Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry

[Arielle]

I wonder if anyone can explain the diferences between all the divisions that have game or old game? I think I read 4 divisions. What is the difference between these, or rather how are they alike. SOmeone suggested they make a very good farm bird that can thrive better than some other chickens in a self sustainability/farm situation.

I saw a few bantams at the Boston SHOw yesterday as the breeder was putting them away-- HE was a cheery fellow that didn't seem to mind how trying these are to catch when they get loose at a show, lol. He also mentioned that they can only be caught at roosting time in the evening.

THey had me wondering. I have been hell bent on a large meaty chicken, but now wonder if this bird ofers moe of what I"m looking for.

COyote visited at 1 am last night . . . .until the lights went on. . . .

 

[fowlman01]

I wonder if anyone can explain the diferences between all the divisions that have game or old game ? I think I read 4 divisions. What is the difference between these, or rather how are they alike. SOmeone suggested they make a very good farm bird that can thrive better than some other chickens in a self sustainability/farm sitation.

I am not sure what you mean. 4 divisions?

Walt

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Ran to car to get entry list, on the back is " 2013 Fall Class Breakdown for Open SHow" THese are the ones I didn't understand.

Walt, these have me totally confused.
Old English-- also list an English ClassI thought I understood the English class, but the Old English is throughing me off.

MOdern Game
AOSB ( largest class Old English game)


As an aside-- 21 turkeys entered-- way up from 3 entries two years ago ( or maybe 3 yrs)

 

[fowlman01]

Ran to car to get entry list, on the back is " 2013 Fall Class Breakdown for Open SHow" THese are the ones I didn't understand.

Walt, these have me totally confused.
Old English-- also list an English ClassI thought I understood the English class, but the Old English is throughing me off.

MOdern Game
AOSB ( largest class Old English game)


As an aside-- 21 turkeys entered-- way up from 3 entries two years ago ( or maybe 3 yrs)

OK...Old English is a game bird class of just Old English Game's in bantam's only. So is the Modern Game Class. They are unusual in that they consist of one breed per class. usually there are many breeds in a class as in the AOSB class. The AOSB class has large fowl Old English Game, Modern games, Shamo, Asil etc.

Old English or Modern Game class are a bantam classes only. The OEG and Modern large fowl are in the AOSB Class. Kind of confusing until you know this.

21 turkeys is a good showing.

Walt

 

[Arielle]

Quote:

MOdern Game
AOSB ( largest class Old English game)


As an aside-- 21 turkeys entered-- way up from 3 entries two years ago ( or maybe 3 yrs)

OK...Old English is a game bird class of just Old English Game's in bantam's only. So is the Modern Game Class. They are unusual in that they consist of one breed per class. usually there are many breeds in a class as in the AOSB class. The AOSB class has large fowl Old English Game, Modern games, Shamo, Asil etc.

Old English or Modern Game class are a bantam classes only. The OEG and Modern large fowl are in the AOSB Class. Kind of confusing until you know this.

21 turkeys is a good showing.

Walt

No wonder I was confused. LOL

So . . . AOSB is only LF, no bantams?

Are the cornish in this grouping??? Someone was mentioning on another thread how quick moving their cornish are-- is this typical of cornish, or line specific??

 

[saladin]

Bantams are not classed at all like Large Fowl.

They are classed such as SCCL (Single Comb Clean Legged) and AOCCL (Any Other Comb Clean Legged) which is where things like Asil Bantam and Cornish are.

 

[Arielle]

Bantams are not classed at all like Large Fowl.

They are classed such as SCCL (Single Comb Clean Legged) and AOCCL (Any Other Comb Clean Legged) which is where things like Asil Bantam and Cornish are.

THanks Saldin-- lol, I didn't want to ask. I"m using up my 20 questions.

AOCCL -- is that bantam cornish?

My general problem is that an answer to one question helps me to another angle and prompts another question.

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Turkeys-- one of the best was a Bourbon Red hen. She had a good size to her and good coloring as well. Getting the tail feather right seems to be a struggle. Any feathers ripped out by my muscovy drake grow in red not the original white with a reddish band. WTH?? ANd I also noticed having raised a few poults for 3 years, the red tail feathers are more common than a good tail coloring. ANd the further I move from the original pair ( linebreeding sons to mothers, daughters to father) the more red tail feathering is appearing.

I"m concerned that I am missing something, and just selecting toward the correct tail color is not enough.

THe folks that had the nice hen are new to turkeys and didn't have an answer to this. THere only male hatched from an egg from another source, is young and has all red tail feathers already.

ANyone have suggestions?

 

[Beekissed]

Posting to subscribe to the thread. I'll have to make time to go back and read it as homesteading is part of my life experience and heritage poultry is an interest of mine, though I've not used heritage stock before on a homestead...just hatchery stock thus far. Should be interesting to read about others ideas on homesteading and such.

 

[Arielle]

Posting to subscribe to the thread. I'll have to make time to go back and read it as homesteading is part of my life experience and heritage poultry is an interest of mine, though I've not used heritage stock before on a homestead...just hatchery stock thus far. Should be interesting to read about others ideas on homesteading and such.

HI Bee, You will be amazed at all the information. Plan to save the tidbits to a special file.

 

[Beekissed]

Will do! Should be an interesting read.