CharlesDahlen
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 Almond/Qualmond Husband?
Can anyone tell me if Husband's come in almond or qualmond?
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7/24/2009, 11:20 pm
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Alan Bliven
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Re: Almond/Qualmond Husband?
This is an offical statement by the BOD's of the club taken from the website:
The Flying Oriental Roller Society is pleased but at the same time concerned with the recent popularity our breed enjoys. We are pleased that people are interested in our breed for its performance and abilities to elude raptors. However, we are concerned that the demand for these birds will result in "feather merchants" trying to profit from the sale of birds with inferior flying abilities. We do not want the sale of poor-quality birds to give the breed a bad reputation. If buyers are interested in Flying Oriental Rollers that will truly perform, they should be certain the birds they buy come from performance-bred stock.
Unfortunately the feather merchant will use Dale Husband's name to try and capitalize on the sale of birds. Also the unknowing will continue to propagate the same counterfeit birds and sell them as Husbands. We believe much of what you see popping up will be strictly for the almighty dollar and will be feather merchants knowingly selling counterfeits.
Dale Husband has told us there are only four "Husband" lines. Tuffie, Black, Silver, and White. Any thing else either passed through Dale's hands or are not Husband birds. Dale dispersed the majority of his stock in 1998. He raises very few now, so, there will be very few that could come directly from him. Except for the Tuffies and a few of the whites that are also becoming scattered to the wind.
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7/25/2009, 6:31 am
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Re: Almond/Qualmond Husband?
Hey Charlie,
Welcome to the list!!
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CharlesDahlen
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Re: Almond/Qualmond Husband?
Oh ya, i remember reading that. 
Thanks guys!
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7/25/2009, 11:44 am
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Alan Bliven
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Re: Almond/Qualmond Husband?
It's possible someone transferred Almond or Qualmond into their Husband birds and still calls them "Husbands". I can't say.
Dale did work with Almonds as a project a long time ago by crossing in an Almond Birm Roller but scraped the project after a short time, and it's very unlikely any of those are still around.
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7/25/2009, 11:54 am
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Re: Almond/Qualmond Husband?
I might also add that almost all of the Husbands floating around today are of the Tuffie strain. The Blacks, Silvers and Whites are extremely rare.
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7/25/2009, 12:24 pm
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