Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Pozees]

Just wondering, would this work on feather legged breeds as well? What type of kitty litter..I'm assuming nothing with the lovely smell in it right?

Sounds like DL is referring to something those in shops usually call Floor Dry - none of the scents or little blue crystals. Grainger should have it, possibly parts stores - assuming I am correctly understanding what she means.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

A few birds from the Shawnee Expo show this weekend in Oklahoma:

Buckeye owned and shown by Don Gibson, a long time poultry breeder and exhibitor.
This bird won in the category BV and BB as well as 1st and Don had four cockerels of his own on exhibitors row and there was another exhibitor with several birds.
Several pictures of the same rooster because he was really active.



A Barred Rock rooster The only Barred that I saw. He was a big guy.






New Hampshire Red - don't know the exhibitor...
Bird won RV BB Two pictures of the same roo.


Delaware - same exhibitor. Not near as outstanding as Kathy's....The rooster never had his tail above the level pictured.
Seems if you have the only bird in the category, you get 1st, BV and BB status. These birds were very alert and a very clean white.



There were three white Wyandottes. Again same placing as the Delaware with no competition



I was looking for a connection to Black Wyandotte to add an outside bloodline line to my Birchen Wyandotte project. There was one SLW and one BLRW in the Junior Division. When asked whyt there were no other varieties, the judges said that showing Wyandottes is sporadic at best.

stunning birds. I love that barring

 

[thedragonlady]

Sounds like DL is referring to something those in shops usually call Floor Dry - none of the scents or little blue crystals. Grainger should have it, possibly parts stores - assuming I am correctly understanding what she means.

YUP ! Snow white kitty litter, all baked clay , with no smellys which contain oil. The key to keeping white birds really white, especially feather footed ones, is DRY and clean, with NO oil. You MUST screen the litter every day, and clean off the bottoms of feet though, to keep all that lovely foot feathering.Takes 30 seconds, per bird, per day. Big deal.

 

[NanaKat]

Quote: Oil Sorb...it is a fine white clay base chat like kitty litter. It has no chemicals or perfumes and I use it in the soil mix for my bonsai trees. You can get it at several auto parts stores like Nappa Auto parts..comes in a 25 pound bag. It can come in a gray so be sure to ask for the white.

And Robert...congratulations on you pullet.
"We had a New Hampshire Pullet that was half American and half German and won Champion Large Fowl over these top Reds, and by the way Orpingtons that where so very tight feathered I thought I was back in the 1960s looking at Orpingtons that we had back then. That is the under car rage of fluff was tight no drooping skirts."

 

[Robert Blosl]

Quote: Oil Sorb...it is a fine white clay base chat like kitty litter. It has no chemicals or perfumes and I use it in the soil mix for my bonsai trees. You can get it at several auto parts stores like Nappa Auto parts..comes in a 25 pound bag. It can come in a gray so be sure to ask for the white.

And Robert...congratulations on you pullet.
"We had a New Hampshire Pullet that was half American and half German and won Champion Large Fowl over these top Reds, and by the way Orpingtons that where so very tight feathered I thought I was back in the 1960s looking at Orpingtons that we had back then. That is the under car rage of fluff was tight no drooping skirts."
I did not show the pullet. It was brought in from another state. If I implied that I am sorry. This female was one of those chickens that was in perfect feather and peaked right on the money. I have seen this in Old English and other breeds like Black Rose Combs but not large fowl. I showed some White Rocks bantams I saw a male and I told Matt I like that males comb nice blade. He said you should you breed and raised him. You sold him to a guy in Oct for $20. I turned to him and said why did I do that.?

I felt sorry for the guy he needed a male. Heck he comes in with him and a trio from a frined of mine from Okla. I said I am going to get beat again by bougt birds. On the second show I got best Rock Bantam and Res Single Comb Clean Legged. What a class of White Rocks.

Walt I am a point chaser. I love it. bob

 

[3riverschick]

What I'm getting from all this is that some are purists and some are not. The Purist will not use another breed to improve theirs. Most others will.
In the case of thedragonlady, she didn't put in another breed but rather used one bred to another standard, albeit nearly the same as ours. Except that blood has not been let go smaller to increase egg laying. My opinion only here. Those buffs make me swoon.

Yup,
File me firmly in the historical purist column. It's who I am.
Best Success,
Karen

 

[Matt1616]

I knew it all along....Bob "Points Chaser" Blosl!

The New Hamps that won belong to Rodney Kroll from Tennessee. He had 3 Pullets in the show along with 2 Cockerels and 1 Cock Bird. One of his Pullets won Champ American, Champ Large Fowl & Reserve Super Grand Champ of the Show in the first show and a different one of his Pullets won Champ American and Champ Large Fowl of the second show. Could not happen to a nicer guy. Rodney is a friend of mine that I called and invited to our show a couple of weeks ago and he agreed to come. Maybe I shouldn't have called him...he cleaned my clock with his New Hamps. LOL.

 

[3riverschick]

Since most reading this thread are not members of the APA let me throw this out. The APA has Master Exhibitor and Master Breeder. A Master Exhibitor can achieve that designation without knowing a lot about breeding. Some folks buy the birds they show. A Master Breeder is someone who has excelled in shows with one breed and is more than likely a breeder.

When a person checks winning stats in the ABA or APA, it is pretty easy to see who the real breeders are. Both clubs give a free yearbook with that info when someone becomes a member.

Walt

browsing those stats is a great way to find a breeder for foundation stock

 

[DMRippy]

I knew it all along....Bob "Points Chaser" Blosl!

The New Hamps that won belong to Rodney Kroll from Tennessee. He had 3 Pullets in the show along with 2 Cockerels and 1 Cock Bird. One of his Pullets won Champ American, Champ Large Fowl & Reserve Super Grand Champ of the Show in the first show and a different one of his Pullets won Champ American and Champ Large Fowl of the second show. Could not happen to a nicer guy. Rodney is a friend of mine that I called and invited to our show a couple of weeks ago and he agreed to come. Maybe I shouldn't have called him...he cleaned my clock with his New Hamps. LOL.

Where in TN is he? It is a LONG state so he is surely at one end or the other, they are never in the middle.

 

[Zanna]

YUP ! Snow white kitty litter, all baked clay , with no smellys which contain oil. The key to keeping white birds really white, especially feather footed ones, is DRY and clean, with NO oil. You MUST screen the litter every day, and clean off the bottoms of feet though, to keep all that lovely foot feathering.Takes 30 seconds, per bird, per day. Big deal.

Any concerns about them eating it?