Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[fowlman01]

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In my case the electricity consumption is caused by old fashioned electronics. Primarily the heating elements and the fan which is huge. I am talking about equipment made in the 1940's....maybe older.

Walt

 

[jenjscott]

OK, a couple of this year's cockerels. I am always impressed by the width of these birds when I look at the backs of these guys, so I included one of those too.

 

[Buttercup Chillin]

Sicilian Buttercups
12 hens year round. Not to APA standards as I am trying to breed for Broodieness.. 1.8 Oz eggs are to big. Do not Show.

This grandma is about to stop breeding them.

 

[Robert Blosl]

The incubator on the left is like mine. They are maid by Lehy about 35 years ago. They eat electicity because of the thremostate and heating system. I have a water fowl friend who gutted his out and put some kind of water bed threostate in it and he says it is much better in the swing of temps. I got mine four years ago and will be selling it. It will cost about $150 to ship it by truck to some one. I have built some home made hatchers out of Red Wood and put the guts of the cheap syarfoam incubator in them. They only have something like 25 watt heating coils with the fan and I just leave the eggs in there till they hatch. I put them in three days befor they hatch and I have three boxes for three breeding pens. This way my little ducks or chicks are pedegreed for me and I dont have to worry about screwing up my toe punching.

I like the Geneis Styafoam incubators where the contol is set at the factor. If you are a beginner and want a fool proof incubator this is the best one for a small hobby farm user.

They reason the Red Wood incubators work so well is the give and take of the humidty with the Red Wood. There is no wood that I know of that gives and takes for egg hatching like Red Wood. In cigar humidors there is a wood called Spanish Cedar which come out or places like Hondurs ect. This wood is the best wood to cure cigars that I know of. I one time had a 48 qt ingloo ice chest lined with spanish cedar from old cigar boxes and would cure up to 400 cigars that I would buy on the internet that where rejects.
This is how I got into the Red Wood box incubators because they work so much better with call duck eggs.

I learned from one water fowl breeder that the day befor his call ducks hatch he has the humidity so high in the incubator that water is running down the windows inside the incubator. This he says improves the call ducks to hatch. So I did it this year with my box hatchers and it worked great. I also dry hatch my chicken eggs which means I do not have water in my incubator. Many of us have gone this way and we end up with better hatches. Most of us drown our chicks and baby ducks because we use to much humidty. We need to watch our air cells more on the final days and you will learn that you are over doing it in the humidity department. Of course it depends on your climate but that has helped me out alot in the past few years.

I will post a picture of the wooden hathchers her if I can find the picture on my web site.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=205619&p=2

great thread on the old Lehy Incubators for you to read on this site last year.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=205619&p=2


Got a email today from a great chicken friend who told me he is bringing a couple of New Hampshire pullets to another friend so she can cross them onto a barred rock large fowl male. This will begin the new Delaware line. Success has been made.

If you have faith of a mustard seed you can tell mountains to move and they will move. If you look hard enough for something you will find it.

bob

 

[greathorse]

Bob did not know you were a cigar aficianado, you should start a thread sorry for the digression

 

[math ace]

Here is a topic that we are addressing in the MEAT Birds catergory . . . I thought I might see more responses over here.

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I noticed this when I goggled images for SS. . . I wonder if the SS roos 50 years ago were more like the hens in that butterball aspect ? ?

So what is the verdict, Did heritage SS roos have a bigger chestier build than today's hatchery stock ? ? If not, it is kinda ironic that the girls are such butterballs and the roos have a leaner, less plump / meatier body . . . . .

 

[punky rooster]

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very nice jen! as always.
punky

 

[Robert Blosl]

I stoped smoking cigars three years ago befor I had my knees replaced. Then I never got back to doing it again but it was a great learning experience and tasting different types from different countrys. Much like eating at different sea food restraunts.

Those are some pretty Buck eyes posted. That is a great old breed from the good old days. Does any one raise Black Face Old Spanish on this web site?

Well got to go and vote.

bob

 

[Robert Blosl]

www.exhibitionpoultry.net

Pictures where shown of the large fowl white rock at the last Indiana poultry show a few weekends ago. Here is a piture of the White Rock male for you to look at.

Also, you can read this internet magazine and maybe suport this publication so we can enjoy it each month. Look forward to your comments. bob

 

[fowlman01]

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It is a great publication.

I have voted!..but I don't know if we can salvage California.

Walt