Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[Lacy Blues]

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[pigsflyacres]

I want to share a post that Beekissed made in another thread. It's pertinent to keeping or not keeping aggressive roosters and how to train them.


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This is really priceless! I never really think about how I act around the chickens. I'm always surprised when the person who house sits gets flogged. And then I think of course he does. He's not me. I don't really deliberately do what Beekissed does. But I do walk deliberately. I'm used to pushing ill mannered horses around. Dominant cock birds are kind of beneath my notice. I normally have birds from lines that have a rep for being mild mannered. Every once in a while I get nailed from behind. I have two ways of dealing with it. If he was annoying me anyway, I just go into the coop at night, put him in a pen and take his head at first opportunity or I run him off repeatedly pretty much like Beekissed outlined. I've actually only had to do more than one session with only one pesky cockeral who was a bit dim.

Words to the wise tho. Train your birds or be naturally dominant. I do both because I'm kind of lazy. I actually like a cock bird with some 'brio'. I feel they have more vigor. My house sitter doesn't like those birds tho. Interestingly enough, my peskiest cock bird was a bantam ameraucana. A pair were given to me. Most likely because the owner got tired of being flogged. Pretty funny to watch him intimidate birds so much bigger then him.

Jennifer

 

[bnjrob]

Interesting thread and perhaps a bit ... disheartening? We have a small flock of Silkies for fun and have decided to expand into a dual purpose bird for meat and eggs. I've done some checking around and reading before making the plunge. The heritage birds appealed to me and my husband as they represented so many things we are loosing to a faster, more, poor quality society we are turning in to.

I guess I'm feeling like it's pointless to try because there's no way we can produce hundreds of birds a year. It's just him and I on 5 acres of land. Am I right in feeling its pointless and we can't even make a small contribution?

Every little bit helps - especially when you're trying to keep a breed from going completely extinct. We're only hatching 30-50/yr right now, because we don't have the grow out space for any more than that. In just our first generation of hatching last year, we saw improvements in our Javas. It's just going to be slower than if we were hatching double that amount at a time.

 

[mithious]

I've been asking in PM's about this and figure, maybe if I put it in a post, I might have better luck?

I am looking for the people or person, Kraig Schafer/Shafer, Bob spelled it with the c in it, but have seen it spelled without, not sure which is correct? sold his LF BR's to.

If ANYONE has any info on where these birds are and contact info, please please, PM me.

Thanks in advance!

 

[YardBirdMom]

No idea if someone is closer or not but here you go....http://horstmanspoultry.com/largefowlhome/partridgerock.html

Welcome!

Jennifer

Thank you! I bookmarked his page

Wow! Lots of newbies! Welcome folks!

Thank you!


Now, does anyone here raise the PR's??

 

[3riverschick]

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Thank you!


Now, does anyone here raise the PR's??

http://www.wyandottesandrocks.com/ TX
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Plymouth Rock Fanciers Club
David Atkins
Lucasville, OH 45648
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Plymouth Rock Fanciers Club of America's WEBSITE
http://prfca.poultrysites.com/
Oh! Their 2012 yearbook is out! Free online download! Always a good place to look for breeders !
Now this is helpful: The have Members Annual Point Totals by variety for many years.
Open the PDF and see who has been winning with Partridge Rocks. Then get their
contact info from the Club.

 

[southernmomma]

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Thank you!


Now, does anyone here raise the PR's??

You may enjoy this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/456704/partridge-rock-thread

M

 

[3riverschick]

Partridge Rocks

Northeast Poultry Congress Rock Results District Meet
large fowl PARTRIDGE - 1 HEN TOM BUSS
bantam? PARTRIDGE- 8 BV COCK BRIAN LEWIS RV P BRIAN LEWIS
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http://lancasterfarming.com/fairs/Schnecksville-Fair-Winners-2013
Best of Show Poultry — Tom Buss, Germansville.
This is a Pennsylvania show. So if this is the same person he lives in PA?
Been showing Rocks and Rhode Island Reds since 1994:
http://articles.mcall.com/1994-09-08/news/2988222_1_pigeons-bos-parlor-tumbler
from the Rock Club stats looks like
Joel Gilman ; J & A Sliker have been consistent Partridge winners thru the years.
With Twin Creek Farm being a new addition to the winners list in 2013.

Joel Gilman: (scroll down)
http://bloslspoutlryfarm.tripod.com/id45.html

"The secret to breeding these rocks is like every other color pattern;
GO SLOW, GO SMALL AND GO DOWN THE ROAD MIDDLE OF THE Road."
Bob Blosl

 

[desertmarcy]

Hello,
My name is Scott and I have found this thread to be very interesting, as was the original Blosl thread.I have read here for over a year and decided to finally join as we are about one month away,I hope , of beginning our journey into Heritage Poultry. I have read most of Mr. Blosl's site, Yellow House Farm site,reread the poultry section of our 1905 Cyclopedia of Agriculture and many other sources to begin what I hope is a long term furthering of my education in chickens. I think we are choosing Rose Comb RIR. I am confident that will work out well for our needs, and it doesn't hurt that RIR are the one breed that my father in law kept bred true for the hen house.As opposed to other breeds that were always crossed with the game roosters that ruled the barnyard flock. I was wishing that some here could point me in the direction of some honest birds for the foundation of our flock. We are in CNY but are always up for a nice day trip.

Have you checked out the Heritage Rhode Island Red thread? Good breeders of both single and rose comb on that thread.

 

[mithious]

Thank you! I bookmarked his page



Thank you!


Now, does anyone here raise the PR's??

I have 15 PR's from a small hatchery in Penn. Mostly my test flock, before getting SQ's. They are a year. What do you want to know? By the way, this is my first time raising the hatchery rocks but have the past year as experience with them. I will try to help if you want.