Posts by Robert Blosl

Quote: Originally Posted by BantyChickenLuv  Quote: Originally Posted by Clayton1977  I love RIR. So I want to post a pic of my RIR Rooster.Can some one tell me for shure if he is...

Quote: Originally Posted by cbnovick      Quote:   Quote:Originally Posted by Robert Blosl  Has anyone done...

Has anyone done wing banding and have you found a site that explains it?   Also, has anyone bought chicks from Virginia  from Joel Gilman? What did you get?   How many people have Mottled Javas. I...

Very good point. How do you know what are average strains and the better strains? In fact some strains may take five to ten years to get to the level of the top strains. Of course you can always cross strains and see if you hit the...

Great point Fred. I have seen people have four or five females in a pen with one male. Lets say you have four breeding pens. Twenty total females. You are going to have eggs up the you know what. If you sell eggs to beginners, or hatch...

If you have three breeding pens you don't have to have a lot of hens or pullets.   In my original rotational line breeding article I wrote twenty years ago it wa taking the top pullets that matured fast, started larying first...

Quote: Originally Posted by OSUman  Thanks!  I am excited about these birds, I hope I can get these birds up to what they were originally bred for, a good bird that dresses well and is a good layer of white eggs....

Quote: Originally Posted by catdaddyfro  Quote: Originally Posted by har  I just got back home from the Farmers Coop. I normally do not shop because they change brands of feed a lot. Anyway I...

I have not yet but thanks to the boys and girls in Washington DC if you get my drift its a wonder we don't pay $25. per bag. Its all part of the ethanol gas thing and the expensive to them for shipping.   That's why you got to...

Photo Bucket  photobucket.com   Picturetrail.com http://picturetrail.com/register/   I have received many request to look at pictures of R I Reds this year as they grow up. People dont know...