Re: Bullying in the Coop

trisha f wrote:
On Jul 20, 2:55 am, "Jill" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Unfortunately too little has been considered by
breeders on temperament.

You know what? I couldn't agree with you more. If you look at the
hatchery or book descriptions, and even some of the online breeders
(not the good ones, but the mass production ones, if you know what I
mean), they say little about temperament.

But you can affect it in a couple of generations by using the "wrong"
cockerels.
These are not breed traits, they are strain traits.

Over here, as over there, I believe, Orpingtons are reknowned as big fluffy
soppy birds.

I have heard of too many large evil aggressive Orps over the years, mostly
cos people want to tell you that Orps aren't nice or are looking for
something different. But when you talk to the folks they will describe how
great the breeder was for this and that.
Small breeders can sometimes be the worst as they may be breeding for a
particular trait and completely foret about temperament. If they don't have
their birds about people or kids etc then there is not an issue. ----
hmmm --- until the offspring go elsewhere.!!!

The mass produced birds are usually kept single strain. Probably 90% are
taken up that way - in all in and all out systems.
The residual 10% is what ends up mixing and matching in the backyard flocks
and where temperaments clash !!!!

I am sure you will find around the US as many folks who could give a
completely different set of goodies and baddies <grin>
Its so much pot luck


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regards
Jill Bowis

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