*POLL* Should a strain of chickens carry the breeder's name?

*POLL* Should a strain of chickens carry it's breeder's name?


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I think breeding is too fluid to really do something like that. Every time someone chooses a mating, they're exerting their own ideas on the birds, and in time will either make them better, worse, or keep them roughly similar.

Now, I feel like there are some ethics involved. If someone asks me where I got my birds, I'm not going to just say, "Bred them myself!" and leave it at that. I will talk about who I got my stock from and roughly how long ago that was, as it seems the proper thing to do. But, on the flip side, people obtaining some birds from what could be considered a good line, breeding them poorly, and then advertising, "Well-Known Breeder Chicks For Sale!" simply to make more money is pretty crappy, in my opinion.

A lot of folks I know would not want to stamp their line with their name because once it's out of your hands, you have no idea what someone is going to do with it.
 
But, on the flip side, people obtaining some birds from what could be considered a good line, breeding them poorly, and then advertising, "Well-Known Breeder Chicks For Sale!" simply to make more money is pretty crappy, in my opinion.
That's a long conversation to be had there, very, very valid...I've seen that happen with dog breeders, for example, quite often. I've also seen where someone that started with good, solid breeding stock follow the same breeding protocol as the original breeder to preserve the qualities that attracted them to the line to begin with. Yes, you can go all over the place with possible reasons not to, but IMHO ,I think it's high time that the hobby begins to consider giving those breeders some credit even if it's within the microcosm of chicken breeders themselves.
 
OK guys.
It is simple.
Should the breeder that worked hard to develop a strain of chickens give his/her name to that strain to identify where it comes from: which breeder?
We know it's done with Gamecocks.
Why not in others?
Especially when the breeder has developed something that no one has before them; is unique to the state, region, or country for that matter.

Please vote and explain your answer why you voted that way.

Thank you!

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I voted yes.

I didn't get the tag notification.
 
Yes, you can go all over the place with possible reasons not to, but IMHO ,I think it's high time that the hobby begins to consider giving those breeders some credit even if it's within the microcosm of chicken breeders themselves.
Yes, and I think a lot of people do, in person. I know I do, and I know the people I've talked to personally usually say, "Now these pens are birds I got from so-and-so and I've had them a couple years now and I'm working on -this- and -that- with them..."
 

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