Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[punky rooster]

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Different breeding methods?
I don't know

Most likely the, "Light Barred" carries two copies of the Barring Gene where as the, "Dark Barred" most likely only carries one copy of the Barring Gene as with Barred Hens.

Chris

oh well I am still learning

 

[Chris09]

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Most likely the, "Light Barred" carries two copies of the Barring Gene where as the, "Dark Barred" most likely only carries one copy of the Barring Gene as with Barred Hens.

Chris

oh well I am still learning

Hay, we are all learning but the thing is now you know the answer.

Chris

 

[Robert Blosl]

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Saw this picture. Does anyone know who started this color pattern of Cornish in the glory days of large fowl? A hint he had ties to the Rhode Island Red Club. bob

 

[Chickielady]

another post of Bubba pacing in the dog crate today.
What we want to know is why the males of Maran still retain the slow feathering, and distinct barring, with no blurring like the PBRs and yet the females feather faster and are darker and 'browner' is all I can discribe, but still retain their silvery neck feathers/hackle.
Anyone want to see a female Silver Cuckoo ?

 

[Robert Blosl]

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Well, off subject but thinking of you today when I opened the mail box and the new issue of Game&Fish fell out,,with a nice bucksteelie on the cover.
Says their getting record numbers on the Clack and all the way to Northweat WA.
The weather here has calmed down, with a few gusty winds, and annoying sprinkles, but warmed up to 55-and up to 60 degrees on some rivers in OR.
We are thinking of putting in here on the Willapa as the hatchery is upstream as you know...something to do on a drizzly day, and enjoy this beautiful wild place.
Articles can be seen online at WA-OR Game & Fish magazine.
Can't get no better steelehead fishing weather than this right here right now, wish you were here !

Thanks for the web site. I went to it and saw the big streel head. I sure would love to be out there for a few days fishing the big Ox bow on the Willipa River. Also, was on the big Green Egg Site getting good ideas to cook the steaks for the big party. Maybe we can cook a few steel head slabs in the big Green Egg to. bob

 

[Chris09]

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Saw this picture. Does anyone know who started this color pattern of Cornish in the glory days of large fowl? A hint he had ties to the Rhode Island Red Club. bob

W.H Card of Manchester Connecticut.

Chris

 

[Chickielady]

there ya go, a very nice french hen. I am working hard on getting the feathered shanks back,,,but had 4 hens bought in Santa Rosa from a breeder, but no male.
So I have hatched eggs from this cockeral and so far have quite a few feather shanked chicks...we shall see if I get a few good cockerals YES that is a project there !
And then Bubba will go to freezerville.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Different breeding methods?
I don't know

Most likely the, "Light Barred" carries two copies of the Barring Gene where as the, "Dark Barred" most likely only carries one copy of the Barring Gene as with Barred Hens.

Chris

Would there be a benefit to using one over the other? I mean, if you have a light barred and a dark barred, would you only use one? Which one?

 

[punky rooster]

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Good luck with them!

 

[seabass327]

Ok, I've been thinking of this barred feather subject for a while, and this seems the perfect time considering the talk of feather genetics. Can you get the same feather type from a good barred rock LF as a good white. I've been trying to study pictures of show winners and it seems that the whites have much wider and shorter feathers than the barreds, especially in the saddle and neck. This seems to carry over to the tails, and it is hard to find a good picture of a nicely barred bird with a full tail. The whites seem to have the upper hand in most competitions. By breeding for tight barring, are the barred breeders keeping their male birds from competing or is it just harder. What else is linked with the slow feathering fine barring. Along those same lines, does anyone have pictures or link to pictures of barred LF with the same body type and shape as the winning whites?
Rich