Arkansas folks speak up.........

[202roosterlane]

I hope you both can make it next time. It really was fun.

 

[groundpecker]

I hope you both can make it next time. It really was fun.

Did we meet?

 

[202roosterlane]

We had a meet up today LOL in Benton.

 

[groundpecker]

We had a meet up today LOL in Benton.

Did we meet at the seminar. I met a few people, but did not catch many of their byc names.

 

[draye]

Yes we did, we all had a good time.

 

[PSK20126]

Glad everyone had an excellent time. I hope that everyone made it home with no issues. Hopefully next time we can make it and I will have some chickens.

 

[The Breaker]

It was nice to meet every one thanks once again groundpecker for the eggs.

 

[jenjscott]

I think I have some serious flooding going on in my coops, hoping to make it out there in a bit. It looks like I might have have to break out the waders. I hope everyone is surviving this rain. And tonight it is going to freeze to top it off. I haven't checked the rain gauge yet, but I bet it's overflowed.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

I really enjoyed the meet up yesterday! Even if we had to drive 21/2 hours (most of it in rain!) It was nice to put some faces to your BYC names. Suggestion for next meet up: We should have a time for who's who. I.E. Raise your hand if you are a BYC member and then stand and tell who you are. I met several folks but I missed some too. I think a few people thought I was crazy because I asked what their name was on line and on the meet up site I guess everyone just goes by their name (not like here.)

I haven't been to that site yet but need to check it out and the heratige site as well.

Hope everyone is hi and dry today.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

I would like to publicly thank Pauletta aka 202roosterlane. She did a wonderful job with the door prizes and the raffle. We even won the last raffle. I also appreciate my sons and my daughter for jumping in and helping make sure everyone got a door prize ticket.

Hope everyone went home with some of the UA Hatching Eggs. When I asked Dr. Kieth Bramwell to hold this seminar, I also requested he bring some hatching eggs. He brought a full case of eggs! Every egg was given away. I will post the egg codes ASAP. A huge than you to both Dr. Kieth Bramwell and his students for coming. Michael Schlumbohm, UofA student from Ohio (and BYC member) made an excellent presentation on the Heritage Poultry Conservancy and heritage poultry. UofA student and Arkansas native Elizabeth Mosley did nothing at this meetup. However, she was a good sport for taking all the jabs at her from the speakers. I know all of our 4Hers were happy to see her graduate from the junior shows. She was almost unbeatable. Dr. Bramwell did point out that one of his own White Silkies beat Elizabeth this last fall at the Arkansas State Fair. He did not show, but the bird hatched from eggs he gave to a kid. Those are some nice quality birds he raises.



Note: about 7 years or so Dr. Bramwell ordered White Silkie chicks from Cackle Hatchery. Never added new blood and his line is winning shows!

This was a very successful Meetup and I wish to thank each and everyone who made it happen.

Any ideas for next year's seminar? Maybe heritage chickens?

Jim



ETA: Here is the link to the Heritage Poultry Conservancy website. http://www.heritagepoultry.org/

We had a meet up today LOL in Benton.

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For those interested, I mentioned at the meetup that Frank Reese Jr was now selling eggs, chicks and adult birds. Here is his price list. You must contact him directly.

Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch Inc..
“THE OLDEST CONTINUOUS BREEDING FLOCK OF STANDARD BRED TURKEYS IN AMERICA”
The Mission of Good Shepherd Ranch is preservation of Standard Bred poultry
Life time member of the American Poultry Association and Master breeder
The hatchery and breeding birds are certified by the National Poultry Improvement Program (N.P.I.P.) through USDA
2013 Poultry sale list of hatching eggs, chicks, poults, ducks and geese:
All poultry at Good Shepherd are standard bred birds raised to meet the Standards of the American Poultry Association. Frank Reese has been raising, breeding, hatching and showing poultry for of 50 years. All the poultry raised at Good Shepherd can be trace back to known old American flocks. We have no factory genetics on our farm. All the birds, chicks and egg being sold are for breeding stock and not for just egg and meat. The main reason for selling our birds is to help people get started breeding and raising their own birds. We work very hard to keep our standard bred poultry at the highest of level for standard bred poultry meat production and eggs production. Many people are now calling standard bred poultry heritage poultry today but their real name is standard bred.
1. Barred Plymouth Rock of the Ralph Sturgeon strain. Got my first Barred Rocks in 1956 from Ralph from Ohio. Barred Rocks were King of the farm and meat world for over 50 years.
· Hatching eggs are 24 dollars a dozen
· Day old chicks for breeding stock are 5 dollars each for fewer than 100 chicks and 4 dollar each over 100
· Grown breeding stock 25 dollars and up from there depending on quality.

