Heritage Large Fowl Thread - Page 573

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Originally Posted by rodriguezpoultry 

It varies on the bird, most birds are psychotic. Bouncing off the walls bonkers. Others who have culled against that and have heavily handled their birds have very calm males that are less likely to tear the crap out of their tails and combs in the show room. Then there are those that like to have an all-out flog fest each time you walk into the pens.

I have never been able to tame a LF brown leghorn of either variety properly for show. They prefer to hang upside down in the cage so I don't raise them anymore.

Walt

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Originally Posted by fowlman01 

I have never been able to tame a LF brown leghorn of either variety properly for show. They prefer to hang upside down in the cage so I don't raise them anymore.

 

Walt

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That would be something to see! Hee, hee!

Karen

I don't know if it was on this thread or the Minorca thread... but Tom Roebuck is working on Buff Minorcas.  He has some fairly nice ones.  He's trying to increase their size with Black Minorcas and breeding back and forth.

Looks like a lot of work to me!

Oh yes, going to be alot of work. Worth it in the end to bring back a dying variety. Buff is such a hard color to get correct.
 

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Originally Posted by Robert Blosl 

 

Who was the master Buff breeder of all time? He lived in the 1960s and Tom Roebuck is following his teachings?

Marcus Davidson ? or Alex Duffy ?

http://gator541.hostgator.com/~bantam20/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30:buff-color-by-tom-roebuck&catid=1:latest-news

Kim

Is his name Ralph Brazelton?

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Originally Posted by sgribble 

Is his name Ralph Brazelton?

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That's exactly who I was thinking it has to be. I been searching for an hour to find his name I couldn't remember all I could remember was the trap nesting of Buff Orpingtons and had them laying 200 eggs a year which is a great feat in my book anyday, LOL  Buff color and Tom go hand in hand that may be the clue Huh?

Jeff

Ralph Brazelton is the only one that comes to mind. He was great in Orpingtons, but don't think he was a master in the Buff color genetics. Dan Honour has assumed that role in our generation with Tom Roebuck a close second. At 6:30 am with the kids' first day of school, no name comes to mind.

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Originally Posted by flitter 

 This picture shows how small many Redcaps have gotten. This is a 12week old Ameraucana cockerel with a 12 week old RedCap pullet next to him, behind them is a RC cockerel same age.

This picture shows the 5m old cockerel's color better, I hope. The white fluff has just appeared in the last week or so. I was hoping it was part of a partial molt.

Two 14 week old cockerels

I am being a pest about these Redcaps but there is not any other thread that might provide opinions. The redcap threads are dead. You are all so right about scarcity of source for these guys but I'd like to make a start at making them more "desirable?".They are really pretty reliable layers so I want to be careful to not lose that trait. Their weight is way low and that has been the real focus for me. I pick the heavies and cull out the disqualification defects... I've had single comb and white ear lobes... color has held fairly good but I do get that fluffy white stuff by the tail occasionally... it comes and goes. I haven't culled for  it,yet. Should I?  I'll carry over 5-10 cockerels this winter to see how they develop... weed them down to half and keep until they are three years old. And do that with each spring's hatch for several years. Their background is 3 different hatcheries... I've only found one gentleman that breeds them and has for quite a while. This is the beginning of years of building weight, I know. Are their any other traits besides the general SOP disqualifications that I should beware of? I don't want to finally get bigger birds that have some awful trait that will mean starting over, almost. For example, is the pinched tail or the white fluff something I should cull out now?  I can't breed to correct everything all at once...weight, productivity, vigor are first and then color, I'm thinking.Other opinions and advice are welcome.