Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[kathyinmo]

Thanks! I am really enjoying them. Yes, Nicole, we will get you some chicks in the spring!

 

[kathyinmo]

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Personally, I would recommend joining the club. Not only does that show support for the club, but for the breed as well. Especially if looking for "exhibition" quality or showing the breed.

 

[thechickonthehill]

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He WILL email you the 2011 breed and pricing info though. I have just exchanged a couple emails with him (or Phyllis). It usually takes a day or so for them to respond but they DO reply. Already sent my egg order in so I'm on their list!

 

[7961]

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For someone looking to possibly get into LF Silver Laced Wyandottes, I would send them towards Rick Hare. That would be an excellent start. His birds are gorgeous.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

It makes me very happy to see those NH's. They're really something. That wonderful diversity of shade in their coloring is really quite something. Considering the strong emphasis on productive qualities that is the root of their origin, it's wonderful that the breeders still found cull-time to make room for beauty. Productive beauty that's beautfully productive. It's hard to tell a lot from the picture, but it appears that those hens exude health and productive potential. One of the photos, and I guess it could be a trick of the camera, shows a close up of a hen with focus on her abdomen, which is clearly possessed of excellent conformation to support strong laying capacities.

I am happy that they have a home with someone interested in them and interested in sharing them.

 

[CharlieVoda]

Great New Hamps, look to have nice type and color. That Barred Rock isn't bad either. Are the Hamps from Frank?
Good luck with the birds
Charlie

 

[kathyinmo]

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New Hampshires are from Doug Akers. Barred Rocks from Jeremy Woeppel, who got his from Frank Reese stock.

 

[Robert Blosl]

Many are Called by Few are Chosen

Today is New Years Eve and I was thinking before I got up this morning about the numbers of new people who have asked me about Plymouth Rocks all colors and Rhode Island Reds which are my specialty where are they now? We had a good run with membership as of today I think we hit the 200 mark for membership in the Plymouth Rock Fanciers Club which I am National Secretary.
I am sure many have also joined the Rhode Island Red Club which is a Club on the move with their new Editor of the Rhode Island Red Chronicle Lacy Greer.
However, when I ask a lot of people who want other rare breeds of Standard Breed Fowl and mostly large fowl they just want the birds for personnel reasons or in all honesty for pets. I have asked many of them if they plan to show their rare breeds if they can find them and they saw no. I asked many do you have a standard of perfection and they say no. I have asked many who show their birds and ask questions why their birds did not place well do you have a Standard and half say no.

I was thinking of my rare stain of old Rhode Island Red large fowl that was started in 1912 by a great poultry lady Mrs. Donald Donaldson where are her birds now. I had a strain and Dennis Meyers from Ohio had her line. I only know two breeders who have kept my strain one in Florida and one in Illinois. The fellow in Florida I cannot find one person in 12 years who has his Reds. The fellow in Illinois has two people in Colorado who has his strain and I have seen pictures of them. What a small number of people to carry on such a great strain of large fowl.

The E B Thompson line of Barred Plymouth Rocks which came out of New York in 1905 went to Ralph Sturgeon who had them for over 60 years. He sold some birds 50 years ago to a fellow named Frank Reese of Kansas Good Sheppard Ranch. Frank is the one who contacted me to see if I could stur some interest on the Heritage Poultry Movement. Since then I have found two people who have his strain Jeremy in Nebraska and now a fellow who bought some birds from a young friend who lives in Iowa. Since then Jeremy has shared his birds with Kathy in Mo a lady in Texas named Ruth and orders are up the by the dozens for this rare breed of black and white chickens once called Domineckers to so many over the years.

Where will 2011 take us in the Rare Chicken Movement. Will I see a dream web site for Heritage Fowl?
Will many get these rare breeds of Gray and blue chickens that people are asking me to locate for them to show up in yards of back yard poultry keepers? The answer is yes.

We have to look at the glass of water as Half Full.

We must do what Arthur Schilling once said put your plow down deep and plow straight and aim for your goals. We must do what the old timers did to promote this great hobby breed the best we can to the Standard of Perfection and share and promote our favorite Rare breed the best way we can.
May you have a proserperous and Happy Year with your Chickens whatever breed there are.
I will try to get you the beginner lined up with a breeder for the breed you wish to have even if it’s from a hatchery. Next year we have to learn how to cull these chickens for type and Color and then you are going to have to share your eggs and chicks a year from now with the future breeders of these so called Rare Breeds of Large Fowl called Heritage Rare Poultry.

Thanks for a fun year and most of all I thank you who joined the Plymouth Rock Club as I am going to work extra hard with you on how to breed for Color in 2011. BOB

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Fertility question with heritage breeds? Our first setting of four dozen eggs of RC White Dorking, held for 7 days with proper rotation, was at 84%. Not so bad for NH in January with outdoor breeding pens.

 

[Muscovies]

Nice chickens