Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread
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I was offered a pair of these two months latter for helping him but I turned him down. The lesson here is not wanting this kind of chicken but that if you want to improve a certain large fowl breed it is possable. Black Javas, Coloumbian Rocks, even those silly Rhode Island Whites that no one has been able to improve could be done in ten years.
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Robert, do you know of any serama breeders in TN?
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He does have a pic on the Houdan thread posted recently. Not bad Mr. Walt, especially in comparison with what I had.
Arielle,
I weighed a couple of the White Cornish chicks today, one at just over 3 lbs and the other just over 4 lbs. I have not banded chicks as to hatch date, but lost the entire pen of chicks that were all over three weeks old and up on May 20, so these are my oldest I now have and hatched in April at the earliest, probably late April. [I had moved everything that hatched sometime in April, between 50 and 60 chicks, that were feathered well enough to leave the brooders, to an outside pen. What turned out to be a badger burrowed in and carried off nearly every chick, including all of the Cornish that were outside at that time.] I have some in that pen that are smaller, some a bit larger. and three groups still in brooders though some need moved soon..
If you are interested in raising quality Cornish as your choice of a heritage breed I do want to encourage you to get in and stay in. On the other hand it is much easier to get started with and keep a flock of many other heritage breeds. While I love heritage breeds and Cornish in particular, and consider Cornish the ultimate meat breed, the easier and often cheaper thing to get started with are either hatchery sourced breeds or commercial lines. Some say you have to be a little crazy to breed Cornish, and I admit if I just wanted to put meat on my table I would not be breeding them. I keep other chickens as a source of eggs, and could buy both meat and eggs cheaper at the grocery store if I wanted. There are many heritage breeds well suited to provide both meat and eggs, but I love large fowl Cornish.
I weighed a couple of the White Cornish chicks today, one at just over 3 lbs and the other just over 4 lbs. I have not banded chicks as to hatch date, but lost the entire pen of chicks that were all over three weeks old and up on May 20, so these are my oldest I now have and hatched in April at the earliest, probably late April. [I had moved everything that hatched sometime in April, between 50 and 60 chicks, that were feathered well enough to leave the brooders, to an outside pen. What turned out to be a badger burrowed in and carried off nearly every chick, including all of the Cornish that were outside at that time.] I have some in that pen that are smaller, some a bit larger. and three groups still in brooders though some need moved soon..
If you are interested in raising quality Cornish as your choice of a heritage breed I do want to encourage you to get in and stay in. On the other hand it is much easier to get started with and keep a flock of many other heritage breeds. While I love heritage breeds and Cornish in particular, and consider Cornish the ultimate meat breed, the easier and often cheaper thing to get started with are either hatchery sourced breeds or commercial lines. Some say you have to be a little crazy to breed Cornish, and I admit if I just wanted to put meat on my table I would not be breeding them. I keep other chickens as a source of eggs, and could buy both meat and eggs cheaper at the grocery store if I wanted. There are many heritage breeds well suited to provide both meat and eggs, but I love large fowl Cornish.
This is pretty much on the APA description. Most of the ones I see now have a skinny neck and pinched tail.
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I dont know many Serama breeders as this is not something I keep up with. I did meet a fellow from Georgia who had some and is active in the south. They had a good showing in Pensacola at the March show. I would have to ask our Club Sec who he might be then get back to you. If you get some do your home work first dont just buy the first ones you see.
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Right, I really want to make sure that I get ones that are up to standard, not some bad ones. Thanks
There are a lot of bad ones around. The only recognized color so far is white. The next one to qualify will be the blacks.......I believe. It is not official yet.
Walt
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I think that according to Jerry Schexnayer, Malaysians are recognized in all colors.
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