Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

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Very nice White Rock male sir! I have enjoyed viewing your Cornish pics just as much!

This thread is a plethera of breed diversity in information, an awesome read and it truly is a privelage to hear from all of the breeders and showman.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

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Chris....weird, weird weather for us this year. We have already had:

A small ice storm
A white Christmas (my first ever in 46 yrs!!)
Now a small snow storm...Atlanta is simply a MESS, interstates shut down, etc, etc

Guess its all that "Global Warming".....

My wife has some friends down in Alabama and I know that this weather is nuts.
Old Mother nature must want us to know that she is still in charge.
How your birds coping withe the weather?

Chris

The birds seem fine....they are a little hesitant to come out of the coops in the "white stuff" though. Here are 2 of my CR boys from yesterday (parson the foggy lens)

....and just for fun a pix of the boys out in this mess

My golden retriever seems to LOVE it

Ok, sorry for the digression.

 

[Wynette]

Good morning, friends!

Yellow House Farm - THANK YOU!!!! You know, I think that everyone has a different way of "hearing" - and your postings have really perked my ears & heart! I cannot thank you enough for your well thought-out posts - I know you'll all roll your eyes and likely not believe me, but after reading your posts, then danhonour and saladin and al6517's posts - I actually had tears in my eyes. I know, I know - I'm a huge whimp when it comes to my critters. I truly want to do right by the heritage breed I've chosen. I want to make good decisions in their regard, as I feel it's my duty - I feel priviledged to own them. Your postings have truly helped me understand where you all come from and, in the end, the love of poultry is evident from each of you!

There are just not words for me to express how much it means to me that you all took the time to help me understand how you make your breeder choices, your viewpoint on selling, and most importantly for me, the reasons behind the decisions.

I mostly lurk here, but I do read each and every post. I had these questions nudging at me and finally had to blurt out & ask. Again, I am very sorry if I offended any of you - if I did, it was certainly NOT my intention. Again, I DO want to do right by my chooks, always - and YOU ALL have helped me make important decisions! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

 

[saladin]

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South Carolina: we rec'd 6" snow and then 1/2" ice; shut down everything!

That sounds more like North East Ohio weather than South Carolina weather, I bet it did shut down everything. You guys down there don't that type of weather to often do you?.


Chris

The ice was the worse. Being from Tenn and having lived in Kansas City, I know how to drive in snow. I also know I can't drive in ice; so, I just stayed home.

 

[saladin]

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South Carolina: we rec'd 6" snow and then 1/2" ice; shut down everything!

how are the Orientals doing there?

Thanks for asking punky,

They are doing great: tough, tough chickens.

 

[punky rooster]

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how are the Orientals doing there?

Thanks for asking punky,

They are doing great: tough, tough chickens.

Good I remember reading your article on "raise breeds that match your climate" and I wanted to see how they were holding up
punky

 

[saladin]

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Thanks for asking punky,

They are doing great: tough, tough chickens.

Good I remember reading your article on "raise breeds that match your climate" and I wanted to see how they were holding up
punky

The thing to remember about the Orientals (we lump them all together), is that they also come from varied climates.

The Asil I raise came from Pakistan which has temps similar to ours in the South (though in the south of Pakistan it gets much hotter and not quite as cold).

The Shamo from Japan has weather similar to ours.

The Cubalaya has weather that is hotter than ours without the cold. However, all the Cubalaya in the US was imported between 1920-1950. All these imports, that I'm aware of, came thru New Jersey and the birds remained in the hands of northerners for years. the exception was the Padgett birds in Florida and the Brush birds in Texas and both these came from up north. So, the Cubalaya was 'climatized' to the northern US for more than 50 years before moving back south: 50 generations is a long time.

What my birds have difficulty with is extreme wet. If on the ground when the spring raise come they have to be moved constantly to keep them in good shape.

 

[punky rooster]

Good saladin!
here is a pic of bantam vs LF size

I have better ones if you want to see them

 

[fowlman01]

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We always like pictures punky...

Walt

 

[punky rooster]

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We always like pictures punky...

Walt

ok I'll try to get them on