Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[HallFamilyFarm]

Even the toughest of old Leghorns etc are nice and tender after a few hours in a slow cooker. We cooked "Dumplin", a mixed breed OE Game rooster of about 3-4 yrs old, for about 5 hours in the slow cooker. Was a bit gamey in taste, but tender and fed my family. We had to add some veggies, but we had a good meal.

When my parents were running a youth ranch we had a Gravette, AR hatchery donate several hundred chicks. I told Dad not to accept the donation, but he did anyway. My grandmother raised the chicks....all male hybrid leghorns. But Mammaw dressed them all out and we had some good chicken dinners. Had to cook two instead of one, but it worked out.

However, I much prefer a cull Exhibition type Buff Orpington or Buckeye to a Leghorn for Sunday Dinner! No offence, Dan!

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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I for one am thankful to at least one breeder/creator of one of my breeds: Nettie Metcalf. She is the ONLY woman ever to develope and create a breed of chickens: The Buckeye! The APA Yearbook is full of Master Exhibitors that are both men and women.

The Grand Champion Turkey at the 2010 APA National was a Bronze Old Tom shown by an Arkansas breeder. This Arkansas breeder has won various awards this year, including at our Arkansas State Fair. This Arkansas breeder will one day obtain the status of a Master Breeder. The amazing part is, this Arkansas breeder is a 15 year old teenage girl! Elizabeth Mosley!

We are not forgetting the women who walked before us.

 

[Katy]

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It's the same in any traditionally male dominated hobby or profession. I farm and have a cow herd with my husband. I keep all the farm books, spend many hours in the tractor and grain trucks and out with the cows.....yet most salesmen ask for my husband and I've had some even hang up when I say that I can answer any farm related questions that they have.

 

[Tbird84]

Please don't leave ChickieLady. Alot of us women have experienced what we feel is discrimanation of some sort at one time or another. I served 8 years in the Navy in an almost completely male dominated job field. That was trying on the best of days. I am sure that no disrespect was intended by anyone, but giving in is alot like giving up. We are alot stronger than that. You gotta dust yourself off and move on.

Your knowledge is valuable too. I have learned SO much since I have joined this forum, and you are a part of that learning too.

 

[greathorse]

I suggest we keep this thread as a great discussion thread for the Bred to standard birds it was designed to honor. I am not sure this is the correct forum for a discussion regarding who gets the most attention.

Just sayin

 

[hcammack]

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[halo]

Rock N' Faverolles :

I agree with you Dan. Even the people who own the standard ignore a lot of what's in it. They just tend to look at breed descriptions of type and color and forget about the rest. To me some of the most important parts are the 'economic qualities' and in the front of the book before the defects and disqualifications. There you find what type has to do with shape, as well as the importance of size and weight and condition and very important as well, feather quality. True breeders in my opinion focus on all these things, not just shape and color. I say shape because most breeders, when they refer to type are only really talking about the outline of the bird. True type has to do with what is under those feathers.

David

I dont know who these people called "they" are that look at breed descriptions and ignore the rest. The SOP is not a coloring book. Yes, shape and color are important, and probably the most important part to defining a breed. Take a flock of chickens of many different breeds, kill and dress them out and put them in plastic bags, and you wont be able to tell one breed from the other. Its the shape and outline and color that defines what you are looking at. Of course feather quality and size and condition are extremely important. That goes without saying. Who wants a beautifully marked and shaped barred rock if you pick it up and theres nothing but a skinny scrawny bird underneath. Economic qualities go without saying, otherwise you dont have a good chicken. The front of the book which you are talking about is extremely important; thats why its in the front of the book. Its also a very interesting read.

People I know that have the SOP read the entire book, and we discuss the entire book and the interpretation of it. Maybe you should have a talk with "they" and let them know what "they" are missing.​

 

[punky rooster]

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you say they are "heritage" because they are standard bred correct? if so I think that should be the critera for heritage birds good old standard bred birds. I believe any bird could be used for meat, but compared to hatchery birds these standard bred "heritage" birds are much meaty er tho not as good a layer but they may surpass hatchery birds because they will lay for years not just one year and done but for years.
I believe that the definition for "heritage should revolve around standard bred birds not production type birds that hatchery's sell
punky

 

[punky rooster]

This thread was for standard bred poultry. Bob said so a few pages ago, he said "I had to use a very spooky word in my chicken vocabulary HERITAGE. I used it to get your attention and it worked. I had an idea it might open up a can a worms but did we help some of you 1% understand the difference between so so chickens and Standard Breed Chickens." he meant it for real standard bred poultry not just dual purpose American breeds just over all standard bred birds.
I think I have used out the phrase"standard bred poultry"
we have lost sight of what this thread was made for

 

[CharlieVoda]

I agree.

Anyone have pictures of their White Orpington, Silver Penciled Wyandotte or Dark Brahma large fowl?

Good luck with the birds
Charlie