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[Beth G.]

Very well put

I guess I've lost more than I thought!!! lol I too share the love of the GSD. Although I'm partial to the Czec lines but, hey anyway you look at it, a hobby always costs money if you deem to do it right

I like that rooster! He's very handsome. Are you using your white orps to get the cuckoo gene or are you using a English Maran? Or if you wish not to say that is okay too

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I love color projects when you don't lose your stock

I was working on both LF Lav Cochins and JG Lav's. But, came to a hault b/c I lost a few key birds to the project to pred's. Since then my Husband and I have sunk $20,000 into our chicken farm pen's and coops to help avoid drastic loses like that again.

My next project is a big ole secret

I spend all my money on chickens. The most I lost was when I got into poultry, I bought at least $1,500 in Black Copper Marans eggs. This was before I knew that was not a good idea. Since back then BCM's were not accepted into tha APA. And plus unless the offspring lays a dark egg their worthless. I had recieved eggs from SUPPOSEDLY all the best BCM lines. Bev Davis, Wade Jean. Kevin Jean, Presley, and the best and ONLY dark laying pullet came from Ray Valentine. I bred that bird to my best type BCM cockerel which was from Kevin Jean lines. Only had 3 pullets worth keeping. One recently died in this heat. I sold off all the males and decided to use my one and maybe the finest Birchen Marans cock bird I have seen online my Bruno. I had Bruno sired girls in my first year and he is from Betty Jo Aldrich. These Marans bloodlines are from some of the first to hit the states. These Birchen girls actually laid near or around a 5 to 6 on the Marans egg color scale. So Bruno now has just 2 hens. I am still going to try and have some more. ONLY keeping girls this year to take back to Bruno. And what is nice about him, he is a featherless shank bird from the UK lines and he can be used IF I like to my Birchen Orps I made. I love his size and temperment. A total sweety. I have many projects other then Birchens but IF I do them I like to have the correct pattern gene built in. So it is a lets wait and see project. But, incubator space is at a premium. And my projects get put to the back burner. For now I have Lavs & Cuckoos which I am hatching still including my Ameraucanas and Birchen Marans. And ofcourse my standard Orps, Buffs, Blues, and Blacks.

Bruno
http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx94/lildinkem/014-6.jpg?t=1312310227

One of the nicer Cuckoo pullets
http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx94/lildinkem/001-32.jpg?t=1312310493

 

[Beth G.]

I have a hattrick blue maran pullet and she throws some really dark eggs on some days and others they lighten

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Does he throw dark egg laying Birchens? Bruno's daughters throw about 5 to 6 on the Marans scale.

 

[lildinkem]

Beth G. :

Very well put

I guess I've lost more than I thought!!! lol I too share the love of the GSD. Although I'm partial to the Czec lines

It has been several years since I trained 2 of my GSD's at OGINDY Schutzhund Club. One of them is from my Old School Flatback lines. The breeder was Jim Herald. Jim said he was one of the GI's who's job it was post WWII to find and bring back some of the remaining German GSD's that they left behind in abandoned warehouses and factories to slow down the GI's as they marched into Berlin. The OGINDY Schutzhund Club head trainer Mike Diehl said that Jim had the meanest dogs he ever seen. That says alot since Mike is 2 year and maybe 3 by now USA Schutzhund Champ. He liked my dog from Herald's line. Yertle had the loudest bark in the club. my other dog is one which I bought from a fellow club member Jeff Lawless. He used Bruce McNab's 2006 Northeast Regional Schutzhund Champ Gunnar as the sire of my grump. My girl is a VERY VERY GUN HO girl. But so is Yertle. Mike is a big dude (around 6'4" 240 lbs and is our Indianapolis Metro Police Dept head K-9 trainer and formerly before they merged the county Sheriffs Dept with IMPD their head SWAT TEAM K-9 officer) and on one occasion, because of my bad handling, Mike tripped when giving Yertle a grip (Yertle is a big boy near 85 lbs to 90 lbs in his hay day) and I never seen Mike's eyes get so big. Ofcourse I had Yertle on leash and he was just enjoying his turn getting a grip (that means biting a sleeve). But Schutzhund is a love I wished I had more time to enjoy. I unfortuantely had one pup unexpectingly with my grump, he is Tanner. Tanner has the same drive as his mom. A real handful! I love GSD"s!!!!


