Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[punky rooster]

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Ha! Yeah! Except yours only way about 1/5 of what mine do!!

never mind....
nice birds

 

[buffbeauty]

ha sorry fixed it

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I suppose it's not so confusing in that the wording is confusing to me.

Can you tell me how this statement is untrue?


"All APA birds bred towards the APA standard that are were a recognized breed before the 20th century and can breed naturally are considered 'heritage' however not all 'heritage' birds are bred towards the APA standard."

We can only assume that the birds will remain productive past 3-7 years (depending on gender) old as breeder birds are vital to the continuation of a specific line of birds. Even if the productiveness will inevitably decrease past the first year.

I'm sorry, I'm using the generalization that show birds are naturally slow to mature. I shouldn't assume that. I'm assuming bantams are not included in the 'heritage' terminology? Or are they?

ETA: I've been wanting to see stock of Duane Urch's Langshans as well, but cannot seem to find any photos of his stock either.

 

[punky rooster]

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I'm really no expert Chris and Bob are not here so oh well
I'd like to know about the bantams 2 I got some SPPR bantams

 

[kathyinmo]

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Untrue? It is a true statement.

 

[punky rooster]

Oh good Kathy! you could help

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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Untrue? It is a true statement.

Oh good. So I am at least grasping the concept. Understanding that the ALBC covers most species was also a huge help. It just sounded as though another group was randomly created for poultry only. Now that I know the group covers most areas of livestock it seems a bit easier to understand why there are poultry aspects to it for birds that are considered "heritage." Seems really confusing for those that are searching for show birds and will hear the terminology for "heritage". I hope it's not used interchangeably.

 

[kathyinmo]

Heritage birds should be show birds .... as they are bred towards the SOP. Of course not ALL of them ... you always have culls.

 

[Chris09]

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A better term would be, "Standard" Bred rather than, "Heritage".
There are a lot of breeds of poultry that have been in the U.S. a lot longer than most of the breeds ALBC are calling, "Heritage" but since they are not in the APA standard they are not considered a "Heritage" breed.

The ALBC has a lot of flaws in there system [with poultry] there biggest one is that they include Hatcheries and Hatchery stock in there list of breeds that are or are not;
Critical, Threatened, Watch, Recovering, and in Study.

Chris

 

[buffbeauty]

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Ha! Yeah! Except yours only way about 1/5 of what mine do!!

never mind....
nice birds

thanks BTW. Just saw where you added.