Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[rodriguezpoultry]

I used it on all of my birds. I was afraid the whites would turn purple but knew I wouldn't have an issue with my blues or blacks. In fact, it helped take out any brown stains on my blues and blacks as well. No staining on any of my colored birds either.

It seems I was wrong about the maker, it's by Premier and is usually sold WITH the "Rose" collection of washing stuffs for horses.

 

[vebyrd36]

Thank you, I'll read it. I got my book from George Scott Jan 1922 reprint.

I read this post and went back to the Hert.RIR thread to find it and it was'nt there. I forgot where I saw it. Anyway that would be my suggestion is to post it over there and you'll get a little more info there as it can get lost quickly here on this thread as it is not dedicated to just one main breed topic. You can give a little more info on your current older generation of stock and see if anyone has an idea on blending this other stock in to the mix or you know better suggestions anyway here's the thread addy:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/407294/the-heritage-rhode-island-red-site

Jeff

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

That is amazing!

Walt

You're telling me! I wouldn't have even thought it was the same bird! I imagined I could see blue all over, but when I had my husband, neighbors and anyone else who would look take a gander, there was no blue seen at all. I don't think I'll ever wash my birds in anything different! I do think I will keep a bit more of an eye on poo that is still wet to get rid of it ASAP before it stains, but if I don't catch something, this stuff seems to do the trick.

I found a link to where it can be bought:
http://www.premierequineproducts.com/products.html

 

[NYREDS]

Something I found out this past week. I have had issues like nothing else turning birds blue, purple and not getting stains out. I decided to try this other shampoo for horses. Designed to clean Palominos, paints, etc. and you can put it directly on the animal. It's called Rose Shampoo "White Magic". Seriously...I put it directly on my bird and used a toothbrush to brush the soap down into the feathers. I brushed it with the grain of the feather. Do not scrub. And do it a few days before the show so that they can preen back into the

So I tried it with my birds. I did it on a "junk" bird first to see if it would work. It did!

Here's before and after shots of my good Langshan bantam pullet:

Before the bath:


After:

Tell the truth. You Photo Shopped that picture didn 't you?

 

[hcammack]

I bought these birds from Jonathon Patterson from Indiana. Being not all that far, I went to his place to select and pick up the birds. He and his father, Ron Patterson both have very nice birds. I do think that I have a very nice foundation of birds to work with here.

Very nice white wyndottes. Very pretty. Ron and Jonathan do have very nice birds. I believe they took Champion Continental and LF with a Faverolles cockerel at Lucasville this past weekend. Leisha Comer took champion Featherleg with another faverolles cockerel. Good stuff considering it was the faverolles eastern national!

 

[hcammack]

Here is one of my faverolles pullets hunting for bugs and eating some grass in the yard yesterday. Guess to spite the feathered feet they are still good foragers.

 

[wekiva bird]

Tell the truth. You Photo Shopped that picture didn 't you?

Wow! What a big difference.

Where did you find the shampoo?

 

[aveca]

they posted a link above to an equine shampoo list...if you click on white magic shampoo it takes you to the product and price, i bet a little goes a real long way with poultry as it was designed for horses....I bookmarked that one for future reference..some of the greatest tips for show people in here.

 

[Robert Blosl]

How to Fatten up your cull cockerels:

Got a email asking what is the best feed source to fatten up a five month old ckl to put on the barbecue pit.

I use game bird feed 20% do any of you have any magic receipt??

You solved the question asked to me on washing white birds. Help me out for the beginners who sent me a email.

 

[3riverschick]

How to Fatten up your cull cockerels:

Got a email asking what is the best feed source to fatten up a five month old ckl to put on the barbecue pit.

Be interesting to see the answers on this. By coincidence, I've been studying the subject all morning.
Best,
Karen
Tho I've been studying the old lit. Seems if one wants white flesh, they use skimmed milk to soften the gruel.
Otherwise, water can be used (Sharpe, "The Sussex Fowl").
Sussex were traditionaly fattened for market and that is my breed so I am studying with that in mind The veteran and modern Sussex experts agree, to use fine ground oats, skimmed milk, and lamb tallow to fatten. Using different ratios and number of feedings during the three week fattening window. I understand almost no one is interested in traditional fattening methods in this "modern age" so will be interesting to see what they substitute. On another note, one Sussex farm in the UK started fattening their Sussex for market using reinvented old methods. They have won sterling praise from their customers and won a national award for quality.