Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[Pathfinders]

To be fair, it is a very obscure reference since There was no description of Entwives in the Series and they were all dead by the "second Age" while the story was in the period of the "Third Age".

It is, sorry. But have loved the Ents since I was a kid, and being an Entwife seemed more fun than just saying farmwife.

 

[ronott1]

It is, sorry. But have loved the Ents since I was a kid, and being an Entwife seemed more fun than just saying farmwife.

And Tom Tombadil--never made it into the Move versions....

 

[lawatt]

To be fair, it is a very obscure reference since There was no description of Entwives in the Series and they were all dead by the "second Age" while the story was in the period of the "Third Age".

not at all obscure if you actually read the books!

 

[Beekissed]

Yep...the Ents were searching for entwives in the stories but could not find them. They had moved away from the ents because they liked to plant and control things...the area to which they moved was later destroyed by Sauron and so..no more entwives could be found.

Can't believe I know that and can't believe a discussion of entwives has made the pages of the heritage thread....

 

[Zanna]

Wondering if you guys could give me some feedback on these two boys. They are F'4' Kathyinmos Delawares, hatched the first week in April. Very slow to mature, just started crowing (sort of) and hasseling the girls No eggs from the girls yet either, some comb development happening so maybe soon. I have been cautioned to pay attention to tail development, don't really know what to think about that........... Also a pic. of my favorite pullet even though she is Coloumbian marked. It has been recommended to get the ticking, to breed to a Cock/Cockeral with stronger barring, not really sure what that means either.

 

[catdaddyfro]

I cannot think of any breed specifically originating in Florida; however, the Spaniards brought the White-Faced Spanish to the region probably making it one of the first breeds to inhabit Florida. The Cubalaya originated, as the name implies, Cuba but they tolerate the heat and humidity well.

hey Chris good to see you frequent the thread.

whomever it was looking for LaFletch the other day(past week or so) here is a man with some know about them.


Jeff

 

[NanaKat]

Wondering if you guys could give me some feedback on these two boys. They are F'4' Kathyinmos Delawares, hatched the first week in April. Very slow to mature, just started crowing (sort of) and hasseling the girls No eggs from the girls yet either, some comb development happening so maybe soon. I have been cautioned to pay attention to tail development, don't really know what to think about that........... Also a pic. of my favorite pullet even though she is Coloumbian marked. It has been recommended to get the ticking, to breed to a Cock/Cockeral with stronger barring, not really sure what that means either.







I like the second cockerel better than the 1st because he has a stronger black in the barring with less color in the white areas. His tail is getting to the proper height...may be his stance. His type looks close to the silhouette of the Delaware in the SOP. Love the pullets.

 

[3riverschick]

Thanks Karen for the encouragement ! As my family are 5th generation Florida settlers mixed with Seminole Indian I would love to help preserve some heritage chickens originating or pioneered in Florida. Any idea where I can find out about any such breeds ?

Well, it's not APA recognized but there is a landrace called the Key West chicken. There's a guy on BYC who has them and breeds them.
Best,
Karen

 

[3riverschick]

Karen

Just a question as I'm trying to understand....do I understand that one of your matings is "Tux" over his dam "May"??
If so, can you explain how this is a sibling inbreeding? Many of the long time breeders refer to mother/son, father/daughter
breedings as "linebreeding".....just trying to get my head around it as I have single mating father/daughter pens set up now myself

Thanks

Oops. I misspoke, sorry. May and Junior are 1/2 siblings. They share the same sire, Senior. Tux is their son.
So this is a son to mother breeding, but it is even closer than that because the parents were already 1/2 siblings.
Basically, I just want to see how far I can inbreed this strain. I am also curious to see if further inbreeding will
cure some of the faults I saw in Tux's generation. I read somewhere that breeders sometimes make the mistake
of quitting inbreeding when just one more generation "in" would solve problems they see crop up from inbreeding.
I don't know if its true but have the ability to try, so thought I would. Sorry for the confusion.
Best,
Karen

 

[finnfur]

Wondering if you guys could give me some feedback on these two boys. They are F'4' Kathyinmos Delawares, hatched the first week in April. Very slow to mature, just started crowing (sort of) and hasseling the girls No eggs from the girls yet either, some comb development happening so maybe soon. I have been cautioned to pay attention to tail development, don't really know what to think about that........... Also a pic. of my favorite pullet even though she is Coloumbian marked. It has been recommended to get the ticking, to breed to a Cock/Cockeral with stronger barring, not really sure what that means either.

I like the type on 1st better [ more of the bowl shape] and maybe markings better on #2 - i wouldn't hesitate to use that pullet and maybe to the 1st cockerel with lighter ticking. JMHO But I'm still trying to figure it out myself LOL