Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[ronott1]

I just had to post this picture since I know Bob would have gotten a kick out of it...

"Red" pullet showing the "Orange" pullets how to get the berries at the top of the bush.....Brains and Beauty!!

The orange ones are too small to knock her off any Way!

 

[Bluetick340]

On the subject of keeping weight records on birds....... When we have raised broilers for shows, we would weigh weekly starting in grams. Then changing to ounces. You could just about bet on the birds at week two who would be your biggest top 5-7 birds at the end of the 7-8 weeks.

 

[gjensen]

The orange ones are too small to knock her off any Way!

She is a good looking bird anyways.

 

[ronott1]

She is a good looking bird anyways.

Yes they are!

I am just partial to the Reds.

 

[gjensen]

I would like to know if anyone that visits this thread has any of these breeds.

Andalusions
Anconas
Minorcas
Leghorns
Catalanas
Spanish
Buttercup
Campines
Hamburgs

All of these breeds fascinate me. I do not understand why there is not more interest in them. Their sharp style and active, productive nature has a lot to offer. Often less feed and more eggs.
I have a soft spot for the American breeds myself, but would like to see these mentioned more.

 

[gjensen]

Isn't the Cochin considered a Foundation breed as well as a Heritage breed? I read it was a foundation breed (like the Dorking) because it was used to create a lot of other breeds.
Yes?
Karen

Cochins have a lot of influence in a lot of breeds. I do think it is helpful to remember that Cochins are not what they were.

Catalanas, a composite breed that I am interested in has Cochin influence. Just not from Cochins as we know them today.

 

[gjensen]

Yes they are!

I am just partial to the Reds.

That Red is a good looking bird. A nice Red is something to be admired. You have some nice birds.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Andalusians here!

 

[Pozees]

I would like to know if anyone that visits this thread has any of these breeds.

Andalusions
Anconas
Minorcas
Leghorns
Catalanas
Spanish
Buttercup
Campines
Hamburgs

All of these breeds fascinate me. I do not understand why there is not more interest in them. Their sharp style and active, productive nature has a lot to offer. Often less feed and more eggs.
I have a soft spot for the American breeds myself, but would like to see these mentioned more.

I know Lacy Blues has Andalusians, YHF has Anconas, I have been trying to find RC Leghorns for the past year and tried to hatch some shipped Buttercup eggs (it was a bust). I quite agree, these breeds are beautiful and productive and economically attractive. I think people have been told they are "flighty" and that the males are "mean" - which is most certainly true of some hatchery stock. They can be more guarded, but that makes them, as a rule, better at staying alive while out foraging. Some are really tough to find nowadays. Seems like someone had WFBS they put some pictures up of, Wisher was getting some Campines, I believe, from Mr. Urch, and looked long and hard for them, and when you got your Catalanas weren't they among the few left you could find?

I feel the Leghorns in particular have an unearned bad reputation - when one wants chickens for eggs, they should be the go-to breed.

 

[Pozees]

No comments needed on the pictures of the pair of Barnevelders I put up, Piet has already told me not to breed them. Apparently the pullet is probably not even a Barnevelder. No good deed shall go unpunished