Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[gjensen]

Mary, you better pick it up before someone else does. Just have someone you trust check the wiring out so that you know it is safe to use in your home.

 

[Arielle]

Right now, he just does what I ask him to, as far as the coop. I gave him another month to get the solar pop door, and security light tweaked...we'll see. I think he will be better once the chicks are here and he holds them. He wasn't really a cat person until the young stray who adopted us, gave birth to four kittens. Now, he cuddles and plays with the three cats we have now. He's pretty understanding about my love for animals...so, keep your fingers crossed that he will like chickens too. That's what I'm gonna do!

I'm gonna try and get him out to take care of them...watch them...see how fun they are. It would be nice to have his support when I get really bitten by the chicken bug!

You have been plotting . . . .

Mary, you better pick it up before someone else does. Just have someone you trust check the wiring out so that you know it is safe to use in your home.

X2 IT is a handsome piece of furniture too.

 

[maryhysong]

I have a unit like this. Plug it in and let her go. Set the temp to average between about 100. degrees. If it has a pan fill it up if not ad some water to it. I turn my own eggs so a turner is not a big deal my unit is a hatch er but it is the same box and heating unit. If you had to pay retail for this it would be over a thousand dollars. The wood hold the humidly and that is the secret why it is such a great unit. bob

Thanks Bob for that info; I am hoping that it is in working order or if not, nothing major needed.

Mary, you better pick it up before someone else does. Just have someone you trust check the wiring out so that you know it is safe to use in your home.

Well this is a small town and there aren't too many chicken nuts around here to snatch it up. I will look closely at the wiring and have an electrical friend check it out if needed. A fire is the last thing I want!

 

[Bentley]

You can also buy most of the parts needed to repair it from GQF or several other supply places. Once you have the shell the 'guts' can be recreated. I have seen some very cool incubators that have been built out a variety of 'shells'. These hardwood machines just always seem to do very well.

 

[winniem13]

Is a maran a recognized breed by APA? I can't seem to find them in my SOP.

 

[fowlman01]

Is a maran a recognized breed by APA? I can't seem to find them in my SOP.

Black Copper and Wheaten Marans are recognized by the APA. They were admitted after the latest SOP was printed.

Walt

 

[Wynette]

Is a maran a recognized breed by APA? I can't seem to find them in my SOP.

sidebar: There is always an "s" on the end of Marans, even if you're speaking of a single bird.

 

[7961]

Last night I was thumbing through some old Poultry Press (1982) and took note of the pics of this one from a northwestern show. That rock male and brahma hen really caught the eye. I wonder if he'd have weighed as much as some of the today's winning male rocks? A question that I have been pondering. I am not sure if the scan came out with a crap but thought I'd share with whom else may be interested.

 

[3riverschick]

7961. Every time I see your avatar, I wanna smack my screen.

Then I feel stupid.

 

[fowlman01]

Last night I was thumbing through some old Poultry Press (1982) and took note of the pics of this one from a northwestern show. That rock male and brahma hen really caught the eye. I wonder if he'd have weighed as much as some of the today's winning male rocks? A question that I have been pondering. I am not sure if the scan came out with a crap but thought I'd share with whom else may be interested.

Thanks for posting this. I remember the Rock and the Brahma and knew both breeders well. The white Rock was probably larger than anything being shown now.......I'm not kidding...and he paid for it shortly after this season with birds that could not stand for any length of time. Note that the bird is not deep the way a Rock should be...this is one of the results of getting them to big. Oliver was a great Rock breeder, so he was able to get smaller birds in a short time. He was one of the best white Rock breeders .....ever.The Brahma was as big as the biggest now and usually much deeper than this particular bird. Bill had great light Brahma's. I don't know how he did it without a chicken calculator. That is a tough color pattern!

Walt