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Whats wrong with Simmental cattle?
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1819795" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>To just add a little [USER=24816]@Ky hills[/USER] .... I am very thankful for the APA Standard of Perfection that was written as the "breeds" of chickens have changed with the infusion of other breeds etc to improve this or that... breeding good birds to the standard is what us people showing chickens strive for... and yes, you see variations in different ones as different breeders interpret the standard... there are provisions to breed new colors and for them to be accepted into the standard... and many birds are not bred to the weight and shape and good judges will disqualify a bird for failure to meet those basic standards. </p><p>Some of the breeds were hard to breed.... Araucana comes to mind... with the lethal gene of tufted and rumpless... and the Americana was "born" and accepted so that people could have the qualities they wanted... </p><p>BUT, they were given a new name and a new set of standards to be met.... not slid in under the radar in the guise of being a breed they were not....</p><p></p><p>Commercial chickens are as different yet similar as purebred cattle are to commercial crosses... many black cattle are "angus".... mostly..... and called such, but are composites of some others thrown in there... we have MOSTLY angus and crosses and do not hesitate to say so... but we do not show and it does not matter because we do not claim for them to be something they are not... </p><p></p><p>Are we better off or not??? Some of both I think.... although I do like my "lowline" angus crosses for their build is more like the short blocky angus types of "old"....and they are easy keepers on top of it.... as much as I am not one for alot of change, everything in life changes some....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1819795, member: 25884"] To just add a little [USER=24816]@Ky hills[/USER] .... I am very thankful for the APA Standard of Perfection that was written as the "breeds" of chickens have changed with the infusion of other breeds etc to improve this or that... breeding good birds to the standard is what us people showing chickens strive for... and yes, you see variations in different ones as different breeders interpret the standard... there are provisions to breed new colors and for them to be accepted into the standard... and many birds are not bred to the weight and shape and good judges will disqualify a bird for failure to meet those basic standards. Some of the breeds were hard to breed.... Araucana comes to mind... with the lethal gene of tufted and rumpless... and the Americana was "born" and accepted so that people could have the qualities they wanted... BUT, they were given a new name and a new set of standards to be met.... not slid in under the radar in the guise of being a breed they were not.... Commercial chickens are as different yet similar as purebred cattle are to commercial crosses... many black cattle are "angus".... mostly..... and called such, but are composites of some others thrown in there... we have MOSTLY angus and crosses and do not hesitate to say so... but we do not show and it does not matter because we do not claim for them to be something they are not... Are we better off or not??? Some of both I think.... although I do like my "lowline" angus crosses for their build is more like the short blocky angus types of "old"....and they are easy keepers on top of it.... as much as I am not one for alot of change, everything in life changes some.... [/QUOTE]
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