Won't you please rate my Delaware rooster?

[Cindiloohoo]

WHOA JEREMY!!!!!!!!

That's a lot of generalizations in one paragraph

Slow down eager beaver, not everyone CAN start out with some of the best of the best stock, and we work with what we have. Question...If everybody worked from the same line instead of taking different lines to work together...we'd have a bunch of too close blood chooks that would be bred to either show off the best traits OR accentuate the WORST, right? Here's my point.. Even the best birds will have to have new blood...which could go either way, and produce a LOAD of culls. It's a NEVERENDING process...so why not use what I can find and work with them with better outcrosses? There is ALWAYS room for improvement, no matter who ya are or what you've got

You have the drive and tenacity and perhaps the eye of a good breeder, but they are ALWAYS a work in progress. The only thing any of us can do is work to preserve the good traits, and improve the not so good traits. It's kinda what it's all about.

 

[jeremy]

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ETA: I'm not trying to be general, or vague, just trying to stay on topic. Only so much can be said (and it looks like we've already taken it too far) before mods will step in and close the thread.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Maybe you propagate, but I think we differ in our beliefs of what a breeder is. Hatching 10 or 20 birds (from whatever sources), to use as stock does not make a breeder, in my eyes.

 

[jeremy]

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Maybe you propagate, but I think we differ in our beliefs of what a breeder is. Hatching 10 or 20 birds (from whatever sources), to use as stock does not make a breeder, in my eyes.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

 

[kathyinmo]

Hey .... why don't we start a thread, asking the opinions of others regarding what a "breeder," is ..... Could be enlightening and quite interesting, I would think.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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Maybe you propagate, but I think we differ in our beliefs of what a breeder is. Hatching 10 or 20 birds (from whatever sources), to use as stock does not make a breeder, in my eyes.

Um...quick hijack:
Please elaborate on your references for this statement? Because some of us choose to hatch only a few chicks from select pens per year in order to decrease the feed wasted raising up culls that we cannot use we are not considered "breeders"?

And, if no birds match up to what you are after in the breedings, cull all of them and start again the next year.

 

[alicefelldown]

Or you know, we could just drop the subject all together and not have to have the thread locked.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

In that case...kathy, please PM me your reasons if you so choose.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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I agree!

So you gonna try to show them? Let me know the outcome! How much are the entry fees? I'd be willing to put some of my own money on these boys just out of sheer curiosity as to how they'd do! Never hurts to try

If we had any reputable shows close by I'd take some myself and get into showing just for hobby. Let's face it, county fair wins don't exactly count for anything more than a little showing experience for the handler, and that's all we have. SOOOO, yeah I'd be curious to see what the judges think.

 

[alicefelldown]

I'll check back with more pictures before the Oct show and find out what ya'll think.. He should be a bit more 'cleaned up' by then I'm hoping. I'll let you know Cindi!