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grisaboy:
I too am keeping too many varieties.
Currently I have 8 varieties of Ameraucana, 3 varieties of Modern Games and my daughter has 5 varieties of bantam cochins.  It is difficult to develop a viable, sustainable breeding program with this many varieties.  I plan on cutting back to just Silver and Lavendar Ameraucana bantams and Lavendar large fowl (with blacks to weave into the Lavendars).  And Birchen Modern Game bantams, just because I have been working on this strain for 10 years, and they are finally doing well at the shows.  My daughter can get by with two varieties of cochins.
It is so tempting to pick up Brown Reds or Buffs and work on them too.  But it is a much better use of pen space to just stick with fewer breeds and varieties.

Curtis

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