Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Tbird84]

Absolutely gorgeous Andalusians. Finding really nice ones has been a like finding that needle in the haystack. When might you have some of those available. You're only a little over 3hrs from me. The only other nice ones I've found are quite a bit farther away...
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[Cuban Longtails]

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I got mine already!

 

[cubalaya]

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we like it when you ramble about heritage breeds.

 

[cherylcohen]

I just joined SPPA on purelypoultry! Can't wait to get the breeders directory....thanks so much!

Just think next year I'll be in there for breeding Silver Penciled Plymounth Rocks!

 

[saladin]

Cheryl,
Give me about 2 weeks to mail it out. My folks are coming in this next week for the Holidays; so, I'm taking off work.

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

hello saladin do you have any large asil (kulang type)??? or just the smaller raza type??? by chance any pics pls???

 

[cherylcohen]

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No worries, have a lovely holiday

 

[lildinkem]

A club member of the UOC posted this about breeding Blue Sumatras. I think it can apply to many Blue breeds. So I hope you folks do mind me reposting it here to help some of us who raise Blues.

Breeding Blue Sumatras
Tom Kernan
This article is about how I obtained very good lacing on my sumatras. I had a number of people ask me, so here is what I did. This took me three years to get. My start with blue large fowl came from Basil Smith, from Pennsylania. He had the best blues I saw anywhere. At the Bloomsburg, PA auction in the 1990’s he had the best blue cock with the best color I’ve ever seen so I bought this bird with several blue hens. These birds didn’t have too much lacing so I tried a few different ways to achieve this. The way that worked best on the sumatras is listed below.

Remember to toe punch to keep the pen that the birds came from in order. It took me three years to get the best laced blues with little smut in the plumage with no brassy lacing. The first year, use a black cock on splash hens. This will give you 100% blue chicks.

The second year, use blues with the least amount of smut and no brassy color to them. This will produce chicks that are 25% splash, 25% black, and 50% blue. The blue chicks will have less smut in them compared to their parents.

The third year, use the black cocks and the lightest laced females with no brassy plumage. You should end up with excellent lacing from these matings. After this year, you can continue with blue on blue matings. And, you can always repeat what I did in year 3.

When using splash birds to get 100% blue chicks, a number of them will have black smut in their plumage. I tend to like blues which have heavier lacing like a sebright; this really makes them pop in the show hall. Save birds that are slightly darker when they are young. The blue color tends to get lighter with age, so several of my best show birds are a few years old.

If you start with blue birds with good lacing you can skip year 1 of my program and after a few years of mating blue on blue, try doing what I did in year 3 to get the lacing darker if need be. The next breed I will be trying this program is with the Blue Ameraucana large fowl. If anybody has any questions or needs help with their breeding program, feel free to contact me. and good luck.

 

[Chickielady]

Happy Holidays all...


and Tbird84:: Beautiful birds !

I am very much likeing your white rocks...and no -Leghorns grow too fast to be a Heritage breed, apparently.

AND The SPPA is NOT trying to replace the secretary/treasurer, who has done a wonderful job.
Not sure what is going on but having to send in memebership by snail mail...yes they need to upgrade the website badly !

Tbird84 selling hatching eggs ?

 

[punky rooster]

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those are not theirs they are AbedsAviary's birds