OLE ScHOOL GSD (the 1925 style) pure German Flatback Import by jim Herald The two on the right, one on the left is a mix

Yertle

my girl is back right

Auggie doggy as a pup. A Newfie Pitbull mix. Came to me FREE when I took a Newfie Pitbull mix off the street and she had Auggie

 

[Beth G.]

Soooo COoool!!! I love my Czec. I've had Yuko's before and I find they are bigger where my Czec boy in my avatar is more compact and athletic. He is an import straight from Czec Rep. We paid alot for him as a puppy site unseen but, I have to tell you he is worth every penny!! He is of the ole school as you describe!! He is all black, straight back, short hair, and weighed at ten months old 72lbs. He's filling in more and more everyday. I spoil him with all holistic food. My husband says the dog eats better than we do

He has exceeded my expectations and does everything I ask and goes everywhere with me. He is my companion/service dog. I suffer from a bad genetic disorder and when I'm feeling badly he picks up the slack with the farm. Scary part is he's had NO formal training only a big big heart to do what ever it takes to make sure I am safe and comfortable

Last month I did a swap out for a woman and I locked him up on the deck b/c the woman was not fond of dogs. We rounded the corner to the pen and a snake snuck out in front of her and I. It caught me off surprise and I screamed!!! Luger my boy backed his but to the far side of the deck ran and jumped off several feet to come to my aid!! He is the best intune with my personality dog I've ever owned

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It has been several years since I trained 2 of my GSD's at OGINDY Schutzhund Club. One of them is from my Old School Flatback lines. The breeder was Jim Herald. Jim said he was one of the GI's who's job it was post WWII to find and bring back some of the remaining German GSD's that they left behind in abandoned warehouses and factories to slow down the GI's as they marched into Berlin. The OGINDY Schutzhund Club head trainer Mike Diehl said that Jim had the meanest dogs he ever seen. That says alot since Mike is 2 year and maybe 3 by now USA Schutzhund Champ. He liked my dog from Herald's line. Yertle had the loudest bark in the club. my other dog is one which I bought from a fellow club member Jeff Lawless. He used Bruce McNab's 2006 Northeast Regional Schutzhund Champ Gunnar as the sire of my grump. My girl is a VERY VERY GUN HO girl. But so is Yertle. Mike is a big dude (around 6'4" 240 lbs and is our Indianapolis Metro Police Dept head K-9 trainer and formerly before they merged the county Sheriffs Dept with IMPD their head SWAT TEAM K-9 officer) and on one occasion, because of my bad handling, Mike tripped when giving Yertle a grip (Yertle is a big boy near 85 lbs to 90 lbs in his hay day) and I never seen Mike's eyes get so big. Ofcourse I had Yertle on leash and he was just enjoying his turn getting a grip (that means biting a sleeve). But Schutzhund is a love I wished I had more time to enjoy. I unfortuantely had one pup unexpectingly with my grump, he is Tanner. Tanner has the same drive as his mom. A real handful! I love GSD"s!!!!


OLE ScHOOL GSD (the 1925 style) pure German Flatback Import by jim Herald The two on the right, one on the left is a mix
http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/739981/2386315/92224221.jpg

Yertle
http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/739981/2386315/163073313.jpg

my girl is back right
http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/739981/2466304/325526913.jpg

Auggie doggy as a pup. A Newfie Pitbull mix. Came to me FREE when I took a Newfie Pitbull mix off the street and she had Auggie
http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/739981/2466304/343547079.jpg

 

[Louieandthecrew]

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Does he throw dark egg laying Birchens? Bruno's daughters throw about 5 to 6 on the Marans scale.

