[Jacob-list] Modern Jacobs

[Chovhani]

I've not actually tried this experiment, but I would wager if you put
enough, say 200, of each gender of the broadbreasted whites in a nice
environment and let them at it, some would succeed in mating. They aren't
sterile, they're just clumsy. Bit like trying to breed Pavarotti to Rita
McNeill.

Melanie
http://www.geocities.com/onionperogie

Let your ideas grow and worry not about what will
change, for change is the only constant in the universe.


----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Simmons <creagchild at monad.net>
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Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:57 PM
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-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Simmons <creagchild at monad.net>
To: linda <wolfpen at rabun.net>
Date: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Modern Jacobs


Linda-

I was simply giving examples of what has happened to "some" breeds.  The
standardm thanksgiving-breed turkey is no longer able to mate, period.  Of
course, there are other breeds that DO mate, many of them rare (Bourben red,
for instance). The danger I alluded to is when you standardize a breed for
the purposes of producing such a commercial stock animal that you lose other
attributes in the process.  I did not mean that *no* turkeys can breed. I
stand by my assertion that the standard Giant White can *not* breed by
itself.

As for horses, I am only quoting my neighbor -who raises american
quarterhorses-has told me about the pitfalls of over-standarization.

thom