2. White Jersey Giants are pure Golda Miller strain. Have had Giants since 1962
· Hatching eggs are 30 dollars a dozen
· Day old chicks for breeding stock are 6 dollars each for fewer than 100 chicks and 5 dollars each over 100
· Grown breeding stock 25 dollars and up from there depending on quality.

3. Dark and White Laced Indian Game Cornish are pure Tommy Reece strain. Got my start in Cornish in 1994 when Tommy Reece passed away.
· Hatching eggs are 30 dollars a dozen
· Day old chicks for breeding stock are 6 dollars each for fewer than 100 chicks and 5 dollars each over 100
· Grown breeding stock 30 dollars and up from there depending on quality.

4. New Hampshire got my first New Hampshire back in 1956 from a friend of the family. My strain of New Hampshire’s is the old meat strain.
· Hatching eggs are 24 dollars a dozen
· Day old chicks for breeding stock are 5 dollars each for fewer than 100 chicks and 4 dollars each over 100
· Grown breeding stock is 20 dollars each and up from there depending on quality.

5. Columbian Wyndotte I have been working for years to make and improve my own Columbian Wyndotte. With the help from the late Cecil Moore I feel I have come up with a very good Columbian Wyndotte.
· Hatching eggs are 24 dollars a dozen
· Day old chicks for breeding stock are 5 dollars each for fewer than 100 chicks and 4 dollars each over 100
· Grown breeding stock 25 dollars and up from there depending on quality.

6. Bronze turkeys from Norman Kardosh, Rolla Henry and Cecil Moore. I got my first turkeys back in 1958 from Norman Kardosh and kept them ever since. The standard Bronze is the King of turkeys and cannot be beat for a fine heritage turkey.
· Hatching eggs are 5 dollars each for less than 4 dozen eggs and 4 dollars each egg above 4 dozen
· Day old poults are 10 each for less than 100. Their 9 dollars each for 100 to 300 and 8 dollars each above 300
· Grown breeding stock starts at 100 dollars each and up from there depending on quality.

7. Narragansett turkeys from Norman Kardosh, they were Norman’s favorite turkeys. Got my first Narragansett in 1966
· Hatching eggs are 5 dollars each for less than 4 dozen eggs and 4 dollars each egg above 4 dozen.
· Day old poults are 10 dollars each for less than 100. Their 9 dollars each for 100 to 300 and 8 dollars each above 300
· Grown breeding stock starts at 100 dollars each and up from there depending on quality.

8. White Holland is a sport of my Bronze as they were first made 150 years ago. Large self –breeding white turkeys with brown eyes. I worked with Norman Kardosh over a number of years to make a good White Holland.
· Hatching eggs are 5 dollars each for less than 4 dozen eggs and 4 dollars each egg above 4 dozen
· Day old poults are 10 dollars each for less than 100. Their 9 dollars each for 100 to 300 and 8 dollars each above 300
· Mature breeding stock is 100 dollars each and up depending on quality.

9. The Blacks were kept at Danny Williamson’s farm for a number of years and Danny did a great job of keeping size up and a good black bird.
· Hatching eggs are 5 dollars each for less than 4 dozen eggs and 4 dollars each egg above 4 dozenl
· Day old poults are 10 dollars each for less than 100. There are 9 dollars each for 100 to 300 and 8 dollars each above 300.
· Mature breeding stock is 100 dollars each and up depending on quality.

10. We do have smaller amount of breeds we are working on at this time to help save and preserve.
Rose Comb White Leghorns, Blue Andalusian, Rose comb Ancona, Dark Brown Leghorn, Buff Leghorn, Rose Comb Minorca, White Faced Black Spanish, Silver Laced Wyandotte, White Cornish that are Lou Straits old line, Golda Miller’s pure line of Black Jersey Giants which I got from Golda the first time in 1960 and Sadie Lloyd’s line of Bourbon Red Turkeys If there is a breed you’re looking for please let us know and we might be able to help you find a good old line of that breed. It is always best to buy poultry from a known breeder who has work hard to preserve and maintain an old line of poultry.

11. We also have Roger Stanford’s line of Rouen ducks, Gerald Donnelly’s line of Aylesbury ducks, Rolla Henry’s line of Dewlap geese both gray and buff and Roger Stanford’s line of African geese. Please contact us for pricing.

It is always best to come to the farm to pick up your birds. Give us a chance to teach about the birds you are buying. If you wish us to ship live birds we will only ship by air. The flight must be a direct flight to a major airport with no flight changes. You will have to pay to have us drive them to the airport and the cost of shipping.

Contacts for information about birds

Frank R. Reese Jr.
730 Smoky Valley Road
Lindsborg, Kansas 67456
785 227 3972
[email protected] email
www.reeseturkeys.com website
www.heritagechef.com website

Devon Reese
620 664 1778 phone
[email protected] email

Ryon Carey
620 245 7469 phone
[email protected] email