Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[Basskids08]

I'm not sure if I belong here but I'm having a really hard time trying to determine what this is. Thanks for any help.

That is a barred gold incomplete Columbian colored bird that has a silver base. Kind of like what you would get some of when you are trying to make a Delaware.

Well when I bought them the were sold as EE, and I knew after a week that's not what I had. So is it a Colombian something or a Delaware or both or what? Sorry for all the crazy questions.Please help me to determine if this is a boy?

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Bridget Riddles Catalana's are good enough to win the class with the right judge. They are good enough that they stopped me in my tracks the first time I saw them. Do they need work.....yes, but they have everything you need to produce above average birds.

Walt

That is an awesome moment. I love it when that happens. It's great to be honestly and unabashedly surprised at a show by the quality of birds. There were some nice White Orpingtons at the Ohio National. They were so nice that I couldn't resist writing a note to the breeder on the back of their showing card just to thank them for the great work.

Great idea Jennifer. I am very serious when I say the Dorkings have a story that can charm the money right out of peoples pockets if it is told right. Even though your friend does not know about chickens, she knows how promotion works. Llamas, Emu's, pot bellied pigs etc etc. The story is what sells....kind of strange to me, but I have seen a lot online.

w.

They're one of the best stories out there, indeed, but very few live up to that story.

I asked mr blosl who had the best strain of delawares in the country. he said that as a breed they needed to be recreated the exact way that kathyinmo is doing. I didn't really believe him and began looking for the older lines. I found some from several different lines and began breeding them and ran into several problems eventually giving up on them. they just were not for me. out of all the breeds that I have had and no longer have, the black australorp was hard to beat in every category

Yup, Australorps are regularly some of the best birds at the New England shows. Dan Castle does a knock-out job. I'm not sure there's so much to sing about with the Delawares, if you're tempted to go that route, you might want to consider some of Jeremy Woeppel's NHs.

 

[gjensen]

Well when I bought them the were sold as EE, and I knew after a week that's not what I had. So is it a Colombian something or a Delaware or both or what? Sorry for all the crazy questions.Please help me to determine if this is a boy?

I was speaking of the color. Not what he was supposed to be. EEs come in all colors it seams.

 

[Basskids08]

Well I'm pretty positive it's not an EE. Just not sure what it is.

 

[MagicChicken]

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Same issue here with the tails popping up in year two. The bird in the photo will probably have a squirrel tail by this time next year.

I was excited by the straight back in that photo because the two birds I had with long, straight backs both turned out to be duds in the procreation department. Most of the chicks that hatched were from a cock whose biggest flaw is his slightly too short, slightly too sloped back. As a result I am surrounded by chicks with short, ski-slope backs, most of which are destined to become layers or stew. Finding a straight, level-backed pullet was a small thrill - even if her back is still too short, her breast may be too shallow (time will tell), her head is too crow-headed and... oh, never mind. Some days I want to go chop the heads off all of them. I have to remind myself it's a project. I'll take the small victory. Even if it's just an illusion. Or a delusion...

 

[fowlman01]

They are here.  http://www.whitmorefarm.com/content/5089

They look like hatchery birds to me

Walt

 

[Vamvakas]

I asked mr blosl who had the best strain of delawares in the country. he said that as a breed they needed to be recreated the exact way that kathyinmo is doing. I didn't really believe him and began looking for the older lines. I found some from several different lines and began breeding them and ran into several problems eventually giving up on them. they just were not for me. out of all the breeds that I have had and no longer have, the black australorp was hard to beat in every category

If you can't beat them, join them.

 

[Lacy Blues]

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Well when I bought them the were sold as EE, and I knew after a week that's not what I had. So is it a Colombian something or a Delaware or both or what? Sorry for all the crazy questions.Please help me to determine if this is a boy?

Kind of hard to tell. How old is it? Looking at the tail feathers, they appear to be slightly pointed and have a downward curve to them. I would guess that it is a male.

 

[Lacy Blues]

double post.

 

[3riverschick]

I'm not sure if I belong here but I'm having a really hard time trying to determine what this is. Thanks for any help.

well, it's not a Delaware too much gold bleeding thru. Was this a chick when you got it? What color and pattern were on it?
Are the legs willow(green) colored? It almost looks like sex-linked Delaware cross of some kind.