Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[fowlman01]

Wow. I *knew* production NH were lightweights type-wise, but I honestly didn't know NH could be gorgeous. When do they hit POL?

<deep breath>

What are you going to do with ChickenStein's monster then?

They lay at 5-6 months old.
These are not going to be light weights.

That Sarcoma Silkie is going to Bob as soon as it cools off.

w.

 

[catdaddyfro]

• Here's some of your info on the color/lighting differences on previous post Walt (I have the memory liken to an elephant)sometimes that's fortunate sometime troublesome LOL
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Here is the New Hamp pullet.



The lighting sucked, so you can't see the real color of this bird. 7 months old and laying eggs.

Walt

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I would love to see Walt get some of these.

I don't have room or time for a Del project, but if I had some good specimens I can prepare them to look their best in a show. I have now found that the NH's color can look very brown in the wrong kind of showroom lighting, so this can be a problem. I have posted pics of them in natural light on facebook so that at least some judges will know to look at them in natural light....if they can.

There is more to showing than sticking the bird into the cage.

Walt

 

[fowlman01]

• Here's some of your info on the color/lighting differences on previous post Walt (I have the memory liken to an elephant)sometimes that's fortunate sometime troublesome LOL
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Here is the New Hamp pullet.



The lighting sucked, so you can't see the real color of this bird. 7 months old and laying eggs.

Walt

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I don't have room or time for a Del project, but if I had some good specimens I can prepare them to look their best in a show. I have now found that the NH's color can look very brown in the wrong kind of showroom lighting, so this can be a problem. I have posted pics of them in natural light on facebook so that at least some judges will know to look at them in natural light....if they can.

There is more to showing than sticking the bird into the cage.

Walt

• Here's some of your info on the color/lighting differences on previous post Walt (I have the memory liken to an elephant)sometimes that's fortunate sometime troublesome LOL
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Here is the New Hamp pullet.



The lighting sucked, so you can't see the real color of this bird. 7 months old and laying eggs.

Walt

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I don't have room or time for a Del project, but if I had some good specimens I can prepare them to look their best in a show. I have now found that the NH's color can look very brown in the wrong kind of showroom lighting, so this can be a problem. I have posted pics of them in natural light on facebook so that at least some judges will know to look at them in natural light....if they can.

There is more to showing than sticking the bird into the cage.

Walt

Yes, that was true a year ago...this is a corrected batch of birds. Even the last year pullet does not look brown and that lighting was about the worst I could have shown in. As I said, I got rid of all the brown ones.

w.

 

[AletaG]

They lay at 5-6 months old.
These are not going to be light weights.

That Sarcoma Silkie is going to Bob as soon as it cools off.

w.

I bet they won't! Yours are already tanked up on purty way more than my prod. NH could have ever dreamt about!

What on EARTH do you guys drink in the morning! You are *seriously* sending the 'chicken invader of unknown origin' to Bob?? Why am I thinking invasion of the pod people? Are we watching a 50's B movie trailer working itself into a screenplay before our eyes? OMG... going to go do something useful now... really. No, really...

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Need Help finding a line of Good Silver Laced Wyandotte's

A person is looking for some is there many strains that you know of that we may be able to direct a person to?

Please let me know Thanks Bob

I believe APA judge Rick Hare has some good ones. He's out of NY.

 

[3riverschick]

Quote: I agree now. when I started studying Sussex in 2009, I was so startled to discover that the points of the Standard and the things needed to have production virtues were the same!
In dogs, the Standard determines what the breed should look like to do its job. In poultry the Standard explains what the breed must be like to do its jobs.Best,
Karen

 

[AletaG]

Am still mulling over bantams. I've found a couple of OEGB breeders to chat with, but started wondering about, and can't find, a "heritage" bantam thread. Am I just not looking in the right place? Been considering bantam Orpingtons, since they are somewhat larger, still an 'edible' size and sound like they lay a bit more regularly than OEGB, but have more 'cuddle factor' than say a leghorn bantam. I'd start a forum for heritage bantams, but I don't know a darn thing. Or even how to define a heritage bantam... same as LF, prior to about 1950? or just developed as a bantam from a pre-1950 LF?
BGMatt? Bob? Walt?
-Aleta G.

 

[fowlman01]

Am still mulling over bantams. I've found a couple of OEGB breeders to chat with, but started wondering about, and can't find, a "heritage" bantam thread. Am I just not looking in the right place? Been considering bantam Orpingtons, since they are somewhat larger, still an 'edible' size and sound like they lay a bit more regularly than OEGB, but have more 'cuddle factor' than say a leghorn bantam. I'd start a forum for heritage bantams, but I don't know a darn thing. Or even how to define a heritage bantam... same as LF, prior to about 1950? or just developed as a bantam from a pre-1950 LF?
BGMatt? Bob? Walt?
-Aleta G.

OEGB's will be a disappointment to you if you are looking to them for eggs....but then I have told you that before. I have had them for 40 years. If you want a bantam that no one could dispute is a heritage bird, try the Nankins. They are the same size of OE's but lay better and have bigger eggs. They come in only one color and two comb types. (r/c and s/c). You are not going to find oegb's called "heritage" unless some soccer mom on here calls them that. They are not thought of as "heritage" but are old enough to fit that title. Real poultry people don't consider bantams heritage birds because they have little use other than ornamental. Online is not really the pulse of the poultry fancy. I believe about 1% of what I read here.

I would love to see what these OE "breeders" are knocking out. Just because a person makes babies with chickens.....that doesn't make them a breeder.

Walt

 

[cbnovick]

This thing sleeps on the ground.

W.

I bet this thing's crow is stellar in addition to his other fine qualities!!

 

[ocap]

I bet this thing's crow is stellar in addition to his other fine qualities!!

Since I have a fear of heights,, I admire the intelligence of this fine feathered friend