Re: Choosing a new breed - help please


"Amy Blankenship" <Amy_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Jill" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Amy Blankenship wrote:
Its the fact that publications give pet homes the impression that
owning a couple of hens of XXXX breed is doing somthing to help save
the breed that is so disingenous and has lead directly to the
weakening of many "endangered" breeds.

I don't understand how that could be, since what the "other" breeders
do shouldn't affect the quality of _your_ birds, and whether they do
or do not produce these birds that go on to pet homes shouldn't have
any more impact than if their hens laid eggs they then ate instead of
hatched.


Lets not get too excited about this, I keep rare breeds and sometimes I sell
eggs for hatching so that another person can have the pleasure of them. I
don't tell them that they must select each one for breeding potential, I
just hope they enjoy them. Mainly they do.
Tina






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