Hi everyone, I noticed from Ameraucana Facebook groups or ads for Ameraucanas on other outlets, that the term BBS is used a lot when describing their "variety (singular)." I said variety because thats what it sounds like when people use (BBS) it sounds like its one variety instead of three.
Each color is their own variety and I think breeders tend to forget that (BBS) is not one variety.
That being said, Is keeping a mix breeding flock of Blue,Black & Splash a.k.a (BBS) irresponsible breeding? I would assume you may not get consistent offspring by keeping a breeding flock of all three varieties. I know the genetics complement each other. I understand you might use one variety to improve another. However, Should mix breeding the three varieties on a consistent basis be discouraged? Or is it just not a big deal?
I would love to hear the opinions from everyone on this.
Quote from: Cesar Villegas on July 28, 2015, 06:09:20 AM
Hi everyone, I noticed from Ameraucana Facebook groups or ads for Ameraucanas on other outlets, that the term BBS is used a lot when describing their "variety (singular)." I said variety because thats what it sounds like when people use (BBS) it sounds like its one variety instead of three.
Each color is their own variety and I think breeders tend to forget that (BBS) is not one variety.
That being said, Is keeping a mix breeding flock of Blue,Black & Splash a.k.a (BBS) irresponsible breeding? I would assume you may not get consistent offspring by keeping a breeding flock of all three varieties. I know the genetics complement each other. I understand you might use one variety to improve another. However, Should mix breeding the three varieties on a consistent basis be discouraged? Or is it just not a big deal?
I would love to hear the opinions from everyone on this.
I pretty much agree with your opinion on it. I don't know who started the "BBS", but saw it used many times before I figured out what they meant. I bred blues and blacks to get blues and blacks, but years ago after studying the genetic makeup of blues more came to the conclusion that to get good/true/"standard" blues, blues should be mated to blues. An occasional outcross to another variety for improvement is understandable as you said.
As far as I'm concerned, anybody advertising BBS is a good source to stay away from for blues. They don't know how to breed them properly.
I'm with Mike.
Hi Folks, Here's an article from Tom Kernan on breeding Blues
http://showbirdbid.proboards.com/thread/2031
BBS was a marketing term to sell chicks really had nothing to do with quality. I personally knew Basil Smith where Tom got his birds and he was a very well respected breeder in this area of Pa especially for game type breeds. I was told he was the fellow to contact for quality sumatras. I got some birds from him back in the 1970's or 1980's but can not recall what breed they were but visited his place several times. Very nice fellow.
Quote from: BrownEyes on July 30, 2015, 03:51:06 PM
Hi Folks, Here's an article from Tom Kernan on breeding Blues
http://showbirdbid.proboards.com/thread/2031
Nice! 8)