Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Robert Blosl]

Scott I think this male is every thing I was hoping for. I saw his father and he had great color. This male is equal to him and if its true the color comes from the male and type from the female then you got a great trio for the future. In my view when it comes to Columbian Plymouth Rock Large fowl you got the best trio in America. I am sure you can see the difference in the color of your other birds. You may be able to take your best female from the Powell line and mate her to this male then mate the best pullets next year back to him. He is going to be a busy boy next year.

Happy for all of you but more than anything I am happy we have a strain of such a rare varity of this color to work with. Now we need to get others to help preserve this color pattern.

Bob

 

[NYREDS]

Yard full o' rocks :

Morning all.....

Many thanks to Beth (joletabey) who was so kind as to pick up and transport these home for me from the Ohio Nationals and to Bob Blosl (who arranged all of this), I am now the proud owner of a trio of Columbian Plymouth Rock LF from a stellar flock in Canada. Its been raining here, so I grabbed a couple of quick pix between showers....they had to be coaxed outside so I apologize that they are not posed well, but they are great looking birds. The male is massive, long straight back, nice yellow legs and good color. He also seems to have a very gentle temperament. Oldest pullet (on left in pix) has great type, size and color. Youngest pullet (center of pix) is a little dark, but has great undercolor and should make an excellent breeder. I am so excited to have these.

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Hoping for MANY chicks this coming spring

Scott

Scott,
I like that male a lot! Can't tell much about the pullets from how they're posed but since they're from the same source I assume they'll do well for you. Columbian is one of the most striking varieties. A good one is a delight to see.​

 

[kathyinmo]

Congratulations on the Canadian Columbians, Scott! That Beth is just a doll, isn't she? So glad she was able to help you out.

Beth, I am anxious to see your pictures! I love seeing everyone's pictures.

 

[joletabey]

Walt, I have some great pictures of you judging- can I post some so people see you are for real? LOL! My husband was so impressed with how knowledgeable you are, and how kind you were in spending the time to look over those Dels with me. Sorry I didn't get to take you out to supper, but maybe someday. Nxt Ohio show you may have a separate set of Delaware groupies to deal with!

Having transported and handled Scott's new birds, I want to throw my two cents in. That roo is one heck of a boy - smart, aware, good natured and gorgeous. I would have kept him in a heartbeat. I had them in a huge brooder overnight- when I moved the hens back into transport, the roo jumped up on the edge of the brooder and looked at me as if to say "my turn", and I scooped him up and popped him in. No fuss. The pullets both look to be very full bodied, the younger one has really good coloration in the underfluff or wherever it is you want it to be dark. Frank Goodfellow, who handed them over to me, was very informative, and I learned enough from him to know Scott has some beauties to work with.

I would like to add here that the people I met at Ohio were ALL friendly, informative, willing to talk and share info. No one was a snob, or openly competitive, and it was an absolute joy to meet these people!

More pics, tonight, Kathy- I have on JG that I hope turned out, it was hard to take pictures over my head!

 

[fowlman01]

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Post whatever you like. I'm glad that we made arrangements to talk Friday night as the rest of the weekend was a blur. I didn't get to see many of the birds other than the ones we went over and the birds on champion row. How did the white Chanticler do? I liked him and it was a good opportunity to see the different forms (incorrect except for him) that are being shown.

Walt

 

[joletabey]

HA! The judge goofed there, and gave that bigger partridge roo BB- several people commented on the fact that his back was too short- supposedly the Chant is a long, graceful bird, not a stocky one? Most people hanging out there disagreed with the placing, however, without talking to the judge, there may have been something we all missed. Although, I trust YOU, and YOU said the white should go BB.

 

[punky rooster]

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Guy is who I've been talking to about getting some BR from.
they look great to me!

 

[fowlman01]

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You never know what you might find when you hold the bird and look at the wings etc, but the white male was the only one (while we were there) that looked like the correct type to me. It is pretty hard to second guess a placing when one has not handled the birds.

Walt

 

[NYREDS]

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You never know what you might find when you hold the bird and look at the wings etc, but the white male was the only one (while we were there) that looked like the correct type to me. It is pretty hard to second guess a placing when one has not handled the birds.

Walt

I second that. You just can't judge from the aisle. More times than I can count I've had one impression of a bird when I approached a bird only to come away with a different impression after handling it. You learn things about a bird by handling it that you just can't know otherwise. I think this is universally true but is more critical with some breeds than others. Rosecomb Bantams & OEGBs come to mind. These two breeds have a "feel" that has to be there. I've seen examples of these two that looked great from the aisle but were out-of-balance when handled.
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There is a subjective element to judging any livestock. Yes there's a Standard but the judge has to interpret that standard. Not only does the judge have to interpret the standard s/he has to do it in about a minute & a half while comparing that bird to the rest of the [sometimes large] class. It's harder than it looks.

 

[greathorse]

I have never judged of course, but I have a lot of respect for those that can go to a row and pick a winner from solid colored birds that look like peas in a pod to me. I recently went to a row and asked the owner what he felt the judge was seeing as they all looked the same to me. He was very helpful and pulled some birds out to give me a better education. He owned most of the white Wyandottes in the class. He coincidentally thought the judge had the first and second bird backwards, but quickly conceded that it was an interpretation and spoke very highly of the judge.

This owner had both the first and second place bird so in any case there was not a lot of disagreement.

There is so much to be learned if you find the right person to talk to.