Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[Lacy Blues]

I like the eggs I sell to be large and uniform (for the most part). I despise eggs that wobble in the carton. I want them wide enough that the sides hold them still. I love a variety of colors in the carton. It makes even the white eggs look special!

 

[hellbender]

To many people, a chicken is a chicken............

So many people really have no idea what a free-range farm chicken tastes like, I'm not certain they would actually appreciate the superb quality of a properly raised bird. They are so accustomed to that nasty tasteless stuff sold in Walmart, they might consider our free-range birds to be 'strong'...which they are and in my opinion, that is what I like about them.

To me ''strong' equals deep savory flavor that delights the taste buds.

 

[hellbender]

I like the eggs I sell to be large and uniform (for the most part). I despise eggs that wobble in the carton. I want them wide enough that the sides hold them still. I love a variety of colors in the carton. It makes even the white eggs look special!

I did a bit of questioning of my egg customers...even one white egg would turn most them off. They would still buy my eggs if they only got one white egg per dozen but it would likely be fed to a pet.

 

[Lacy Blues]

because of them; and

to them.

 

[gjensen]

I did a bit of questioning of my egg customers...even one white egg would turn most them off. They would still buy my eggs if they only got one white egg per dozen but it would likely be fed to a pet.

Only in America. I guess we just have it like that.

 

[gjensen]

I like the eggs I sell to be large and uniform (for the most part). I despise eggs that wobble in the carton. I want them wide enough that the sides hold them still. I love a variety of colors in the carton. It makes even the white eggs look special!

I do not get to worked up over color, but I do not like junk. I want it right.

 

[3riverschick]

Well hellbender, I have just about had it with this show chicken stuff. All my show prospects combs
have been ruined by the polar vortexes. I have to start over again. Have decided I will never over winter
more than one coop again. Even if it means overwintering only one cock. If that means I don't have a
breeding project, then that's fine with me. Already did the purebred animal breeding thing with collies
for 15 years. At this point, after this winter, I think I may just enjoy my birds and if my replacement birds
happen to win, that's fine. But there ain't gonna be no hundreds of chicks raised here. Not even close.
Gonna build a 6 ft. extension on the big coop so it will hold 12 birds. 11 hens and 1 cock. Figure to raise
about 36 chicks a year. And no, I don't want any of you population genetics experts coming on and
telling me how that's not a sustainable population, and how my birds wll be inbred and weak and weedy
because of it. Because I don't care. I have already proved in collies it's not about the numbers, it's about
the choice of stock and wise selection. Yes. it takes a ton more study than just hatching more birds,
but I still believe it is doable.
Best,
Karen

 

[hellbender]

Well hellbender, I have just about had it with this show chicken stuff. All my show prospects combs
have been ruined by the polar vortexes. I have to start over again. Have decided I will never over winter
more than one coop again. Even if it means overwintering only one cock. If that means I don't have a
breeding project, then that's fine with me. Already did the purebred animal breeding thing with collies
for 15 years. At this point, after this winter, I think I may just enjoy my birds and if my replacement birds
happen to win, that's fine. But there ain't gonna be no hundreds of chicks raised here. Not even close.
Best,
Karen

Karen, perhaps it's time for you to come over to the 'Dark Side' and embrace these wonderful Transylvanian Naked Necks.

You could do a lot worse. They are quite hardy, excellent producers and gaining several folks interested in showing them

in SOP venues.

Only in America. I guess we just have it like that.

Some of these 'hill folk' are very set in their ways...especially the specialty cake bakers and at least one Chef in a well known Morgantown WV restaurant, two at restaurants at Snowshoe Ski Resort and one owner of a popular eatery in Elkins that serves breakfast all day.

Gotta' give them what they want.

 

[gjensen]

Karen, perhaps it's time for you to come over to the 'Dark Side' and embrace these wonderful Transylvanian Naked Necks.

You could do a lot worse. They are quite hardy, excellent producers and gaining several folks interested in showing them

in SOP venues.


Some of these 'hill folk' are very set in their ways...especially the specialty cake bakers and at least one Chef in a well known Morgantown WV restaurant, two at restaurants at Snowshoe Ski Resort and one owner of a popular eatery in Elkins that serves breakfast all day.

Gotta' give them what they want.

I do not really have issue with it. Just an off the wall comment. Lately, I have been hearing a lot of complaining about this food ingredient or that etc. My mindset has been that we have it so good that we can complain about how good we have it. Guess that mindset influenced my response.
I used to prefer a basket of brown eggs, and like colored eggs, but my intereste has shifted some. Now I am eyeing quality more than color. I do not get excited about commercial white eggs, but I cannot help but admire the uniformity in a graded carton of eggs.
I have been thinking about egg color a bit lately. The Catalana is known for from white to pinkish eggs. I have wondered which way I would lean. I do prefer uniform. I think that I favor color, but like you said, I have bigger fish to fry. The variability is there to show preference along the way.

And I do not see Karen with naked Necks, LOL.

 

[hellbender]

I do not really have issue with it. Just an off the wall comment. Lately, I have been hearing a lot of complaining about this food ingredient or that etc. My mindset has been that we have it so good that we can complain about how good we have it. Guess that mindset influenced my response.
I used to prefer a basket of brown eggs, and like colored eggs, but my intereste has shifted some. Now I am eyeing quality more than color. I do not get excited about commercial white eggs, but I cannot help but admire the uniformity in a graded carton of eggs.
I have been thinking about egg color a bit lately. The Catalana is known for from white to pinkish eggs. I have wondered which way I would lean. I do prefer uniform. I think that I favor color, but like you said, I have bigger fish to fry. The variability is there to show preference along the way.

And I do not see Karen with naked Necks, LOL.

At one point, I seriously considered bring in some Austra Whites ...just to play around with but I caught myself in time.

We have already sold MOST of the Australorps, only holding back 4 hens and 2 cocks to provide eggs that have been promised. This will have been the first/only time we will have done such a thing...the eggs are free...

I did hatch some Australorp chicks for several FFA and 4-H kids but I have them all hustled away from here so I need to refrain form filling up all this empty space..