My thought on the subject is this.
If we want to be taken seriously we need to police ourselves from within.
If we have a nice bird, we need to decide if it is worth showing, after learning it has obvious flaws.
we teach our 4-Hers that plucking feathers is a no-no in showmanship, the reason is it makes a mockery of the show. if a white bird has a black feahter, or a black bird with a white one, it is a lie to pluck it out to hide a fault that could disqualify the bird, the proper proceidure it to NOT show the bird.
likewise, if the \"ameraucana\" looks nice, but lays kaki eggs, then in reality it is not an Ameraucana, no matter how nice it looks, there for should not be shown either.
I feel the general publick dosen\'t take us serously because we are all to quick to \"cheet\", and cover-up a flaw rather than be honest and say straight out, it\'s a work in progress, we haven\'t arrived yet.
Hiding flaws only brings mistrust on us all.