Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Arielle]

Many of these notes were posted years ago, but they contain clues, contact info and breed information. Clues in all of the, Karen
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Posted years ago, I forgot to put in the date. Perhaps he remembers who he sold them too.

I have the following chicks for sale:
Group #1 Ripley/LaBelle stock $3.00 each
Hatched on 3/15/06
9 pullets (6 with feather legs)
4 cockerels (2 with feather legs)
Group #2 Ripley/Labelle stock $2.50 each
Hatched on 4/3/06
4 pullets (3 with feather legs)
2 cockerels (1 with feather legs)
Group #3 Ripley(Kelly Cratty)Cock & Ripley/Labelle hens $2.50 each
Hatched on 4/16/06
16 pullets (13 with feather legs)
2 cockerels
All these are being sold in the designated groups. Shipping or
delivery is negotiable.
I am located 90 miles Southwest of Atlanta, Ga.(I-85)
90 miles South of Birmingham, AL.(U.S.280)
45 miles East of Montgomery, AL(I-85)
Feel free to call 8:00am to 10:00pm CDT any day.
I remain,
Your Humble & Obed't Serv't
Lee Humphrey
1-334-257-1420
Notasulga, AL 36866
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http://hpbaa.com/Marans.html
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http://tinyurl.com/b75yh82
Wow, Fugate is dead, La belle sold his Marans to the US and got out of the breed. Susan Clark sisn't in the breed any longer? Mr. Wilburn is dead. Voices from the past.
http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/company?companyId=27902604&targetid=profile
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Fugate eggs:
http://www.oocities.org/fang772002/featheredfriends.html
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Shilala is a huge cuckoo fan Each of th strains of cuckoo had their own distinct advantages. He can talk history with you.
http://shilala.homestead.com/maran.html
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http://www.freewebs.com/shineonfarm/marans.htm
I also have Cuckoo that are Fugate and the Ripley. I keep several of each line pure and I also have some that have been crossed.
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Citron_d'uccle

Location: Fort Worth, TX
Joined: 8/2011
Posts: 123
offline
knows where to find these strains:
Staffordshire, Fitch, Ripley, Fugate
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#51597 - 11/19/07 06:40 PM Golden Cuckoo
Tater Keepers
New Egg
Registered: 09/09/07
Posts: 7
Loc: Arkansas
I am on my 4th generation of my fugate cuckoo maran program . I am getting a lot of golden cuckoos.The trait seems to have began as one golden feather on the hackle of the rooster we chose to breed with 4 years ago.Is this a negitive sign of in- breeding or is this sport (golden) just a happy accident.Aprox 40% of the hatch is golden. Thank you for any input
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LAMARLUVABLES
FRENCH BLACK COPPER MARANS,CUCKOO MARANS).
http://www.louisianachickens.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=25&id=1402&Itemid=2
ok, here's a clue. Fugate lived in Athens, Tenn., this guy lives in Louisana. Maybe he has FUGATE?
Grisham, Fugate & Calicowoods.??
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http://dallas.listlux.com/a,35,337627,8x7-NEW-Garage-Door--325----325--.htm
CUCKOO MARANS: These rare birds are very pretty dark brown egg layers, my stock comes from really nice imported lines including: Staffordshire, Fitch Ripley, and Fugate, (Karen: does she have separate strains or Shilala cuckoos?, something to ask)all the birds are feathered legged. Chicks are $3.00 each
All my chickens and guineas are pure-bred, each variety is housed separately
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This closeout sale was 6 years ago. Maybe Vicki has records who she sold the Cratty and Fugate too:
http://dallas.listlux.com/a,35,337627,8x7-NEW-Garage-Door--325----325--.htm
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http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/7mFarm-Herbal/message/17180
This was posted 10yrs. ago. She may still have the, I am thinking English/Canadian might be Labelle and/or Ripley
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Of everything I have see, I like the Shine On Farms eggs the best. Didn't spend a lot of looking at the birds, tho.
always ask for egg shell samples when considering Marans.
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Traincuckoo marans chocolate eggs from pasofinofarm. west bend i am aug compared to barred rock may what. Chocolatethis ... Correctly golden think they were developed in sort that is pure. ... Mix of dark chocolate ripley line of comparison.
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Well, this is interesting---pure Ripley~~
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ng-pics-of-your-eggs-chicks-and-chickens/4020
If you approach this person be able to discuss the US Marans history and the role Ripley and his birds played in it. Have a writtem 5 generatpn breeding plan and be able to articulate why and what you are going to do. That you plan to never cross these bids with any other strain/line/breed...and mean it. You will probably only get one chance at them. BTW, I am a huge fan of Kermit's knowledge. So much of it is written down on the defunct namb list at yahoo. How I wish it could be brought over here.


