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  1. Ivagrove

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    You could get a sale coop, in the sales area of the show, and keep the birds in there until you go home. They'll be as comfortable and safe as any in the show. For five bucks or whatever, its a good deal.
  2. Ivagrove

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    That's as good an explanation as you're going to get without sending it off for a necropsy.
  3. Ivagrove

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Lacy Blues, The white heart sac does suggest pericarditis. The yellow fluid indicates ascites, which is congestive heart failure. Commercial broilers (cornish cross) get it all the time. It is known as 'flip' as in the birds just flip over and die. They get it from their body growing faster...
  4. Ivagrove

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    The disease is called 'coccidiosis', and 'cocci' is used in nonprofessional settings, like BYC posts, as a short nickname.
  5. Ivagrove

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Which is why I think the discussion of the bird and how it fits the Standard is much much more valuable than a placing or ranking or result. Like in Bob's example with the Giant. We can look at the breast and see that it should be a bit fuller. Now when you look at a Giant, you now have an...
  6. Ivagrove

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    I agree exactly with buffalo gal."
  7. Ivagrove

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    How about calling it "Critique of Standard Breeds" or "Critique of Standard-Bred Chickens"? This would emphasize the learning aspect, as opposed to the competetive aspect. I do like the idea of pictures submitted anonymously; once again, the learning part is placed over the competetive. As...
  8. Ivagrove

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    I think Fred's Hens' idea for a new thread is marvelous. It would be helpful to a lot of people. So where's the link already?
  9. Ivagrove

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    I have Jeffrey's "Bantam Chickens", and I think its great. A treasure trove of information, and most of it is applicable to large fowl. This and Lamon & Slocum "Mating and Breeding of Poultry" are my two most-used poultry books. I think they belong on everybody's bookshelf, definitely on my...
  10. Ivagrove

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Hi, I've been lurking on this thread from the beginning, and I'd like to put my two cents in on the term "heritage fowl". It would be best to think of it as being similar to the term "classic car". When someone says "classic car" anybody knows what is being referred to. The good old ones that...
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