Posts by AllenWMiller

Thanks Bob and please review that book for everyone it is one those books I like to refer to as a "cornerstone" poultry book; as it in my opinion is a must have book. And yes I have all of John Henry's books he was a colleague of my...

Krish there is a 1910 Version of the SOP on Google. Earlier in this string CGMCCARY was kind enough to provide the link. I posted it below again. While this is the 1910, it is very useful to read as the basic information is intact...

   [[SPOILER]]   Before I go into answering EJB's questions regarding inbreeding and what my thoughts are on the matter; I think some basic definitions need to be made so everyone can easily follow this line of thought on breeding. Now...

  [[SPOILER]] The SOP doesn't need to discuss production qualities or meat or growth qualities as these attributes are important for some and not for others. The SOP is set as a standard and I think sometimes folks don't understand what...

AS always Bob you are on target with your posts and as stated there are many here with the knowledge and understanding of SOP to guide and train us all.

aurorarose I would like to send you four copies of the "FFA How to Raise Chickens" book one for each basket. It would, I think go a long way to encouraging these children to learn more about their poultry and perhaps they would share...

To answer your question Kurt I would kindly just defer to Kim's most appropriate response.   It only takes are read over of the SOP to realize there is more to it than just producing a pretty show standard. This is why I...

While slightly off topic to poultry book reviews I just wanted to recommend all of Alf Wight's books aka James Herriot of All Creatures Great and Small fame. If you love your chicken stories then Alf's way of telling his stories will...

Thank you for your kind remarks Greg. I only wish I was still able to travel and come see your flock first hand that would be most special for me.   I'm not certain most would envy my grandson as he's had a difficult, hard...

Thank you Fowlman and NYReds for keeping me up to date it is greatly appreciated and I am pleased that some contemporaries are still out there. Without this medium I would not know any of this. I went to my last WW2 reunion 2 years ago...