Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[HallFamilyFarm]

But can you trust Dick to know what he is doing?

I mean, have you seen him?

Seriously, Dick is a great fellow, just not quite as nice and good looking as his wife Pat!

 

[catdaddyfro]

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Nice looking guy there I've always been a sucker for the red and black pattern birds whether Brown-reds, Black-breasted red (I still think a proper trio of Lt. Brown Leghorns is one of the most beautiful setups you'll ever lay your eyes on to me and I don't even have them as my goto breed, [YET! probly? IDK]) any type or breed. I was just being curious though as I'm not into showing or Orpingtons either(I do like them though) but you mentioned you have shown him in a couple or more shows I was just wondering what do you enter him under and what standard is used to judge him against. Enlighten me here if you don't mind. Mrs. kathyinmo or Mrs. joletbey(can't remember

) had posted pictures of him right after the show(Crossroads) and he got quite a few (good) comments from the bunch afterwards.

Jeff

 

[lildinkem]

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Nice looking guy there I've always been a sucker for the red and black pattern birds whether Brown-reds, Black-breasted red (I still think a proper trio of Lt. Brown Leghorns is one of the most beautiful setups you'll ever lay your eyes on to me and I don't even have them as my goto breed, [YET! probly? IDK]) any type or breed. I was just being curious though as I'm not into showing or Orpingtons either(I do like them though) but you mentioned you have shown him in a couple or more shows I was just wondering what do you enter him under and what standard is used to judge him against. Enlighten me here if you don't mind. Mrs. kathyinmo or Mrs. joletbey(can't remember

) had posted pictures of him right after the show(Crossroads) and he got quite a few (good) comments from the bunch afterwards.

Jeff

He was shown as a Brown Red. He was judged to the Orpington SOP.

 

[OSUman]

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Nice looking guy there I've always been a sucker for the red and black pattern birds whether Brown-reds, Black-breasted red (I still think a proper trio of Lt. Brown Leghorns is one of the most beautiful setups you'll ever lay your eyes on to me and I don't even have them as my goto breed, [YET! probly? IDK]) any type or breed. I was just being curious though as I'm not into showing or Orpingtons either(I do like them though) but you mentioned you have shown him in a couple or more shows I was just wondering what do you enter him under and what standard is used to judge him against. Enlighten me here if you don't mind. Mrs. kathyinmo or Mrs. joletbey(can't remember

) had posted pictures of him right after the show(Crossroads) and he got quite a few (good) comments from the bunch afterwards.

Jeff

He was shown as a Brown Red. He was judged to the Orpington SOP.

They use the Brown Red color pattern, and the Orpington Type to judge against. Which are already set.

 

[buffalogal]

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Except for the part about dumplins and eating chicken, it works for me.

We have a similar saying about dairy goats. Because you can have a doe with an unknown background recorded as a "Grade", it's possible to go from auction ring to the show ring within three generations if you know how to choose a buck wisely.

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

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hey Jim you left out the reason this might be a good idea lol... its because many show lines of chickens don't lay well at all... some are as bad as 50 to 75 eggs a year

where as most hatchery birds are bred for production and will lay 200 + a year...

l8ter Elias

 

[Matt1616]

What show lines do you have experience with that only lay 50-75 eggs a year?

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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Would rather not say. But your hear things at poultry shows. Most he said and she said.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I know I've heard about Cornish (originally bred for meat) and Malay having very poor laying records.


On a side note, my LF Langshan are laying!!!

 

[lildinkem]

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hey Jim you left out the reason this might be a good idea lol... its because many show lines of chickens don't lay well at all... some are as bad as 50 to 75 eggs a year

where as most hatchery birds are bred for production and will lay 200 + a year...

l8ter Elias

Well bred Exhibition birds like my Black Orps do lay 200 eggs a year. When in season they lay 4 days outta 5. There are some breeds that are known to lay less. Like Cochims but I would not generlize ALL Exhibition breeds as being poor layers. Some facts that you also forget is the likelyhood of a hatchery bird becoming egg bound. The first year I had chickens I bought some Rhode Islands. I had 4 pullets. 3 died before one year because they were too narrow and had become egg bound. A well bred bird should be able to lay and be shown.