Poultry Census Results

Post by **Killerbunny** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:36 pm

https://livestockconservancy.org/index. ... try-census

The Poultry Census results are in. Interesting.

ross · Post by **ross** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:17 pm

Yep interesting & as my signature says " conservation by commerce " is not just for the wild critters but domestics as well . Luck

Post by **Killerbunny** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:05 pm

JoAnn McCall says, "eat them to save them". It's critical we don't lose their genetics. Wouldn't take much to wipe out commercial poultry flocks and then at least we'd have these to fall back on. Scary that the BSWs seem to have just over 300 breeding females in private hands and I have 7.

Satellite · Post by **Satellite** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:38 pm

This report was interesting. It does however just make me want more chickens...just to help them out :)

Happy · Post by **Happy** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:02 am

Satellite wrote:QR_BBPOST This report was interesting. It does however just make me want more chickens...just to help them out :)

Had the same thought! Already googled pics of all the breeds that seem "in trouble" lol

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:09 am

I filled out that census and am vey glad to be a part of the few Beltsville Small White Turkey breeders. there seems to be LOTS of RIR out there but since most are from hatcheries I wonder how many of those birds are real Reds. Nevertheless I'm very glad to be one of the breeders in Canada!

Post by **WLLady** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:13 am

i filled that one out too, sad to say i lost my royal palm male, so i'll need another in the spring....but i'm sure i can find one to go with my two girls to get established again.
yeah...now i'm thinking i should get at least one pair of everything marked critical after my surgery! lol. oh dear. i shouldn't have looked.

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:31 pm

I understand that the "white faced black Spanish" aka "clown faced chicken" is exfremely rare and not on that list.

I spoke to a lady that had Barred Hollands and gave up due to inbreeding problems and she couldn't find other lines to cross with.