The Buckeye Thread

[Blueface]

One of my 2015 breeding hens

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

She's lovely. I can see that I have a very long way to go to get hens with feathering like that.

 

[Blueface]

She's lovely.  I can see that I have a very long way to go to get hens with feathering like that.

Thank you. Breeding buckeyes has been a real joy and I've blessed with great fowl. Happy holidays

 

[Blueface]

Its been awhile since I've posted anything. With the whole AI event, I took some time off from social media. Over the summer, I took a trip out to Southern California and visited Nettie Metcalf's place of rest and even located the house that she lived in and raised her buckeyes. It was all very cool. I was surprised the old house was still standing 100+ years later. The street names were still the same and it was in the Compton area.

 

[Minniechickmama]

Happy Holidays, Everyone! Best to you all for a great year in breeding and raising Buckeyes!

 

[sumi]

@Blueface that is really cool, thank you for sharing. Have you or anyone else here been to visit her old home in Ohio?

 

[Blueface]

Yes, I visited the old location of the farm. There is a road going through the property now. The old house (cabin) has since been torn down. Jeff Lay has also been there. He reintroduced a small flock of buckeyes to an owner of some of the old homestead. I don't know how the flock is doing now.

@Blueface
 that is really cool, thank you for sharing. Have you or anyone else here been to visit her old home in Ohio? 

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[sumi]

I suppose it has been a long time... I heard of someone taking Buckeye chickens back to that homestead, I didn't know it was Jeff. That was a lovely thing to do. It's wonderful seeing the history being kept alive around this breed and where it all started.

 

[Blueface]

I suppose it has been a long time... I heard of someone taking Buckeye chickens back to that homestead, I didn't know it was Jeff. That was a lovely thing to do. It's wonderful seeing the history being kept alive around this breed and where it all started.

The history of the Buckeye is fascinating! I had the pleasure of meeting Nettie's great grandson (from Nettie's youngest daughter; Dolly) and his family when I went out to Southern California. I was able to bring home so many never seen pictures of everything ranging from Nettie's Buckeyes to her family, pics of Nettie's grandparents, her as a teenager through her passing. The history is remarkable. I was able to hold the original photos that are commonly shared in the old journals. I will share these along with my whole trip when I update my website.

 

[sumi]

Wow, that must've been an incredible experience! Please let us know once you've done the update, I would love to see that. I've seen a few old pics and read some about the origin of the breed and her wonderful writings. She was a remarkable woman, having done what she did at the time, when all the farmers' wives kept to themselves looking after their families and here she was, creating a new chicken breed! Wonderful stuff...