Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[OSUman]

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Leghorns are a Heritage breed

 

[punky rooster]

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Leghorns are a Heritage breed

not by the ALBC'S standard
I take it back........ they are a very old breed but i don't consider them heritage

 

[punky rooster]

there is a diference between old "heirloom" breeds and "heritage" breeds I think heritage breeds are all porpose birds meaty and good egg layers birds like the leghorns are an old not a meaty and very good egg laying breed I don't think pure leghorns lay as good as their commercial look alikes no breed does.

 

[OSUman]

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This is the same as every other breed. The commercial "look-alike" birds lay better because thats all they are used for. There are many breeders that cull for egg laying abilities as well as their look. Leghorns are very good fryers.

 

[Chickielady]

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those are not theirs they are AbedsAviary's birds

Thanks
I wanted to know how they lay, if they lay a large to jumbo brown egg like the barred avriety does. I always got the best eggs from my PBR's.

 

[Chris09]

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Leghorns are a Heritage breed

not by the ALBC'S standard
I take it back........ they are a very old breed but i don't consider them heritage

Why is a Leghorn not, "heritage" with the ALBC?

The single comb Brown, White and Leghorns were admitted into the APA in 1874, Naturally mating, Long, productive outdoor lifespan, and they have a some what slow rate (less than 16 weeks).

Chris

 

[punky rooster]

do they reach market weight in 16 weeks? their full cocks only weigh 6 pounds cockerels only five I have said this before and i will say it again most "American" class birds are six pounds in six months not a year!

 

[punky rooster]

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This is the same as every other breed. The commercial "look-alike" birds lay better because that's all they are used for thats what I mean I am sorry if you misunderstood me. There are many breeders that cull for egg laying abilities as well as their look. Leghorns are very good fryers.

as are all LF birds

 

[fowlman01]

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not by the ALBC'S standard
I take it back........ they are a very old breed but i don't consider them heritage

Why is a Leghorn not, "heritage" with the ALBC?

The single comb Brown, White and Leghorns were admitted into the APA in 1874, Naturally mating, Long, productive outdoor lifespan, and they have a some what slow rate (less than 16 weeks).

Chris

The leghorns are good fryers and the white show type are probably well over the 6lbs they are supposed to be. At the moment Heritage/heirloom are what one organization and we as individuals think it is. So far the government has not come up with designations.

I expect that there will always be a debate over what is called "heritage". I would think of Leghorns as heritage birds. In the 40's I lived on a poultry farm that raised leghorns for fryers. That is the only breed they raised.

Walt

 

[fowlman01]

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They can be a fryer in that time. Just curious...how many chickens have you weighed? How many American breeds have you raised that were SOP quality?

Walt