larrabee@decwrl.dec.com (Tracy Larrabee) (11/30/87)
In article <9007@utzoo.UUCP> jackson@utzoo.UUCP (Don Jackson) writes: > If you want to open the group up to >the discussion of breeding/caring for domestic (but not pet) birds, I am >quite happy to begin posting fascinating questions and/or answers about the >many wonders of raising poultry. Does anyone know which hormones are better >to increase the growth rate of chickens? How does this compare to turkeys? >I think we must have an abundance of *turkey experts* on this newsgroup. >I know that I'm more interested in discussing the optimal feed mix for poultry >than the breeding/caring of *non-pet* parrots. > >Perhaps it is time to restrict this newsgroup to its original purpose, namely >recreational bird-watching, and let the turkeys go elsewhere.... I am perfectly interested in poultry. I would welcome discussion on birds of any kind. If, however, instead of making constructive suggestions, you are threatening net sabatage, I think you should look into how such acts are viewed by the community of net-news administrators. If you want to start a new group, send a message to *.news.group and say that you are collecting votes on the popularity of that new group. Name it anything you like: rec.utzoo-jerks, rec.wildlife.withfeathers, or rec.greenpeace. I find it likely that I would also be interested in such a new group (with the one obvious exception). But if you just want to whine, I suggest you face up the the reality of usenet: You cannot stop parrot enthusiasts from posting to this (appropriately-named) group. If you just want to flame, why not try alt.flame? If you don't get it, you could send it to me and I will forward it for you. Now, meta-discussions on the purpose of groups are frowned upon, so I will ask a substantive question: Has anyone else besides me used Vivagen for genetic sexing? They just raised their prices by almost 50%--does that mean that they aren't making it? The literature gives them even better marks than surgical sexing, but I have talked to a breeder "who has a friend" (apocryphal story?) who send in 30 Hyacinth Macaw specimens and got back 100% reverse on the correct sexes (she new the correct sexes already and just wanted to test them out before trusting her millions-of-dollars-worth of birds to genetic sexing).