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  1. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Maybe it was a poor choice of words on my part. Im talking quickly out of the egg, quick to feather out etc whats what I meant by vigor. Is that correct?
  2. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Which is a higher priority when your evaluating birds. Improving vigor or size? If both needed work which would you select for first? Just wondering aloud thanks guys back to lurking and learning
  3. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Jared, What a thoughtful post- you have me thinking about how to reach the general public, who won't generally know about PP or Backyard Poultry, or other great places where there are ads. And may I insert, thank you! for sending people to the Delaware Club site. We are trying so hard to...
  4. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Robert Blosl wrote: I just got an email from a person who needs Barred Rock Large Fowl females who has large fowl Cockerels. She also wants the old fashion Rhode Island Red Large Fowl and wants me to help her find a good true to breed line. It made me think how many people out there have or...
  5. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Ive raised meal worm cultures myself its so simple its criminal. Id get an aquarium and do it. Even a 20 gallon aquarium would give you a huge colony to work with. Very low upkeep costs, and if kept warm will go on and on and on. Id give it a try.
  6. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    I'm unsure of how one would go about building a coop that is safe from a bear! 2 words.... Hot Fence Glad to hear things are going well Scott, keep up the good work!
  7. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Boy this is a good group of questions I am so happy you asked them. I have a new friend who wants Columbian Plymouth Rock Large Fowl. He does not want to show them but wants to try and improve them if he can. I have a good friend named Yard Full of Rocks who has two strains of Columbian...
  8. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Sorry didn't have the heart to post a congratulations then a question in the same post. saladin wrote: That is a good question. I'm not sure I have the correct answer. I'll give one, but understand it may not be the best one. If I could only keep say 20 chickens. I'd hatch at least 100...
  9. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Congratulations on the win thats great!
  10. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Id still make some phone calls especially to some of the independent agencies like the soup kitchens that are run out of a church or parish, or a local womens shelter. They gotta feed folks too. I figure they might be interested because its free meat and the fact that state inspections come...
  11. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    A thought on what to do with excessive culls. Has anybody contacted the food banks, or shelters around them to see if they'd take your culls? Any of those places would probably be interested in using your extras to help feed the people they help. Especially if your just going to feed them to...
  12. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    The APA is talking about certifying heritage flocks. Not as show birds, but as true to type, viable heritage chickens bred to the APA Standards. Birds that will perform the way they were meant to perform. They could still be shown, but many people are only interested in their performance. Can...
  13. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Scott those are gorgeous
  14. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Thanks Bob.
  15. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Ive been doing some thinking and I've got a question. I don't have this but let me create a scenario here that I've wondered about. Say someone's family has kept RIRs. These are birds that have have been passed down for a few generations, they go back to Grandpa and Grandma's birds when she...
  16. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    *bump* this thread deserves to stay on the first page
  17. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Thanks Walt. I wasn't planning on bombarding anybody like that but sometimes I get on an idea and it just goes from there. I'm asking because I can see how improvements would be made in a line, just wondering when you cull your older breeders vs what your producing. Trying to find that...
  18. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    So you have 2 nearly identical lines sharing almost identical genetic material. So where do you seperate the lines? With the F1 chicks? Does that make up the 2 families? Fathers and F1 daughters in one pen, mothers and F1 sons in another? When put together it should work because they are...
  19. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    It makes sense and I followed a fairly similar plan with my finches. I read the article http://bloslspoutlryfarm.tripod.com/id61.html and have a few questions. If all the birds are related then is it worth it to keep back so many cockrels? Why are you keeping back 5 or so? Why not keep back...
  20. Jared77

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Ok here's my question, how do you keep the fertility rates up if your working with a limited breeding pool to work from? Let say I track down some nice RIRs from a breeder. I get eggs, have a good hatch and want to continue to work with the line. How do you ensure that in 5 generations from...
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