Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[punky rooster]

ok now I get it thanks Chris!

 

[joletabey]

Bob,will you keep the Delaware enthusiasts in mind when you talk to your contact that knows every good bird in the Midwest?

 

[Robert Blosl]

New Hampshire Poultry where real popular in the 1950s and 60s when I was a kid. One day 1962 Jim Volk, Tom Durgan and I went to a Ag. Teachers home in Winlock Washington and the teacher’s name I think was Pet Peterson. He just got 25 chicks from Kenneth Bowles of New York large Fowl. They where some of the finest looking chickens I ever saw. Their feathers on these males had a finish like someone sprayed them with a lacker. Jamie Parker in the USA was Mr. Spark plug for this breed. I think Jamie lived in Georgia. There are a few people who raised them over the years but as all breeds they lose their spunk just as Dorkings have. There are however some good birds out there but we got to do some snooping around to find them. In October at Lucasville, Ohio is a large chicken show and if you can make it to this weekend show you should see all the breeds your heart desires at this show. The next big show is the mother of all shows at Columbus Ohio. I have seen breeds at this show I only read about. So if you could drive 300 miles one weekend to see all these great breeds it would be worth your while. I will work on the top large fowl breeders for New Hampshire’s. As a Rhode Island Red man you have to put up with my tongue and cheek about this breed. The popularity of this breed killed our beloved Rhode Island Reds in the glory days and hurt our breed club as well. That’s the way it goes sometimes in the chicken game. I have found some pretty good pictures of them on the internet. I will post the sites below for you to go to. The British Club has some pretty good pictures as what the males and females should look like. Here in America the bantams have been the top colored and type birds as Large Fowl has taken the back seat for popularity at the shows. Most shows the bantam is champion of the show. Could you believe when I was a young boy and when I would go to the shows I never saw a bantam win champion of the show. It was always a large fowl. That’s how good and true to breed they where in those days in my region. Things changed in the 70s and 80s and the bantam has been king of most shows and large fowl is the minority of the exhibits. Why? The cost so much to raise and take up a lot of space. Bantams eat less can breed more and in my case I can ship out my surplus breeders to people for a fraction of the coast. Hope this helps you on the subject of New Hampshire. Take some pictures so we can see them if you would. Bob
http://www.newhampshireredpoultryclub.co.uk/PictureGallery.htm
http://www.backyardpoultry.com/vis/2005/nhamp.jpg
http://www.backyardpoultry.com/vis/2005/newhampshirecock.jpg
http://www.poultryclub.co.nz/breeds.asp
a foot note go to the last web site in England. Read the breeds that they talk about. All old time American and English breeds we are talking about on this thread. Also, go to the history of this club. Goes back to the 1850s. These kind of clubs where the ones that helped our forefathers get birds shipped from England to the East Coast to get our old breeds started. Example: Brahmas, , and Orpingtons, Langshangs and white face black Spanish.

 

[X2Farm]

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Once again... a membership to the APA and/or ALBC will get you a ton of contacts... for example, Bill Braden (Land of Tobe) has them. I think his Dels are gorgeous! I haven't looked into his NHs, but I'm sure they are good. He is in Oklahoma, btw.

What is the membership cost for the ALBC? I glanced over thier website, and didn't see a cost....

It IS completely possible I'm blind and just glanced right over it

 

[tnchickenut]

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Once again... a membership to the APA and/or ALBC will get you a ton of contacts... for example, Bill Braden (Land of Tobe) has them. I think his Dels are gorgeous! I haven't looked into his NHs, but I'm sure they are good. He is in Oklahoma, btw.

What is the membership cost for the ALBC? I glanced over thier website, and didn't see a cost....

It IS completely possible I'm blind and just glanced right over it

I don't exactly remember... 30 or 50? Hold on... brb with a answer.

 

[Chris09]

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Once again... a membership to the APA and/or ALBC will get you a ton of contacts... for example, Bill Braden (Land of Tobe) has them. I think his Dels are gorgeous! I haven't looked into his NHs, but I'm sure they are good. He is in Oklahoma, btw.

What is the membership cost for the ALBC? I glanced over thier website, and didn't see a cost....

It IS completely possible I'm blind and just glanced right over it

$30.00 a Year
http://www.albc-usa.org/member/intro.html

Chris

 

[tnchickenut]

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What is the membership cost for the ALBC? I glanced over thier website, and didn't see a cost....

It IS completely possible I'm blind and just glanced right over it

$30.00 a Year
http://www.albc-usa.org/member/intro.html

Chris

Yup. 'bout to post that.

 

[tnchickenut]

Bob... or Walt... or whoever.....

Is the "laminated" look on a NH something that is hard to come by? I ask because I got some and still have one last roo out of the batch. I was about to sell him, because I really only wanted the females for a project, but after Bob's comment about the shine to the feathers I thought, "I got shine on that boy". I'd send pics but he currently has no tail feathers... he is recovering from when all the roos were in there with him.

 

[X2Farm]

Thanks Yall, I really need to start paying better attention

 

[Robert Blosl]

I have received so many replies to help people find rare old time breeds that I am going to join this Club. They put out a directory of members and have a listing of the rare breeds that many of you desire. I saw this listing a few years ago because one of my neighbors got in this kick to have rare breeds much like your selves. He passed away so I cannot and go and borrow his book that he got each year but this is a good club who tries to keep these old time breeds going and lets members know where they can get stock or eggs in their region. Many of you are never going to line breed and try to improve a breed but you would like to just have some nice birds to look at for a year or two. Some people keep a breed or two or a year or so then get rid of them and try something else. Nothing wrong with that. I have a young man who is going to trade me some of my Rhode Island Red bantams just to breed them for a year or two to see what happens with the offspring because he wants to become an APA-ABA Poultry Judge. He has one or two breeds he religiously breeds each year but you cannot learn how to be a good judge unless you raise some of these breeds. The bottom page is a home run for you who have asked me where some shows are in your region. I stumbled onto this page. This is a pretty good page and should be updated. If you never been to a Poultry Show and you love chickens you are missing something. Bring your camera and take lots of pictures. Hope this message will help some of you. When I get this book in a week or so then I can really zoom in and help you. bob
Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities
http://poultryb.dot5hosting.com/sppa_critical.html
http://poultryb.dot5hosting.com/sppapage.html
http://poultryb.dot5hosting.com/upcomingshows.html