes, to end up with the right combination of traits, and to get them breeding true (no recessive genes to pop up later.)

And if you want them to be accepted by the American Poultry Association, or similar organizations in other countries, you need to check their rules and follow their procedures. They will probably require a written standard, and they might require you to show the actual birds to demonstrate that they birds do exist and breed true, and there may be requirements for having a certain number of other people also raising that variety of that breed-- it varies from one organization to another, but tends to be things along those lines.

Wow, it sounds very time consuming!

Thank you.