Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[fowlman01]

I had not heard this. There was a proposal a few years ago to change the colors to pink bills and pink feet but I was told it did not pass in the committee. There for one breeder who had the correct type, body color and leg and bill color sold his birds and gave them up.
That's when I was also turned off to take them on. The reason I think the standard made it this way as the leading strain of geese from Maine at that time had orange in the bills and the feet. They where also bigger geese and how did this happen? The breeder was the leading breeder of Enmden Geese and he must have crossed the Poms onto them to get larger size. The problem is sometimes when you do this the cross comes back to haunt you. Today we have White Wyandottes with White Rock Blood in them, Australorps with Black Orpington Blood in them and at this show I was at a fellow was telling me a White Leghorn strain may have White Phoenix blood in them to get the big flowing tails. Heck a few years ago some guys told me some strains of Black Old English had Black Rose Combs in them to make the tails wider.
Thank God the Rhode Island Reds are still pure.
Thanks for the post maybe Walt can confirm the color on the Poms feet and bill. I don't have a new standard and don't have the geese either.

The Pom feet are Orange red to reddish pink now. It did say Orange red.
The bill has always been Reddish pink or flesh color...as far back as I remember.

One of the things judges miss in Pomeranian's is that they are a single lobed goose. Many are double lobed which is a serious fault.

Everyone wants the APA SOP to describe exactly the color of the birds in their back yard.

Walt

 

[BarnGoddess01]

Hi,
Were there any Lght Sussex at Newnan or Lake City?
Did they win anything?
Thanks,
Karen

Karen, the Newnan show is a VERY classy venue. Loads of tents with just a few breeds inside each. Would be a fabulous format any other year but this. It was SO cold and windy. And I do mean COLD. (This coming from the Canadian fully prepared to deal with cold.) It was COLD. Most of us picked one or maybe two tents (our breeds) and didn't venture far from there assuming we showed up at all. I did get to meet Bob and a few others but it was so dang cold all I could think of is - when can I go somewhere to get warm? My eyes were watering in the wind. It was painful. GREAT show but unfortunately, I didn't get to experience it like I might have if the weather had been more cooperative.

Kinda sucks to drive nearly 1,000 miles south only to experience colder temps than at home!!!!

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Karen, the Newnan show is a VERY classy venue. Loads of tents with just a few breeds inside each. Would be a fabulous format any other year but this. It was SO cold and windy. And I do mean COLD. (This coming from the Canadian fully prepared to deal with cold.) It was COLD. Most of us picked one or maybe two tents (our breeds) and didn't venture far from there assuming we showed up at all. I did get to meet Bob and a few others but it was so dang cold all I could think of is - when can I go somewhere to get warm? My eyes were watering in the wind. It was painful. GREAT show but unfortunately, I didn't get to experience it like I might have if the weather had been more cooperative.

Kinda sucks to drive nearly 1,000 miles south only to experience colder temps than at home!!!!

Barb

I'm with ya....we only drove 1 1/2 hours but it was too d@mn cold to stand around long. I had "hothands" in my jacket pockets, a toboggan on my bald head and I was STILL freezin'.....weather here tomorrow is supposed to be nearly 60F with t'storms and highs in the 70s this weekend....Big change from last week

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Yeah, yeah. I arrived home to freezing rain and blizzards in the forecast which are now arriving. My Florida friends are totally rubbing my nose in it. Gotta love winter. <sigh>

The Silkies were a treat. Some seriously swanky fuzzy butts in that tent! Totally made it worth the drive. (And the Marans folks aren't half bad either.

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[unkadan]

Folks, it's hard to read these posts about that cold in GA,,,,if it's any consolation it was -20º true temp on Sunday morning here in the north woods of WI.

thanks for the pictures helps keep us visually informed

 

[3riverschick]

Thank you all for the write-up and explanations of the show. Too bad it was so cold. I will check around BYC, maybe someone mentioned something about Light Sussex. We should have chicks here in the next few days. The girls decided to sit on their own eggs. I don't know how many are under March. May isn't sitting eggs, just keeping March company, smile. Junior is oh so proud of his girls. He climbed in the nest for a while until, it got too crowded or they kickedhim out. I think after the chicks hatch, I will put May and Junior in the batchelor quarters and see if she starts laying again.
Best,
Karen

 

[cluck-cluck]

too cute 3riverschick

 

[Pozees]

Thank you all for the write-up and explanations of the show. Too bad it was so cold. I will check around BYC, maybe someone mentioned something about Light Sussex. We should have chicks here in the next few days. The girls decided to sit on their own eggs. I don't know how many are under March. May isn't sitting eggs, just keeping March company, smile. Junior is oh so proud of his girls. He climbed in the nest for a while until, it got too crowded or they kickedhim out. I think after the chicks hatch, I will put May and Junior in the batchelor quarters and see if she starts laying again.
Best,
Karen

OMG I can't WAIT to hear!

Tell your husband Bob the Carpenter I will try to have pics to send in the next few days. My own Bob spent the day arguing with a door that has decided not to cooperate and is very tired of the shed project at this moment. Hopefully a good night's sleep will improve his attitude If it helps Carpenter Bob, we don't have the roof on yet, plan on doing the sheathing (at least) Saturday, and if we get extraordinarily lucky, the felt and shingles, weather is supposed to move in Sunday, although weather forecasts here are hit or miss. Which means Saturday could be a bust if they are wrong about it of course. Never imagined this would take so long and so much effort.

Question to all - if one is more concerned about heat than cold, is insulation a good idea or a waste of money and effort? Our next big decision.

 

[bnjrob]

Question to all - if one is more concerned about heat than cold, is insulation a good idea or a waste of money and effort? Our next big decision.

Probably depends on your situation.

We have NO shade at all and in the heat of summer here in TX, there is often no wind when it's really hot. It can still be 90-100* at 10 pm. We used styrofoam insulating boards coupled with tile board for the inside walls of the coops. It helps keep the coops anywhere from 5-10 degrees cooler than outside. Which means when it's 110* outside, it's probably 102* inside. But it really has helped with keeping a little cooler despite a lack of shade, and when it is too hot, the chickens will stay inside rather than go outside even though they have artificial shade over their runs.

The roofs are peaked so that air can enter under the eaves and escape out the top - like regular housing construction - in addition to windows and vents at floor level too.

It can be freezing cold with blowing snow and rain and our chickens would rather be out in that, rather than the heat of summer.

 

[3riverschick]

OMG I can't WAIT to hear!

Tell your husband Bob the Carpenter I will try to have pics to send in the next few days. My own Bob spent the day arguing with a door that has decided not to cooperate and is very tired of the shed project at this moment. Hopefully a good night's sleep will improve his attitude If it helps Carpenter Bob, we don't have the roof on yet, plan on doing the sheathing (at least) Saturday, and if we get extraordinarily lucky, the felt and shingles, weather is supposed to move in Sunday, although weather forecasts here are hit or miss. Which means Saturday could be a bust if they are wrong about it of course. Never imagined this would take so long and so much effort.

Question to all - if one is more concerned about heat than cold, is insulation a good idea or a waste of money and effort? Our next big decision.

Hi Pozees,
Will do!
Best,
Karen