It regularly happens that an enthusiast purchases one or more good birds and then mates them with random birds from his bird population. In the years that follow, cultivation continues as normal — but after a few breeding seasons it appears that the quality only deteriorates. To reverse this, expensive birds are purchased again, and after a few years the same story repeats itself. In short: a lot of money and energy has been invested in the bird population, but little results.
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