Quote: THank you Karen-- above and beyond!

 

[hallerlake]

What I saw when some breeders were working on Lavender Orpingtons was that they'd sell project birds and the people that bought them would then sell their progeny as "(Breeders name)" PURE Lavenders. After seeing this happen often enough, I don't think I'd want to even sell a project bird. Later, at least one of the breeders, the Hinkles, had managed to come up with a really nice, typey lavender but all these others were running around with their tag on them, not of proper type. Because they were project birds. Not the finished product.

My name doesn't have any cachet (yet). No one has ever advertized their birds as coming from my line. I mostly sell my extras to people who want pretty birds that lay eggs.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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I haven't seen any good Cuckoo Marans yet either, quite frankly. Thus, I'm curious to see what shows up in Newnan. I know the Club is pushing for a big turnout of Cuckoos. (Cuckoo was the original French colour, the colour Marans started with.)

 

[Robert Blosl]

Quote: You are so right why try to invent a new varitity when so many are on the brink of extenstion. But that is the fad ism of today. The heck with Preserving the old breeds that need help and start a new color pattern try to railroad it through into the standard and then you all are happy as clams. However, 30 years latter no buddy wants your goofy color pattern you started. It happened many years ago and still will happen. Some are just to difficult to breed and dont breed true to color.

Hope most folks take the old faithful route and take on a color and breed that needs help. Good example the Buff Wyandottes. How many people have them today that are worth a darn. bob

 

[unkadan]

After lurking/learning for months I thought it was time to say thanks to Bob and all the knowledgeable others that make this such a great thread.

As to what I have decided to work with, taking some of Bob's advice I have hatching eggs coming in late Feb, White Chantecler's, there are some good breeders not too far from me, I'm tapping those sources for both the eggs and the knowledge to help guide me.

Once again, thanks for all the history and suggestions

Dan B

 

[gjensen]

Bob, it is human nature. That is what gives poultry the variety it has, and I like the variety. If we were all the same there would be nothing but White Rocks, and Reds. I think you get what I am saying.

What I do not get is the infatuation with new colors. What is it about color? Some take on the challenge etc. OK. I get that. Nothing wrong with that. Does it all have to be about color though? Where is the substance? All of the genetic talk by the genetic experts is all color? Color is just feather.

Then again, when I look at a lot of the birds people "breed", I think they could use all of the color they can get. Kind of like make up. Some need it.

Where is the enthusiasm for substance?

There are few breeds, that I would say are truelly fit for the name. I know nothing, but I know enough to say this is not this or that. Heck, there was a three page debate over whether or not that was even a Buff Wyandotte. I look through the Poultry Press, and have to look twice sometimes. Many are trending similar. Color has become a big identifier. It should be type.

I do not know. Maybe I will learn more and feel differently at some point. I often come to know that I never did know a lot. When we start having trouble discerning an Australorp from a New Hampshire other than color, something is going wrong.

Maybe one day, I will get far enough a long to identify by handling. Right now it can be difficult to see through all of the feather and color. And no, feather does not define the shape. The body does.

 

[gjensen]

After lurking/learning for months I thought it was time to say thanks to Bob and all the knowledgeable others that make this such a great thread.

As to what I have decided to work with, taking some of Bob's advice I have hatching eggs coming in late Feb, White Chantecler's, there are some good breeders not too far from me, I'm tapping those sources for both the eggs and the knowledge to help guide me.

Once again, thanks for all the history and suggestions

Dan B

At least you are in the right part of the country for the breed.

 

[bnjrob]

I do not know. Maybe I will learn more and feel differently at some point. I often come to know that I never did know a lot. When we start having trouble discerning an Australorp from a New Hampshire other than color, something is going wrong.

Well we all better work hard to make sure that color doesn't rule everything. I'm finally getting a little better at recognizing more breeds in the photos in the Poultry Press - without looking at the captions first. But if color is going to be the only distinguishing mark, then a black and white photo isn't going to work, and it'll probably cost a fortune to get a colorized version of the Poultry Press.

 

[unkadan]

At least you are in the right part of the country for the breed.

yup, that played a big part in the choice

 

[NanaKat]

Okay, I'm going to put my neck on the block so to speak...
I have a Columbian Wyandotte flock that I am breeding and working on maintaining to the SOP standard. They have a long line of breeding in Oklahoma by two previous owner/breeders.

Last year, I bought a nice Blue Wyandotte hen to add to my flock because she had lovely body type.

Stretching my neck here:
I have a Birchen project that has come from the mating of the Blue hen under my Columbian roo.
If you want to take a peek at what Im working with...look...and offer severe critique on body type...the salient issues of SOP.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/722437/2013-wyandotte-breeders-list-directory/60#post_10312145