Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[3riverschick]

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Does anyone have a lead for them?

One thing I do when I am looking fro obscure birds... use a mega search engine like http://www.ixquick.com or http://www.google.com

look for pics you like. Go to the original URL of the pic and see

you can find the website or use the info at the URL to track down the person./farm. It takes time, but lets you into the world of anyone who

Best,

Karen.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Hi,
I have a question for you guy's. I know this is not exactly with topic for the thread, but there seems to be a steady flow of wise chicken breeders here willing to share their experience.

I just paid a fair amount to have a cockerel shipped to me. Upon inspection I noticed small brown fast moving insects. I am assuming these are lice(from what I've read). I just saw a handful on his neck and did not even bother finishing the inspection. I really am not comfortable with having him. I do keep an eye on my flock and have not seen any on my birds or had any complaints on birds I sold.

What would you guys advice? Keep him isolated and treat him, or send him back? Thanks.

It stinks in a temporary sense, but just treat them and move forward.

 

[Extra Java]

How about these UK Silver Grey Dorkings?!

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Golden laced wyandottes were the eye candy that I was smitten with when I first wanted to buy into chickens-- finding them was another matter--- I have a few silver laced from a hatchery to fill my need for GLWs.

Hi out there on BYC..
I am NEW but I decided to do chickens some time ago and with my own research had decided to peruse the Dominique as the one I wanted to do. Also I just recently found this thread and it really helped me out to stay with this thought of doing chickens!! the other one I think would be the RIR. but one at a time for now.

My main purpose for raising chickens will be for eggs and meat for the family ( 5 of us), but to be able to continue a breed or standard as you all talk about on this thread, to stick with the " heritage" of a breed is the way I would like to do it.

I have a good size garden and I use my own seeds and only buy heirloom seeds from reputable people. So I thought why do different when it comes to chickens! I am in Ohio ( west central ) so would there be anyone close that does either breed or someone that would know where I could find them.

I have been reading this thread from the beginning and was sorry to hear of the passing of Bob back in Oct. but I am VERY encouraged by the amount of information and expertize that is on this thread and the whole BYC site.

I would also love to find a mentor for this project like I said I am new to chickens but I have been around dogs all my life and have done a fair share of rescue work with the ACD breed so I get what it would take to do this and I am excited to give it-a-go!

Last thought is the plan would be to "free range" or paddock, I have 4+ acre and no one to "piss-off"

with noise or wandering birds. With 3 kids and two dogs and thank God still one wife

we have lots of room to work with.

Thanks and will appreciate any feed back.

Marc

PS: I PM'ed Chris form Ohio but I noticed that he has not been on in some time....

Welcome to BYC!

 

[thedragonlady]

I bought mine at my local feed store, where they usually carry any mix of pasture seeds one would want and also the individual types of seeds as well. I used to mix in some crimson clover but found it grew too high and soon enough the WDC would crowd it out anyway. WDC has many jobs at our place...it attracts pollinators to the garden, fixes nitrogen in the soil, provides ground cover for tilled soil to keep soil from eroding and to keep moisture there, as habitat for bugs and beneficial bacteria and also to feed the chickens and deer~both being our meat source. We keep WDC in the garden paths between the rows to keep weeds from growing there and for clean footing in the garden and also around the base of our fruit trees.

A good time to seed your lawn is in the winter time...the snow acts like a fertilizer and has many minerals in it that rain does not have. I used to seed mine right on top of the snow. It's one of the earliest and quickest to germinate and so can get established before some of the native grasses can take over.

Here's a pic or two of some of the meat birds grazing the clover and also my layer birds. Everywhere I move that I intend to have free ranging flocks, I overseed the orchards and yard/pasture with some WDC and also do some pelleted lime along with it, as the soils here tend to be more acidic and the WDC likes a balanced pH. I also like to plant tall fescue(22% crude protein) at the same time, so that when the nutrition in the WDC declines somewhat at the end of summer, the tall fescue is coming into its highest level of sugar and, man, you never saw livestock fatten like you've seen them fatten up on tall fescue. My sheep would be rolling with fat on that graze(the sheep were all grass fed only) and the chickens as well.

Whenever you buy clover seed, make sure it is inoculated. If not you need to buy inoculant, and shake the seeds up in it.

 

[3riverschick]

Quote:
Originally Posted by 4 Acre

Hi out there on BYC..
I am NEW but I decided to do chickens some time ago and with my own research had decided to peruse the Dominique
as the one I wanted to do. Also I just recently found this thread and it really helped me out to stay with this thought of doing
chickens!! the other one I think would be the RIR. but one at a time for now.
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Hi 4 Acre,

There is a parent Club for the breed. Some URL's.

http://dominiquechicken.com/
http://www.dominiquechicken.com/Book_Reviews.html
http://www.purelypoultry.com/dominique-bantams-p-401.html
http://www.othalaacres.com/oldsite/dominiques.html
http://www.dominiqueclub.org/members/newsletters/DominiqueNews_201201.pdf
http://tinyurl.com/k6fhjwn
http://www.eieio.org/chickchick.html (Kindle edition of book noted here.)
http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/4-2/heritage_chickens_for_your_homestead/
Best Regards,
Karen
Waterford English Light Sussex
in western, PA

 

[Arielle]

Thank you Karen for providing all the links. You are a genius at finding them.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

How about these UK Silver Grey Dorkings?!

They're nice, indeed, but I wish the hen weren't so loos feathered. I find that the colored varieties tend to be more loose feathered.

 

[Extra Java]

Aha, I see. Interesting.

 

[Pathfinders]

Hi out there on BYC..
I am NEW but I decided to do chickens some time ago and with my own research had decided to peruse the Dominique as the one I wanted to do. Also I just recently found this thread and it really helped me out to stay with this thought of doing chickens!! the other one I think would be the RIR. but one at a time for now.

My main purpose for raising chickens will be for eggs and meat for the family ( 5 of us), but to be able to continue a breed or standard as you all talk about on this thread, to stick with the " heritage" of a breed is the way I would like to do it.

I have a good size garden and I use my own seeds and only buy heirloom seeds from reputable people. So I thought why do different when it comes to chickens! I am in Ohio ( west central ) so would there be anyone close that does either breed or someone that would know where I could find them.

I have been reading this thread from the beginning and was sorry to hear of the passing of Bob back in Oct. but I am VERY encouraged by the amount of information and expertize that is on this thread and the whole BYC site.

I would also love to find a mentor for this project like I said I am new to chickens but I have been around dogs all my life and have done a fair share of rescue work with the ACD breed so I get what it would take to do this and I am excited to give it-a-go!

Last thought is the plan would be to "free range" or paddock, I have 4+ acre and no one to "piss-off"

with noise or wandering birds. With 3 kids and two dogs and thank God still one wife

we have lots of room to work with.

Thanks and will appreciate any feed back.

Marc

PS: I PM'ed Chris form Ohio but I noticed that he has not been on in some time....

I am pretty sure Mike Stichler from OH has Doms, PM me and I'll send you his contact info.