Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Robert Blosl]

With all those numbers those two males that Ricky sent me a picture of should show up. All you need is to choose for those nice brick shape males with nice tails. That is the most chicks this line has ever heard of so you sould have some nice standard breed birds. Look forward to the pictures this year. bob

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Bob,
Hello from central Arkansas! Fishing has been good here too. Took my seven year old couple weekends ago and filled the ice chest.

I hatched around 100 LF Reds from January thru April. Kept 50 here and sent the rest out to three different friends.
I plan on keeping around 10 total from this year. So I will have some young birds to share this fall.
Anyone interested let me know.

Ron

With all those numbers those two males that Ricky sent me a picture of should show up. All you need is to choose for those nice brick shape males with nice tails. That is the most chicks this line has ever heard of so you sould have some nice standard breed birds. Look forward to the pictures this year. bob

Here is a thought! How about we transport some of Ron's birds from central Arkansas to Lucasville to the APA National? I will be in attendance and would love to show off some of Ron's RIRs for him!

 

[FOGELLY]

Bob,
You are right that is a lot numbers and my feed bill is showing it! This will be the only year I hatch this many for myself, can't afford it. The plan is to keep only the very best 8-12 this fall. Then get the rest of the good ones to people who want to help keep this line going and eat the culls.

Jim, I may consider your offer. There are several that are already showing promise.

Ron

 

[Robert Blosl]

I bet you have learned a lot allready with the numbers you have rasied. Do you see some that kind of shoot out ahead of the others and look brick shaped, fast developing ect? Normally one out of ten will do this and they are the ones to watch for as breeders. The slow ones to develope, lacking vigor ect get rid of they will never be any good in the breeding pen. Do this for three to five years and look out. Thanks for dong a great job with this old Bates line. bob

 

[aveca]

Bob,
You are right that is a lot numbers and my feed bill is showing it! This will be the only year I hatch this many for myself, can't afford it. The plan is to keep only the very best 8-12 this fall. Then get the rest of the good ones to people who want to help keep this line going and eat the culls.
Jim, I may consider your offer. There are several that are already showing promise.
Ron

isnt it sad that feed prices have gone so high? my cousin has an organic dairy farm , the cost of gas for tractors ect has forced them to make up for it in their cheese prices...we were talking about this yesterday....a long time ago feed was so cheap that if somone were given a very small sum of money for work or something they sold...they would say...thats chicken feed..

 

[catdaddyfro]

isnt it sad that feed prices have gone so high? my cousin has an organic dairy farm , the cost of gas for tractors ect has forced them to make up for it in their cheese prices...we were talking about this yesterday....a long time ago feed was so cheap that if somone were given a very small sum of money for work or something they sold...they would say...thats chicken feed..

Yes things change, sometimes for the better, most times for the worst. I think of that old adage quite frequently, aveca

Jeff

 

[Robert Blosl]

http://www.test.standardbreedpoultry.com/poultry_judges.php

Got a nice list of judges in the USA and if you are looking for a breed look at the list for your region or state and contact them as they should know if there is anything in his or her region to help you.

Remember these judges dont know if the people who have the breed that you may want sells hatching eggs or chicks. Remember these folks are breeders and normally only sell adult birds at the fall of the year. A secret is ask the person of interest do they have any older birds that they used for breeders for sale. These will be the best birds to start your flock in the long run. Good luck and visit Charlies new site. Standard Breed Poultry. In reality this is a more correct term than Heritage Poultry. I started this thread with this term only to stir up interest. Heritage Poultry is a term that can stir up a lot of question and then people say thier old breed should be in the list when it really isnt. But if its in the old 1960s APA standards then this is most likely the chickens your mom or grandma had years ago. Thanks Charlie for all your work on this new web site. bob

 

[Chris09]

I found a long time ago if you get you feed from a local mill that the prices ain't as bad as at a feed store like say TSC.

Chris

 

[FOGELLY]

I bet you have learned a lot allready with the numbers you have rasied. Do  you see some that kind of shoot out ahead of the others and look brick shaped, fast developing ect? Normally one out of ten will do this and they are the ones to watch for as breeders. The slow ones to develope, lacking vigor ect get rid of they will never be any good in the breeding pen. Do this for three to five years and look out. Thanks for dong a great job with this old Bates line. bob

Bob,
I am learning A LOT!
I learned a person dosn't need a big flock to raise a bunch of chicks. I started with 13 Bates birds. Selected 2 cockerels, 3 pullets and one 3 year old hen for breeding. I rotated the roosters with the breeders. Hens with rooster for two weeks then off a week then rotate to next rooster. I would start gathering eggs after the third day of the first week and continue to gather them during the off week. I found that the eggs were fertile until around 5-6 day after I remove the rooster.
I toe punched to keep track of which chicks came from which rooster.

Yes there are several that have caught my attention early. A couple of the pullets feathered a week or more before the others and at 11 weeks look like miniature versions of adult birds. I banded them several other chicks that are way ahead of the others.
I notice that the pullets out of one rooster feather faster than the ones out of the other.
There are many other things, trends with tails, combs, keels ect....
Right now type is my main concern.

Now just to keep them all feed and watered well and watch them grow.

Ron

 

[fowlman01]

http://www.test.standardbreedpoultry.com/poultry_judges.php

Got a nice list of judges in the USA and if you are looking for a breed look at the list for your region or state and contact them as they should know if there is anything in his or her region to help you.

Remember these judges dont know if the people who have the breed that you may want sells hatching eggs or chicks. Remember these folks are breeders and normally only sell adult birds at the fall of the year. A secret is ask the person of interest do they have any older birds that they used for breeders for sale. These will be the best birds to start your flock in the long run. Good luck and visit Charlies new site. Standard Breed Poultry. In reality this is a more correct term than Heritage Poultry. I started this thread with this term only to stir up interest. Heritage Poultry is a term that can stir up a lot of question and then people say thier old breed should be in the list when it really isnt. But if its in the old 1960s APA standards then this is most likely the chickens your mom or grandma had years ago. Thanks Charlie for all your work on this new web site. bob

That judges list is right up to date Bob. Thanks for posting it.

Walt