Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[Yellow House Farm]

Yellow House,

When you are doing a coop line up for selection, which size are you using?

I would like to implement this and don't know what size to purchase.
Ordering the same size for easy/uniform storage of multiple coops would work for me.

This one?
Keipper Cooping Co.
No. 1A Single Coop

http://keippercooping.com/poulty.htm

Looks right to me.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Congrats, Walt!!!!




Nice Brahmas!

 

[Pathfinders]

Greetings!

I returned late last night from the Ohio National and had a wonderful experience--too much to cram into a quick message. I had the pleasure of meeting several folks from this page, and it was wonderful to visit. It was wonderful to be surrounded by so many excellent birds.

There was a huge sadness......there were no large fowl Hamburgs in the open show....none...not one....

I find shows to be like going to an old-fashioned spiritual revival. I return with renewed focus and clarity of purpose. Coming away from this, our largest and most prestigious American poultry show, I am refreshed but also very aware that we really do need folks to graduate from the, "I just have hens Bessie and Bittie for eggs that are just so cute" stage to one that is grounded concretely in APA/ABA culture. We need folks to take the plunge and adopt a breed as their breed. I say "we", but "we" means "they". They need breeders. They need hardcore, serious breeders that are going to hatch, weigh, select, and cull, cull, cull. They need breeders who aren't going to lose in in committee or become embroiled in excuses. That there were only 4 Minorcas, no, Hamburgs, no Andalusians, no Buttercups, no Houdans, no Lakenvelders, no White-Faced Black Spanish, no Crevecoeurs, no Redcaps, etc.... is a tragedy.

Let's really kick it up. If you still haven't chosen your breed, there's much food for thought.

Ahem. There were in fact five LF Lakenvelders.

The three that Duane brought me I had entered because I didn't want them to sit in the sale area or in crates under my cages (sale areas of any show give me the heebie jeebies.) The cockerel of the trio won BB in fact (I should let Duane know.)

 

[brahmabreeder]

Thanks guys for the compliments. Not sure how much they weigh. Kind of want to know though. Guess I can run out real quick and get a few numbers. Hopefully they will start mating my hens soon and the hens start laying shortly because I really want to get chicks rolling out real early for fair and a couple other shows I will be attending late next year.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Ahem. There were in fact five LF Lakenvelders.

The three that Duane brought me I had entered because I didn't want them to sit in the sale area or in crates under my cages (sale areas of any show give me the heebie jeebies.) The cockerel of the trio won BB in fact (I should let Duane know.)

How on earth did I miss FIVE Lakenvelders?! I'm glad that the delivery happened!

 

[Yellow House Farm]

PS: With Daniel picking up the La Fleche and you adding the Lakenvelder, they seem like excellent complements to your Buckeyes.

 

[Darkangael]

Congrats. It seems like it was a nice show from what I am seeing here.

 

[NanaKat]

Did anyone see any Wyandotte...and if so, what varieties?
So wish I could make the trip some day.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Monke had some Columbians there.

 

[fowlman01]

Monke had some Columbians there.

How did they look?