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From: kermit (kermit)
(Tue Oct 11 16:05:46 2005)
MORE AND MORE HOBBYISTS ARE BUYING AND SELLING HYBRIDS WITH DOMINANT GREEN GENETICS. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE BIRDS ARE BEING PASSED OFF AS PURE GREENS. RATHER THAN DEMONIZE UNSCRUPULOUS BREEDERS AND UNWITTING BUYERS,LETS MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO IDENTIFY THESE HYBRIDS AND CREATE A CONSERVATION BREEDING PROGRAM FOR THEM. THESE BIRDS ARE NOT PURE GREEN PEAFOWL AND POSE A REAL THREAT TO THE CAPTIVE ENDANGERED FORMS OF GREEN PEAFOWL. THEY ARE HOWEVER PRICELESS HEIRLOOMS AS WE MUST PRESERVE EVERY DROP OF THE GREEN PEAFOWL'S GENETIC LEGACY.
WE CAN DO THIS BY SEPARATING THE HULL FROM THE CHAFF. AN F1 OR F2 HYBRID IS SPAULDING. A CAREFULLY BRED SPAULDING WITH VERY SPECIFIC BREEDING IS AN EMERALD SPAULDING. AND THESE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE GREENS ARE "PERIDOT" HEIRLOOMS. THEY CAN AND SHOULD BE BRED INTERSE WITH OTHER HYBRIDS OF THEIR KIND OR AS ENHANCER STOCK TO MUTATIONS BUT NEVER TO GREEN PEAFOWL.
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