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  1. surnikis

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    this is true to a point but when you break down the genus they are technically chickens , a better way to lay it out is the wild mallard as an example: it is Genus : anus/cairina species : ana platyrhynchos and the domestic duck which all but the (muscovies) are from is ana platyrhynchos...
  2. surnikis

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Jungle fowl are " chickens" Now maybe there are no pure jungle fowl in the US ....but by its own definition if you take a pure jungle fowl and cross it with a "domestic" chicken u get a bird that is fertile and will reproduce. if you take a horse and a donkey you get a "mule" that usually all...
  3. surnikis

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    I believe you are 100 % correct , and after an out-cross and years of line breeding , you have should have a pure line that breeds true. Sports alway pop up , problem with some is they may believe some production birds (hatchery strains) are pure , True master breeders are people recognized by...
  4. surnikis

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Getting on to the out-cross of a blue andalusian to improve type and lacing , the reference was made from a exhibitionists / breeders point of view. . To explain for a better understanding .....Most breeds of chickens are purchased from commercial hatcheries , these birds do have a place and are...
  5. surnikis

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    To work with andalusians you would only go outside the breed , but not the class when necessary, most pure breeds that are acquired are from commercial hatcheries, these are bred for volume and production (what good is a breeding pen that doesnt produce alot of eggs) but to achieve this and one...
  6. surnikis

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    on the andalusians some breeders throw a black minorca in the mix , it will gain size and help the lacing , it may take 2 years to correct the the type change , depending on how good the minorca was , if a bird is pulled from a line of pure bred (ie) one clutch for color it is not an outcross ...
  7. surnikis

    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    marengoite, I have been quietly watching this debate , and I do not see the point of your argument , all a " pure breed " is is a bird that breeds true. I have to ask do you exhibit birds ? if you do , how well are u doing , or have you notices that your lines keep getting smaller or losing some...
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