Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[cbnovick]

Got my Poultry Press Issue today and boy its loaded with some good articles and pictures of large fowl. For $26 a year it's a must have item. There is a picture of a White Leghorn Hen that looks like she jumped out of the standard. Maybe not as much fan tail as Schilling picture but WOW. Nice large fowl Cochin Black male. So many others and I even saw a nice Peking Duck something I have not seen like the days when the Rice Family was winning big in Illinois.
Here is a first a Rose Comb White Leghorn male Champion of the show. The owner is the fellow who had the large fowl Leghorns. I have never seen this before. Saw some nice Rose Comb Light Brown Leghron large fowl at Columbus about 11 years ago but that's the last of a big time winner for me.

There was a great article in the Buckeye section for the club Educational in value as she talked about the different shades of color in different strains. Very good article and helping push the breed. You think Buckeyes they all look alike but just like Rhode Island Reds they can weaken I am sure.

Type in Poultry Press.com and check it out for $26. a year its a must have for this hobby.

I read them and keep them....heartily agree, Bob!!!!!!!

 

[catdaddyfro]

Here chick, chick, chick....come and get it!!!!!!!


Buff Rock chicks lookin' good and enjoying their first taste of the "Scraps Pan".....fresh corn, cut clover, spinach and some carrot.

I like to start young with introducing variety to their palate---natural food curiosity is a good thing IMO. I wait until they have had their usual evening ration of starter/grower and mealworms that way they already got their crops pretty full of some 'balanced' feed.

It is always alot of fun watching those curious youngsters encounter new things in their environment!!!

I tempted them into the pan for the first time with some known mealworms....they just could not figure out try as they might at how they could get those worms without jumping into the pan or touching the 'new' stuff first.

You can see they are enjoying trying out some of everything

Especially the fresh corn!!!

Cindy

Jeff

 

[lualshannon]

Lual,

It's very simple....When that bird goes for a chunk of you , you drop kick him into the next county . I have a huge young cockerel who was giving my friend, whmo he was stashed with, fits. Drawing blood and all, at every chance. He had NEVER made a move at me. He still hasn't. 95% of it is between your ears..would you take this from a Peke? YOU ARE THE MOTHER. HE IS THE CHICKEN. He CAN be soup!

Your first suggestion worked wonders for the black cockerel, thank you!!! I will try this one as well and hope that it works for his sake..if not, he will have to leave! You are correct! NO!I would never take it from any of my Pekes! actually not from any dog!

Hi Lual

How is the Fogel RIR doing?

His Brothers are very friendly so far.

Ohhh, Ron, they are beyond belief sweet, and docile. They are now 4 mos old and so gorgeous, and have their own protected yard; not mixed into the adult group because I am worried that they may be harassed by my problem, aggressive cockerel. I will post some photos soon which I think you will be pleased how they are developing. I love my HRIR!!

 

[Lacy Blues]

Your characters always comes alive when you write; I love reading your posts..

Lately, I am having strange experiences with my boys, and some are not pleasant at all. The black one was trying to feed me by offering what ever he found on the ground. Dragon Lady told me to put a stop to it immediately to prevent very possible future problems; followed her advice and has been working out quite well. Now, all his attention is on the hens, and ignores me. He receives good reception from the young girls, but, gets chased and beaten up a bit by the older hens. My 6 year old hen is less than half his size, but, she makes him run for his life at least once a day..

Now, I am having trouble with one of the two cuckoo boys, and am trying to figure out what to do about it. It started with him biting my toes, and ankles, and at times it was so painful that tears were running down my face. Finally I solved the toe biting problem by wearing boots when ever I walked outside.
Now, he is biting my hands and wrist while I am giving treats, or doing daily care. He is not just giving a peck but holding on and then twisting his head side to side as if trying to take a chunk off. Couple of times he made it bleed; and with all the scars and scabs, my hands and wrists look like as if I was in a battle. I have started to wear leather gloves, and am not enjoying walking around in boots, gloves, and long sleeves in the heat of the summer.

Yes, I did the "catch the rooster and carry him around" and "pin the rooster down" treatment without any satisfactory results. For the last couple of days, he is doing this wing down tap dance, and when I push him away, he is coming right back with a side way crab walk. Oh, he does not do any of it to my husband; actually quite docile with him. When ever someone visits us, he is following them very closely where ever they go which I am worried that he will start biting friends as well. I am not sure if it is a phase he is going through, or if it is the beginning of temperament problems which I will not be able to correct. He is almost 10 pounds at the age of 5 1/2 months, and not so easy to catch and carry around when ever he behaves poorly. At this point, I don't know what to do, how to correct the problem, and unfortunately the unpleasant experience is escalating by the day. Oh, I tried caging him as well, which made him quite upset, and behave even worse..my hands are full with this brat!!

You might try carrying a bucket of cold water with you next time you go out to where he lives. When he gets anywhere close to you, douse him! Or the stick thing might work but I don't have a bird thats slow enough to be flipped with a stick. If these things don't work, you definitely need invite him for dinner.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Looks like no more fertile eggs for me until September at the earliest. It's so hot here I haven't had to fill the feed bins in 3 days. Usually I have to refill them every day. Males are breeding, hens are laying but zero fertile eggs from my LF birds.

Anyone else getting the effects of this heat? Supposed to be 110* heat index here today. Interested to see how my Langshans will do with this type of heat. Of course today, it's humid AND hot. I've summed up the weather as "bleck."

Yep, same issues here. I've witnessed the matings but when I put those eggs under a very insistent broody, I get nothing. I'll try one more time and if they're empty again, I guess I'll have to hang her up in a cage.

I raised 2 boys, and they turned out very well. I can generally send cats, dogs , kids, and husbands to the floor when mamma is NOT happy.My boys only had to drink green water from the cattle waterer, ONE time. That's ALL they got to drink for 24 hours.

Oh my! What did they do to deserve that?

 

[Fentress]

"The black one was trying to feed me by offering what ever he found on the ground. Dragon Lady told me to put a stop to it."

For some reason I never made the connection that my rooster was trying to feed (tidbit) me. He always did it in a very aggressive way, throwing grass around and clucking loudly. After I refused dinner then he would attack. Not a very good host! He now waits patiently in the freezer until I learn the coq au vin recipe. Looking forward to a better breed of chicken some time in the near future.

Mark

 

[draye]

Quote: A good slap upside the head will do wonders for the pecking. Slap him hard enough for him to feel it.

 

[thedragonlady]

Yep, same issues here. I've witnessed the matings but when I put those eggs under a very insistent broody, I get nothing. I'll try one more time and if they're empty again, I guess I'll have to hang her up in a cage.

Oh my! What did they do to deserve that?

I'm a bear about clean fresh water.The boys' job was to make sure that all waterers for the sheep and cattle were emptied at least once a day, and filled with fresh water . After watching the waterers for 2 days, I gave the boys a good lesson . I explained that the critters were at their mercy, as the boys were at mine. If that water was too nasty for the critters to drink, the boys would have to drink it too. It only took one time, and no kids or critters were injured in the teaching of a valuable lesson.

 

[thedragonlady]

You might try carrying a bucket of cold water with you next time you go out to where he lives. When he gets anywhere close to you, douse him! Or the stick thing might work but I don't have a bird thats slow enough to be flipped with a stick. If these things don't work, you definitely need invite him for dinner.

A battery operated water gun is a wonderful thing!

 

[aveca]

A battery operated water gun is a wonderful thing!