Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[stephanie1992]

what breeds are heritage breeds???

 

[pinkwindsong]

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hi jenjscott.. do you have pics of your barred hollands? I really like the breed and plan on starting a breeding program out here in SC... any advice for the breed?

thanks
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[OwensMom]

Since I am new to this chicken raising business, could I have comments om my birds please? Most important is what do I need to improve. Thanks

 

[OSUman]

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it depends who you ask, the ALBC has a list of what they call Heritage Breeds, and the SPPA has a list of old and rare breeds.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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The American Poultry Association is working on an official definition. Most agree a heritage breed is a breed accepted by the mid 1960's in the Standard of Perfection. Then there are old and rare breeds defined by the SPPA. The ALBC has a good definition on their website.

 

[stephanie1992]

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The American Poultry Association is working on an official definition. Most agree a heritage breed is a breed accepted by the mid 1960's in the Standard of Perfection. Then there are old and rare breeds defined by the SPPA. The ALBC has a good definition on their website.

ok thank u

 

[stephanie1992]

soo jersy giants, buttercups, and blue andalusains are heritage, heres mine

 

[buffalogal]

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The American Poultry Association is working on an official definition. Most agree a heritage breed is a breed accepted by the mid 1960's in the Standard of Perfection. Then there are old and rare breeds defined by the SPPA. The ALBC has a good definition on their website.

Mid 60's? I'm having a hard time thinking of anything younger than I am as "heritage". Off hand, I'd think mid 40's would be more likely, as that's more the cutoff date between when the majority of birds in this country were kept by small scale producers vs large commercial operations. Compared to the ages of some of the other breeds, even that's stretching it a bit, but that would allow the Delaware (the original commercially developed broiler) to make the cut.

 

[saladin]

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The American Poultry Association is working on an official definition. Most agree a heritage breed is a breed accepted by the mid 1960's in the Standard of Perfection. Then there are old and rare breeds defined by the SPPA. The ALBC has a good definition on their website.

Mid 60's? I'm having a hard time thinking of anything younger than I am as "heritage". Off hand, I'd think mid 40's would be more likely, as that's more the cutoff date between when the majority of birds in this country were kept by small scale producers vs large commercial operations. Compared to the ages of some of the other breeds, even that's stretching it a bit, but that would allow the Delaware (the original commercially developed broiler) to make the cut.

Though the SPPA doesn't use the word 'heritage' because of its general nature; we did choose 1939 as the cutoff date for any breed to be considered in the old and rare category.

You have to remember, the SPPA was working to protect such breeds long before the current language was in vogue. We started in 1967.

 

[Illia]

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I think a key thing we're forgetting here is that this thread mainly focuses on the ALBC's definition of Heritage Breed, BEYOND the fact that it is a breed accepted before the 60's. So that excludes hatchery and production strains, I believe the main subject here, and the definition we mean, is one bred to the origin/standard. After all, old farmers in the days didn't want skinny Reds to simply lay a bunch of eggs. . . They wanted to be able to have hens set their own eggs too, and have birds big enough and meaty enough to offer food.