 

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Beth G. :

Soooo COoool!!! I love my Czec. I've had Yuko's before and I find they are bigger where my Czec boy in my avatar is more compact and athletic. He is an import straight from Czec Rep. We paid alot for him as a puppy site unseen but, I have to tell you he is worth every penny!! He is of the ole school as you describe!! He is all black, straight back, short hair, and weighed at ten months old 72lbs. He's filling in more and more everyday. I spoil him with all holistic food. My husband says the dog eats better than we do

He has exceeded my expectations and does everything I ask and goes everywhere with me. He is my companion/service dog. I suffer from a bad genetic disorder and when I'm feeling badly he picks up the slack with the farm. Scary part is he's had NO formal training only a big big heart to do what ever it takes to make sure I am safe and comfortable

Last month I did a swap out for a woman and I locked him up on the deck b/c the woman was not fond of dogs. We rounded the corner to the pen and a snake snuck out in front of her and I. It caught me off surprise and I screamed!!! Luger my boy backed his but to the far side of the deck ran and jumped off several feet to come to my aid!! He is the best intune with my personality dog I've ever owned

There is just something about them that is built in. Tanner is my girl's boy. He is just a happy boy. He is a few days away from his 1st birthday.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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It has been several years since I trained 2 of my GSD's at OGINDY Schutzhund Club. One of them is from my Old School Flatback lines. The breeder was Jim Herald. Jim said he was one of the GI's who's job it was post WWII to find and bring back some of the remaining German GSD's that they left behind in abandoned warehouses and factories to slow down the GI's as they marched into Berlin. The OGINDY Schutzhund Club head trainer Mike Diehl said that Jim had the meanest dogs he ever seen. That says alot since Mike is 2 year and maybe 3 by now USA Schutzhund Champ. He liked my dog from Herald's line. Yertle had the loudest bark in the club. my other dog is one which I bought from a fellow club member Jeff Lawless. He used Bruce McNab's 2006 Northeast Regional Schutzhund Champ Gunnar as the sire of my grump. My girl is a VERY VERY GUN HO girl. But so is Yertle. Mike is a big dude (around 6'4" 240 lbs and is our Indianapolis Metro Police Dept head K-9 trainer and formerly before they merged the county Sheriffs Dept with IMPD their head SWAT TEAM K-9 officer) and on one occasion, because of my bad handling, Mike tripped when giving Yertle a grip (Yertle is a big boy near 85 lbs to 90 lbs in his hay day) and I never seen Mike's eyes get so big. Ofcourse I had Yertle on leash and he was just enjoying his turn getting a grip (that means biting a sleeve). But Schutzhund is a love I wished I had more time to enjoy. I unfortuantely had one pup unexpectingly with my grump, he is Tanner. Tanner has the same drive as his mom. A real handful! I love GSD"s!!!!


OLE ScHOOL GSD (the 1925 style) pure German Flatback Import by jim Herald The two on the right, one on the left is a mix
http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/739981/2386315/92224221.jpg

Yertle
http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/739981/2386315/163073313.jpg

my girl is back right
http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/739981/2466304/325526913.jpg

Auggie doggy as a pup. A Newfie Pitbull mix. Came to me FREE when I took a Newfie Pitbull mix off the street and she had Auggie
http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL427/739981/2466304/343547079.jpg

Auggie doggy is adorable!

Your GSD's, too.

~ Aspen

 

[lildinkem]

Auggie doggy is adorable!

Your GSD's, too.

~ Aspen

Auggie is a big boy now and is still adorable.

Just to say I am not going too far off topic
BOSS HOGG

KORgto

Feran

A young Blue

 

[ll]

Wow there are so many beautiful Orps on this thread, of all colors!

Beth ~ The darker blue in the back ... the tail reminds me of the tail mine just grew, and the dark neck feathering:

I can't even begin to express how much we are going to miss our orp as of tomorrow (we can't keep a roo):

Best friends

Lord help us, and maybe the 1% pullet chance will become a reality during the complete gender inspection.

Oh my at the photo of post #10!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=550223

 

[Beth G.]

I love his color and look at those cute eyes

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There is just something about them that is built in. Tanner is my girl's boy. He is just a happy boy. He is a few days away from his 1st birthday.

http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx94/lildinkem/007-28.jpg?t=1312327951