Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Chickielady]

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I have no idea !
These birds were taken to a feed store south of Santa Rosa (CA)and put on consignment by an old couple who breed and hatched the chicks.
I may be able to call said feed store and ask if they remember the poeple who brought these birds in for sale..All I know is they are fantastic layers and are some of the very rare that are French, so I am trying to get the feathered shanks and toes back in the line,
Thanks for looking.

 

[danhonour]

Bob The other publications that Waverly put out were THE LEGHORN WORLD,THE PLYMOUTH ROCK MONTHLY,THE RED JOURNAL and perhaps the Wyandotte Herald.I am not sure about the Wyandottes,doing this off the top of my head without looking it up. W.H.Card also put out a booklet Laws Governing Breeding,which I think he mentions the matings used to make the WLRed Cornish,this booklet is available on Ian Selby's web site- poultry nz. Yes shamo or aseel was used.All well known breeders put out catalogs selling hatching eggs and birds,they listed the matings and posted recent big win pictures. I would love to find more of these breeder catalogs (several breeds) but I guess they mostly got tossed out over the years.

 

[Chickielady]

What a wonderful story (above) Robert about the RIR journal, must have been like Christmas everyday for you !

 

[Chickielady]

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I live in
Santa Rosa and there are a lot of good chicken breeders here, but I didn't run across that co8uple.

Walt

I remember we got the sister SCuckoo Maran pullets from the feed store in Pengrove, about 3 years ago.
They were for sale on consigment from these people..
Also sorry for off topic~~

 

[Chickielady]

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how is this?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63711_thumb_kraig.jpg

Thanks Ppunky, that cockerel is the only one I could find also, but that is the look I was asking about. I believe he was 5 or 6 months old at that time, and I've still not been able to find a picture of a winning barred cock that has that type of feathers. I just find it odd that the feathers seem so different on exhibition barred rock cocks vs the white, buff, columbian, silver penciled or partridge birds. Truth be told, I like the look of the birds with the longer feathers and fine barring. I first got hooked on that look when I tied and sold flies for fishing. My favorite color patterns all used grizzly hackle. Anyway, just added the last part to tie my question into the other trout fishing references from yesterday.
rich

Yes, excellent hackle for fly tying !
I like the golden Cuckoo, and Lemon Cochin feathers as well...and we have those loud obnoxious Guinesa for feathers too..

 

[Chris09]

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Well there was the Rhode Island Red Journal, and the Rhode Island Red Club Chronicle there the only two I can think off hand that was strictly R.I. Red based.


Chris

Rhode Island Red Jornal which I have read from 1912 to 1944. Then Ernie Jones Sec of the Red Club started the Red Folder from 1944 to 1947 then Ernie got Art Schilling to help him design the cover of the Rhode Island Red Chronicle which he did from 1947 to 1967. Then we have had differennt ones since the other secetaries took over. The next one I saw at the Tenn Universty Vet Library it is called the Plymouth Rock Monthly it is bound from 1912 to 1944. Then the Wyandotte Hearld same thing 1912 to 1944 all bound in perfect book form, the last is Leghorn World again all bound from 1912 to 1944. Andrew Studier was the editor of all these Journal along with his side kick O R Ernist a great judge and chicken man. About 20 years ago I sent a plea to Waverly Iow to the Waverly Publising company and thier was a old man who worked there who worked as a young man with Mr. Sutdier. He gave me the name of his daughter who was living in a retriement home. She said I will give you these old Rhode Island Red Journals that are bound they are from 1917 to 1944 if you will come up here and pick them up. I could not drive up their and pick them up but I got a idea one day when I was in a office supply store. I saw a big envelope with bubble wrap in it and I took a large bound book that I had from another breeder and put it in the envelope and took it to the post office. Then I purchased the postage for each envelope till I had enough for the 8 different units. I sent the envelples to Mr. Studerd daughter and each day she took one book and enveolope up to the nurses station to have mailed to me. Over a week each day I got a Rhode Island Red Journal sent to my home. I was the happiest Red Breeder in the world. I had all the Rhode Island Red Journals, Red Folders, Rhode Island Red Chrocles from 1912 to the present.

I read them over and over and over. I made photo copies of the top articles and shared them with the Red Club members as Classic Articles.
The moral of the story is these old books are still out their in Libaries. You can put a search into the goggle slot and find where most of them are. The super large Vet Libraryies around the coutnry have them. Each book is worth abot $200.

I gave mine to the top Red Folks that I cold trust. I hope in 20 to 40 years they will end up in the hands of the future super star Red Breeders. You can not give them to the current Secetaries. The Red club did this after Ernie Jones died and every secetary lost them or stole them.


Well its of to Handy Pandy Land and to water my ducks. bob

OK, the other two I couldn't think of was the Wyandotte Hearld and the Plymouth Rock Monthly.

Well I didn't do to bad, shoot I wasn't even around then..

(DOB 1971) I do try to read what I can on the R.I. Red and there was some good literature in the older books.

Chris

 

[lcw1995]

wow, just read the whole thread.
omg, what great information and wonderful pictures.

 

[Illia]

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I have no idea !
These birds were taken to a feed store south of Santa Rosa (CA)and put on consignment by an old couple who breed and hatched the chicks.
I may be able to call said feed store and ask if they remember the poeple who brought these birds in for sale..All I know is they are fantastic layers and are some of the very rare that are French, so I am trying to get the feathered shanks and toes back in the line,
Thanks for looking.

No. They're not.

Marans them self are not even accepted to the APA, were not brought to America until recently, and there's no way of telling if the Cuckoos you know of were bred to the SOP throughout their generations. Not meaning to offend, just clarifying.

 

[Chris09]

Bob,
Speaking about the Chronicle, are you going to or did you send a article to the R.I. Club for the new Chronicle?

Chris

 

[danhonour]

Lots of good poultry book history as well ,included in this thread.Chris,you have a good background and sounds like a good poultry library you and bob have. I have a fair number of poultry books.In bound magazine issues I lack the first couple of years and last in Leghorn Worlds 1916-1938,I have most of the RPJ from 1904-1931,missing the ones from 1894-1904.I have 8 years of Tribunes 1924-1932,here again I would not mind a few more in each direction.