Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Lacy Blues]

Peter is a good guy. We exchanged some birds last year. I hope he stays with them.

 

[fowlman01]

Peter is a good guy. We exchanged some birds last year. I hope he stays with them.

I think he is in it for the long haul.

Walt

 

[kathyinmo]

so I guess what I'm saying is........just cuz it was written in the late 1800's or early 1900...well that just doesn't make it true.
Walt

I heard someone else say something like that, too.

 

[poularde]

 

[ronott1]

Quote:

Hi Kathy,

How are your New Heritage Delawares doing? Do they handle the heat ok?

Pleas post pictures.

Ron

 

[3riverschick]

And, with all due respect, it also doesn't mean its not good. That said, I will defend the classic lit. The issue then is selection.
Double-checking classic lit with modern knowledge. Checking out the authors to read their bios and with what esteem they were held by their peers. . Picking and choosing info, then double-checking it with other worthy authors of the day. No, it's not easy and takes a lot of winnowing...but in the end, there's a lot of great info in the old lit.
Then again, research and old lit are my thing. It's my passion. 15 yrs. collecting and/or reselling rare and obscure dog lit. I spent 8 years earning a research acknowledgement in Gayle Kaye's , "The Collie in America" which won Maxwell's Best Dog Book in America award in 2010. Spent 8 months extrapolating my collie kennels breeding program out to 13 generations for the mental exercise. There's nothing more fun that spending the evening tracking down a single subject ; seeing what the various authors had to say...then cross referencing them; throwing out the chaff and seeing what remains. My chicken flock will just be a result of that dedication.
Best Regards,
Karen

 

[fowlman01]

And, with all due respect, it also doesn't mean its not good. That said, I will defend the classic lit. The issue then is selection.
Double-checking classic lit with modern knowledge. Checking out the authors to read their bios and with what esteem they were held by their peers. . Picking and choosing info, then double-checking it with other worthy authors of the day. No, it's not easy and takes a lot of winnowing...but in the end, there's a lot of great info in the old lit.
Then again, research and old lit are my thing. It's my passion. 15 yrs. collecting and/or reselling rare and obscure dog lit. I spent 8 years earning a research acknowledgement in Gayle Kaye's , "The Collie in America" which won Maxwell's Best Dog Book in America award in 2010. Spent 8 months extrapolating my collie kennels breeding program out to 13 generations for the mental exercise. There's nothing more fun that spending the evening tracking down a single subject ; seeing what the various authors had to say...then cross referencing them; throwing out the chaff and seeing what remains. My chicken flock will just be a result of that dedication.
Best Regards,
Karen

No, it does not mean it is all bad. Most of it if accurate and informative, but there were shysters back then too. I am sure that you have run across some that didn't check out once you researched them.

Walt

 

[3riverschick]

No, it does not mean it is all bad. Most of it if accurate and informative, but there were shysters back then too. I am sure that you have run across some that didn't check out once you researched them.

Walt

Yes, i have. Right now I am tussling with the concept of which sex contributes what to a mating. modern and classic lit differs. Right now I am accepting that the male donates the plumage and the hen everything else. That does sounds unbalanced, I admit, but doable considering all the sex-linked genes in poultry. Yet, the other night I ran across an author I highly respect who gives the make more credit...writing the male also donates size.
And so it goes...
Karen

 

[Lacy Blues]

Yes, i have. Right now I am tussling with the concept of which sex contributes what to a mating. modern and classic lit differs. Right now I am accepting that the male donates the plumage and the hen everything else. That does sounds unbalanced, I admit, but doable considering all the sex-linked genes in poultry. Yet, the other night I ran across an author I highly respect who gives the make more credit...writing the male also donates size.
And so it goes...
Karen

That brings up another question. I've read that the male donates comb, color and "refinements. " and that the female donates size and type.

What the heck are "refinements"?

 

[fowlman01]

Yes, i have. Right now I am tussling with the concept of which sex contributes what to a mating. modern and classic lit differs. Right now I am accepting that the male donates the plumage and the hen everything else. That does sounds unbalanced, I admit, but doable considering all the sex-linked genes in poultry. Yet, the other night I ran across an author I highly respect who gives the make more credit...writing the male also donates size.
And so it goes...
Karen

I am not sure...but I have had males that fit into the prepotent class and they seem to control almost everything in the offspring. It doesn't make much difference what female you put them on, they produce like kinds of birds. I don't think it is as simple as saying one sex does xxx.....but I don't know.

Walt