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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    Yeah, your right about the species thing. That was a bad example of trying to get my thoughts across. I know how the breed/varieties are setup now, I was just trying to think of a different way that might work to pedigree chickens. I just don't see them being the same as registered cattle or...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I read a lot of the old books like Call of the Hen, some old books on games and dominiques, and some of Mark Fields stuff. Right now I'm reading Poultry Science and Practice. Been around hatchery chickens most of my life. That's all my old man would buy from the local feed mill. Eggs and...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I have thought about this over the years. While I don't know much about pigeons, other than they are fantastic for dog training, bird genetics are much different than mammals. To me the problem stems from the word Breed. What is a "Breed" technically when looking at birds? A Robin is a...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    Maybe one day my opinions will change about the APA, maybe they won't. Either way, I hope I can breed good chickens through the years with my family. Learn a thing or two and see my daughter smile if she were to win a ribbon at a show. And maybe pass something on to others along the way or...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    We'll have to agree to disagree on the APA. Yes, lots of good fowl are produced by people who are not a part of the APA. All composite breeds were a crossbreed. Whether or not some hatchery stock has been crossed is debatable. I tend to believe that some of it has been. Also outcrossing show...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    Yes, and that statement was clarified. I was not saying it as you worded it, nor was that my intention. One should study and learn. That's a good way to go about life in general. The APA has revised some SOP's over the years, but it's been nothing drastic thatI am aware of. There is also no...
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    American Kestrel (falcon) Coming into Barn to Hunt Mice

    That's neat it seems to have followed the mice. We have them in good numbers in our area. Very cool birds that I see sitting on power lines often. Have watched them grab some baby cottontails in our yard over the years.
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    Show Off Your American Gamefowl and Chat Thread!!!

    That sucks. Any frostbite issues with your flock in that type of weather?
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    Show Off Your American Gamefowl and Chat Thread!!!

    So is there a preferred weight? Like Cock too small would get rolled and a cock too big wouldn't have the stamina? Looking back at the Games I saw when younger I remember them being good size fowl. Though I was smaller then to. Thanks for the info.
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I gave no notion of anyone going out of there way. I assumed the effort would be made from the steward, but effort is needed to find a steward. We will have to agree to disagree on the line dying out. I do not find it better to have it die out. I could explain why I don't like the New Hamp...
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    Show Off Your American Gamefowl and Chat Thread!!!

    Yeah it was shitty. Still talked about to this day among the older farmers in the area. The games and barnyard fowl were killed, the cows went to auction. He had the only heard of shorthorn left in the area. Farm sold within a couple weeks to a developer. It's all gone.
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    So I have pondered on this today while feeding the farm animals. Some may not care about letting their lines go with them. Yet there are people ready to take up the challenge in an honest way. Lines are lines because everyone has a different eye/vison. So while somebody will do their best to...
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    Show Off Your American Gamefowl and Chat Thread!!!

    I didn't mean to break the thread. It's a lot of thread to read through, so just gonna ask. Do any of you guys weigh your birds? Or do you breed without a care to the weights? I know that you regulars really know your birds and what it takes to breed good fowl. So i'm gonna guess weights...
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    Well thanks for the info. I guess I'll keep trucking along with the SOP in one hand and a bird in another.
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    Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

    I didn't mean to start anything. I can certainly see the difference between wisdom and someone who thinks they know everything. I've been around both types all of y life in many different demographics.
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