Heritage Large Fowl Thread - Page 482

Well I got some birds yesterday. 14 month old rir chicks from Greg Chamness.  I also brought home 18 egss.  

Let the fun begin.

Paul

Chris those are some great charts and historic and easy to read. Do you all know who the inventor of the first chart is.??? What was his name, what did he breed, did write any books and what state did he live in. He is famous and would be fun to see who he is.

I love books and reading this thread has given me lots of scents to track.  I have been to APA but didn't know quite what I really needed.  Thank you for the direction.  I've done my best to get good stock for each breed I have... although the Breda is tough to really examine right now and it won't matter much as she has a twisted beak.  Good for a pet and to expose people to the breed.  The Lak isn't even recognized because she is Golden not Silver so... for now I have to worry about Ams, which everyone seems to have, and the Orloffs and Polish, none of which create a great deal of interest.  The Cream Legbars can't even be given away up here which is saddening.  Still trying to get hens.  The Houdans are the one breed I have which might get a little interest as not many people have them here.  Maybe its a doorway to greater interest.  As an aside, I hope to have nice Magpie ducks soon. 

Did something interesting this weekend. The Farmers Museum is a living history museum where they have created a 1840s village complete with a working farm. A few years ago I started doing poultry keeping workshops for the museum consulting witht eh farm staff on poultry related matters & I provided the farm with a flock of my Dominiques.

This weekend I put together a display of 16 breeds of poultry that were included in the first APA Standard of Excellence. Along with it I set up a poultry history display which included 5 copies of Standards of Exccellence from the 1800s & a number of old magazines from the late 1800s-early 1900s. Did you know that at one time there were 82 different poultry related publications in this country? Annual subscriptions were 25-50 cents.

I set the poultry display up like a mini-show & hung signs with information about the origins of the various breeds. I dressed in 19th century farmer garb & spent 2 days answering questions about the various breeds. There was an almost constant stream of people through the barn where I was set up & the majority of the stopped to ask questions. I even out drew the sheep shearing demonstrations.

Another element of the display was an APA information table including history of the organization & membership info. Severel people who stopped stated they had gotten chickens within the last few years but they'd never heard of the APA. Eight people took membership applications & indicated they would bejoining.

Two of the most popular breeds displayed were the Silkies & the Large Fowl Games. I did cheat a little & included Rhode Island Reds. They weren't included in the Standard until 1904 but hey, it was my show & they're my breed.

ETA: the CEO of the museum came through on saturday & loved the display. Like many people he had no idea there were so many diverse colours & types of poultry. He asked if I'd do this display twice a year on 2 of their big event weekends.

Did something interesting this weekend. The Farmers Museum is a living history museum where they have created a 1840s village complete with a working farm. A few years ago I started doing poultry keeping workshops for the museum consulting witht eh farm staff on poultry related matters & I provided the farm with a flock of my Dominiques.

This weekend I put together a display of 16 breeds of poultry that were included in the first APA Standard of Excellence. Along with it I set up a poultry history display which included 5 copies of Standards of Exccellence from the 1800s & a number of old magazines from the late 1800s-early 1900s. Did you know that at one time there were 82 different poultry related publications in this country? Annual subscriptions were 25-50 cents.

I set the poultry display up like a mini-show & hung signs with information about the origins of the various breeds. I dressed in 19th century farmer garb & spent 2 days answering questions about the various breeds. There was an almost constant stream of people through the barn where I was set up & the majority of the stopped to ask questions. I even out drew the sheep shearing demonstrations.

Another element of the display was an APA information table including history of the organization & membership info. Severel people who stopped stated they had gotten chickens within the last few years but they'd never heard of the APA. Eight people took membership applications & indicated they would bejoining.

Two of the most popular breeds displayed were the Silkies & the Large Fowl Games. I did cheat a little & included Rhode Island Reds. They weren't included in the Standard until 1904 but hey, it was my show & they're my breed.

ETA: the CEO of the museum came through on saturday & loved the display. Like many people he had no idea there were so many diverse colours & types of poultry. He asked if I'd do this display twice a year on 2 of their big event weekends.