Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[campinechickens]

Hello again,

Here are some more pictures of my Goldens. Most of them are ready to molt, so they aren't in the best of condition. I mainly put in pictures of this year's hatch. The old rooster pictured is the same one from my post last night. He is 3 now (almost 4) and he still has sparkling white earlobes and a very red face. We had an issue with frostbite this winter, that is why his comb looks funny.

 

[NYREDS]

Good morning!

Took some nice pictures of my birds this morning, here are the Chamois. This rooster is not my best one, I will try to get pictures of my best one tomorrow. Enjoy!

Aren't they pretty! Are they an accepted variety in England or Europe? I'm fond of Campines. Beautiful birds & very productive, at least mine are.

 

[The Old Yolks]

Welcome to Heritage Large Fowl Chat Ariel (Campinechickens) and thank you for sharing pictures of your birds with us. Very beautiful. Look very forward to seeing more of them.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Aren't they pretty! Are they an accepted variety in England or Europe? I'm fond of Campines. Beautiful birds & very productive, at least mine are

Well aren't they pretty!!!

Are they as spastic as the Golden Campines? And as prone to escaping a perfectly safe pen?

 

[campinechickens]

My Campines aren't spastic. Several of them will come see me and a couple will jump into my lap when I'm visiting them. They will eat out of my hand. The only escaping they've done is learn how to push open their yard door if I don't lock it, very irritating.

I don't believe the Chamois are an accepted variety anywhere. They were developed by Mr. Tim Selander, who sold his project to Mr. Ray Norton, who in turn gave them to me when he could no longer keep them. There is a variety of Braekel in Belgium that looks identical that is accepted.

Yes, they are very productive. We have eggs coming out our ears.

 

[Robert Blosl]

Quote: No one said anything about the Tompkins line. Does anyone know it?


I know a lot about the Harold Tompkins line my birds has his blood in them from a 1954 ckl that was crossed into her line when Harold got out of chickens.

The question is what line or who says thier chickens has Harold Tompkins line in them. Thats a long time ago and I dont know of any one who has that much blood still left flowing around.

There was a strain from Rhode Island that may have come out of Pennsulvania that was once Harolds blood line. Once you tell me who stated this I can tell you if it has any truth to it.

Many people say they have this or that but they are full of hot air or they may buy a great bird from some one and then put them in the breeding pens and you think you are going to get birds like that when the females are just so so quality and from another strain. You end up with junk.

Look forward to your reply. There are only three solid good old strains over 25 years old left in the USA.

 

[ashandvine]

Wyandottes,Dominiques, RIR, RI White-real, rare to find ones= (rose combed) Chantecler=(cushioned combed) Buckeyes,Cornish, Brahma=(pea combed) all good dual purpose heritage types with large meaty carcases to boot. the Brahma and Cornish aren't know exclusively for their egg laying abilities but they are so, so, esp. for the size meat bird they turn into.

Jeff

I thought about Dottes and Brahmas. I am fine with a so-so layer if its a calm bird, meaty and heritage.... alright, and not white. Cornish are supposed to be tough and slow growing. Twice now I have been suggested Chanteclers and I know nothing about them so now I am off to find out more about them now. Chookschick is breeding those Konza for reasons I count important and she says Chanteclers were nearly her perfect bird so that peaks my interest. More and more Brahma (not white dammit) and RIR are looking like the birds for me but, again, I am learning, and my son just loves those Orps. I am not a fan of fluffy butts so anything super poofy isn't for me. I like them to be tight feathered and with some comb other than the high single because of our winters. Picky snot aren't I?

Bob, thank you for the feed back re: Tompkins line. This man says he got his birds left to him by his gramp and they are Tompkins cross.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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Missed that part about ... Being that he is only about 4-5 mos ... He is just a juvenile,. He may very well finish filling out. It takes an Orpington cockerel at least a year or even more to attain his adult size. The comb would still be DQ in a showroom, but he would eb fine for your meat projects.

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In Maine, you really want a winter hardy breed. The Chantecler is a great breed. We have a few here in Arkansas. There is a fellow that is about to cull 800 White Chantecler to the freezer soon. He wants to get his replacement flock set up and sale what he can. then the rest go in the freezer. After all, what is one purpose of a dual purpose breed? Meat!

Our White Chantecler male is solid muscle. Weighs as much as our Orpingtons, though he does not show it in the feathers. their feathers are very tight. The Chantecler were developed for the cold Canadian winters. The SOP accepts the White and Partridge varieties. Some are working on acceptance of the Buff. Ideal Poultry Farms crossed the Buff and Partridge and developed the Red. The Red is a New Hampshire colored bird with the Chantecler type. However, the Buff is a bit smaller than the White and Partridge and the Red is smaller than the Buff. Lots of work still needed on them.

We are considering a Black/Self Blue Chantecler project. If a "cull" lavender Orpington was used with a White Chantecler, some would hatch Black carrying the lav gene. Type would have to be worked on and a continued breeding back to the White Chantecler, like has been done with the Black Orpington. But it can be done. There were several varieties developed by the creator of the Partridge. But he got irked at the APA when the accepted his Partridge Albertan as a partridge Chantecler and declined to apply for any other variety he was working on.

Here is the Vermont Chantecler breeders only web address http://www.facebook.com/fayrehalechanteclers and some of his flock.

 

[ashandvine]

Missed that part about ... Being that he is only about 4-5 mos ... He is just a juvenile,. He may very well finish filling out. It takes an Orpington cockerel at least a year or even more to attain his adult size. The comb would still be DQ in a showroom, but he would eb fine for your meat projects.


Here is the Vermont Chantecler breeders only web address http://www.facebook.com/fayrehalechanteclers and some of his flock.

Thank you. I am like a foreigner in another country when it comes to facebook but I did try to leave them a note saying I was interested. Other than the white I like their look. I am willing to try them out for sure.
As for him being young, yes, he is, but another poster pointed out his eye color is wrong and his legs aren't dark enough. BUT as we have been saying, "meat maker he is."
Out of curiousity... side sprigs on an Orp? Is that a sign of crossing?

 

[fowlman01]

My Campines aren't spastic. Several of them will come see me and a couple will jump into my lap when I'm visiting them. They will eat out of my hand. The only escaping they've done is learn how to push open their yard door if I don't lock it, very irritating.

I don't believe the Chamois are an accepted variety anywhere. They were developed by Mr. Tim Selander, who sold his project to Mr. Ray Norton, who in turn gave them to me when he could no longer keep them. There is a variety of Braekel in Belgium that looks identical that is accepted.

Yes, they are very productive. We have eggs coming out our ears.

That is good to hear, most of the Campines I have judged are pretty wild. I like the Chamois color...they are not recognized here in the US and I have never seen one before, but they are striking birds. Good job!

Walt