Got Flogged by A rooster tonight

[Beekissed]

Not to mention that there is quite a bit of cash to be made on show birds.....

 

[al6517]

Yes they would be lost, the endangered flock numbers put out by the national Poultry federation only counts/records heritage flock numbers, and not the hatchery flock masses of inferior birds as these birds do not come close to fitting in the heritage discription.

Hatcheries have their place and that's all well and good, but one must understand what they have and their reasons for that choice in reality and we can leave it at that.

 

[al6517]

I was going to post how excited I was about the upcoming National Cornish show in Shawnee Ok, and my Cornish entries in that show but perhaps that isn't such a good idea now LOL.

 

[Chris09]

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LOL,
Good luck at the National Cornish show.

Chris

 

[Beekissed]

I don't think that's a bad idea at all. I personally have no problem with those people who are truly working to preserve the health and productivity of a certain breed...it is admirable and worth doing.

But...when a show breeder throws off on someone who merely raises a flock of DP layers to feed the family~ and also selectively culls, breeds, and otherwise manages their flocks to produce the best of productivity~ it somehow rankles with me.

It's laughable to acuse someone like me of keeping chickens because they "look purty on my lawn"...and shows enormous ignorance of what others are trying to do with their own husbandry efforts. Hatchery stock or no.

For the record, my hatchery stock are still laying strong~as in every day or every other day in peak season~in their 5th year and their health and beauty are exemplary. Classing all hatchery stock as inferior is just as ignorant as classing all show breeds as beauty queens with no substance...and just the reason I did so~ to prove a point.

I don't actually believe all show birds are frivolous nonsense, no more than breeders and showers shouldn't believe that all hatchery stock owned by the general public are scraggly mutts of the chicken world.

 

[al6517]

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We all know you throw the grading curve off Bee, your not in the league in which we speak of

, you have a higher level of experience based in reality

. Your flocks are maintained, you work to improve what you have for what works for you. Through culling and carefully selecting the best birds. Most backyarders do not dedicate themselfs or are unwilling to put forth the true effort to make really good flocks from the best stock they can get.

 

[Beekissed]

So...tell us about this show? Sounds like quite an honor and a testament to your hard work with the breed, AL.

 

[M.sue]

Al....Please tell about the show and post pics....I'd love to hear all about it and see your pics. That one pic of your Roo....the one that looked like a Bull- Matstiff of chickens was an impressive dude. I went to work and showed a few of my clients who farm/livestock that big mean machine you had!!

 

[al6517]

Well in short there are only a handfull of large premium National poultry shows over the course of a year, they hold the eastern & western Cornish nationals in conjunture with these major shows, where they judge the best of the best so to speak. The Shawnee Ok show is one of them and it's the western Cornish national show as well. This is where the best of the best in Cornish come to vie for the big title and bragging rights for a year.

I have been raising LF Cornish for many years and I had the chance several years ago to aquire some of the best known lines to still exist from the kings of cornish who have since passed. They were Lewis Strait and Ken Herring and they were very close friends, They worked together for decades on these birds mainly in the White variety swapping and trading and working hard, and are credited with all of the good things we find in LF cornish today. I was able to locate after years of searching a small flock of their original breed stock, and with some considerable effort and a pick-up bed full of cash and cages was able to bring home quite a few good trio's of his best stuff. That flock is no more except for what I have and a mere handfull of birds left from their efforts left in the country.

A close friend of mine who lives in Tulsa town also got some of the same birds on that trip with me and we have been working closely hand in hand like these older gent's did, to carry on not only their legacy but the line of birds they worked so hard to develop. So we have been breeding selecting and culling to have the best of can be, and we will be at the Shawnee show to display what we have been up to for these past few years. This breed variety has been on the criticly endangered list for some time now, and we are hoping to bring it back to it's former prominant glory.

Here is some of what I am taking to the show.

A 5mo old Cockrel, he is the son of my main breeder cock I lovingly call the HULK.

wind blown Oklahoma day LOL.

The stumps on him

I am also showing the pullet he's with.

Iam also showing some Cornish in the White laced red variety.

And a few in the Dark Cornish variety.

 

[Beekissed]

Boy, ain't he a hunka, hunka burnin' love! That is a solid chunk of chicken, Al!!!

Beautiful! I wish you all the best for the show and you will have to keep us informed of the details of the show, all the critiques on your pens, etc.