Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Yard full o' rocks]

Ok....gotta share my story and I hope that it won't "embarrass" anyone.

I got involved with the Plymouth Rock Fanciers Club last year. At the time, I was raising BRs (from a PRFC member) and Col Rocks that I had obtained from a breeder in Ohio. Bob Blosl and I had gone back and forth a few times via email about various topics, for which he was ALWAYS a tremendous help. He also got me LOTS AND LOTS of information from past articles, research, etc on raising and breeding the Columbian pattern.

Then, I guess in October of last year, Bob asked if I would like a "trio of some of the best Columbian rocks he had every seen, out of Canada". Very quietly, behind the scenes, he had been working on my behalf to get me these incredible birds. NOTHING IN IT FOR HIM....simply a tremendously kind gesture, requiring a lot of work, long distance/international phone calls, etc

Now, quite by chance, Beth (Joletabey here on BYC), was going to the Ohio Nationals. She had offered to pick these birds up for me and bring them back. So, Beth hook up with the breeder of these birds and picked them up for me. I met her in NC the following week to bring them to their "forever home".

Bob - I am forever in your debt. I will do everything I can to make you proud of the decision you made to entrust me with these birds.

Beth - It couldn't have happened without ya!! Thank you so much

Folks, I know we don't always "agree" on everything. Exact meaning of "heritage", breeding tactics, etc. But I can say one thing.....true poultry enthusiasts are a special group. Where else have you seen someone offer to help someone else that they have never even met face-to-face??!!

I feel truly blessed.

 

[Wynette]

Scott (and others) - thanks for sharing your story - it just warms my heart. To those of you who have lost good birds when they were being cared for by others...my heart goes out to you. After all, it takes so very much time, this hobby. And the joy you get when you breed one that is just all that & a bag of chips is nothing less than tremendous! So - I feel your pain, and I'm sorry...but, the fact that you're still hard at work on your breeds - yep - that's very telling of Heritage poultry breeders, in my opinion - KUDOS, and keep up your good work!

 

[fowlman01]

Yard full o' rocks :

Ok....gotta share my story and I hope that it won't "embarrass" anyone.

I got involved with the Plymouth Rock Fanciers Club last year. At the time, I was raising BRs (from a PRFC member) and Col Rocks that I had obtained from a breeder in Ohio. Bob Blosl and I had gone back and forth a few times via email about various topics, for which he was ALWAYS a tremendous help. He also got me LOTS AND LOTS of information from past articles, research, etc on raising and breeding the Columbian pattern.

Then, I guess in October of last year, Bob asked if I would like a "trio of some of the best Columbian rocks he had every seen, out of Canada". Very quietly, behind the scenes, he had been working on my behalf to get me these incredible birds. NOTHING IN IT FOR HIM....simply a tremendously kind gesture, requiring a lot of work, long distance/international phone calls, etc

Now, quite by chance, Beth (Joletabey here on BYC), was going to the Ohio Nationals. She had offered to pick these birds up for me and bring them back. So, Beth hook up with the breeder of these birds and picked them up for me. I met her in NC the following week to bring them to their "forever home".

Bob - I am forever in your debt. I will do everything I can to make you proud of the decision you made to entrust me with these birds.

Beth - It couldn't have happened without ya!! Thank you so much

Folks, I know we don't always "agree" on everything. Exact meaning of "heritage", breeding tactics, etc. But I can say one thing.....true poultry enthusiasts are a special group. Where else have you seen someone offer to help someone else that they have never even met face-to-face??!!

I feel truly blessed.

So those birds were for you. I had met Beth in Columbus and she said she was picking up birds for someone on BYC. This is one of the things that I really like about this hobby. Most people will go out of their way to help each other.

Beth and Bob are the greatest!

Walt​

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

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So those birds were for you. I had met Beth in Columbus and she said she was picking up birds for someone on BYC. This is one of the things that I really like about this hobby. Most people will go out of their way to help each other.

Beth and Bob are the greatest!

Walt

I totally agree, Walt. Bob and Beth both went WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND to help me out. Now its my job to pay it forward.....

 

[exop]

Very touching story, Yard full o' rocks

Can anyone point me in the right direction for good quality, large fowl Buff Orpingtons, either English strain or heritage American strain? I would love to hatch some good Buff Orpingtons this spring. I'm unclear on whether English buffs have been brought to this country in recent years, along with the other, more novel colors...

Another question, not that I'm expecting "production fowl" performance from such birds, but are there breeders making an effort to keep the production qualities of these birds on track?

Thanks and best regards,
exop

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

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I'd try "hinkjc" here on BYC.....I'm no Orp expert, but they look good to me!

 

[cherylcohen]

I have hinkjc orps They are huge and gorgeous. Jody and Charlie are a pleasure

 

[OSUman]

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I would recommend that you join the United Orpington Club. When you join you will get a breeders list. Most breeders will breed for their production puropses too because if you dont have good production qualities in a bird thats original purpose was production then their shape and type will be off. Im guessing that Walt (Fowlman1) has Buff Orps too because he has one as his avatar.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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I can relate in a way. I had one of the best flocks of Bantam blue and black Faverolles in the country in august when I left for college. Now I have an empty coop and no birds! I cannot express the anger I felt towards my parents when those birds died. But they aren't chicken people. I still felt they could have told me they wouldn't be able to put the time into it and I could have sent them to someone who would instead of losing the flock completely.

That is an amazing story I hope one day that I can carry on a great breeders line for them.

Henry

Know the feeling. We had a slight family emergency last spring. The wife and I had to stay overnight in Little Rock. Good news is my kids watched 19 hours of Jonas Brothers on Netflix.

We lost over 25 baby chicks due to NO WATER! Only 3 Buff Chanteclers survived and a few Buckeyes.

Seems baby chicks can not survive without water!

We ordered automatic wateriers immediately! It was an expensive, but valuable lesson that she will never forget. Now folks ask her to care for their birds while they go on vacation. And they know about the "brooder accident".

 

[fowlman01]

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I would recommend that you join the United Orpington Club. When you join you will get a breeders list. Most breeders will breed for their production puropses too because if you dont have good production qualities in a bird thats original purpose was production then their shape and type will be off.

The breed clubs that are active like UOC are great resources for finding good breeders. If you don't maintain good production, a person will quickly find that they are at the "dead end" that we sometimes hear about.

BTW: OSUman....haven't seen a kilroy drawing since the early 50's. They were everywhere after WWII.

Walt