That's different........ I've learned that there are a lot of hatcheries that don't sell to the public and what they do have is sometimes very unique. Maybe the term "Ohio Beauties" is this hatchery's patent name for their particular strain of Barred Rocks, and has nothing to do with the real...
I'll be to Glenn's in November to help him set up his Iowa Blue breeding pens, I'll be sure to ask him about the Ohio Beauty while I'm there. I've also reached out to Christine at the SPPA to see if I can get a copy of that article you posted earlier. Thanks for the initial lead! I'll be fun to...
LOL! If you can find someone in your area who has Erminettes, that would be fantastic! At the moment, the only person I know of who has them is Glenn Drowns, but he won't have them for sale for a year or two as he builds up numbers.........
I was able to get ahold of Craig Russell last night. Had a good conversation with him. From what I've been told about Craig, he's the leading man when it comes to Poultry history, and after picking his brain lastnight, I can agree that he is indeed the man to talk to about Poultry History...
I'll continue searching and see what I can come up with...........Also, Craig Russell is the president of the SPPA and would probably be the most knowledgeable on the subject, however he only takes phone calls and can be difficult to reach, but don't give up, he's a wealth of information...
Oh, you could also try the Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities. Check out their website and you can get contact information. They are an organization focused on the history off all the breeds in the nation. They may have some information for you about the Ohio Beauty and how it...
I don't know if this helps any or not, but is it possible the name Ohio Beauty could have been a local name for a breed commonaly known as the Erminette? Below is an old picture of an Erminette.
From what I can gather, this breed was semi-popular from the middle 1800's till the 1940's and...