Well that may also be the case with some of the Scots Grey breeders.
I contacted upwards of a dozen breeders who show them in an attempt to gather some stock together looking for even one or two birds without any success.
Now I quite appreciate there are times people may just not have spare birds to sell but once you get upwards of a dozen dead ends it does make you start to wonder
no one had any to sell....They all quite happily gave me some one else's number to go and phone who would probably have some for sale but they didn't.
I've only got half a dozen hens and half a dozen cockerels at the moment but even I could set someone up with a pair or a trio of they were stuck.
Had it not been for a few sites such as this and a great deal of perseverance I wouldn't have managed to source any birds at all.
I don't think any of the birds I currently have were bought from people who show them, or at least show them seriously.
But I have them now, I'm not 100% sure they meet the proper breed standards etc or what sort of quality they will turn out to be, I do have one cockerel with two brown feathers which I know is a fault so won't be breeding from him.
But I have a few of the hens laying pretty well at the moment, way better than I expected so thats really what i'm concerned with for now, producing a good utility bird.
My plan is to breed heavily next year from my best layers and build up a flock upwards of 30 hens for myself as well as supplying some others who are looking for them too.