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There will be some Mohawks at the Lake City Show and I hope I can go as I have never been there. The Mohawks from the Illinois line and the half Florida and Illinois will be there and may have some extras for sale. This is my old line that I got from E W Reese who had them for about thirty years and he got them from Mrs. Donald Donaldson in Decatur Georgia who had them from 1912 to 1967. They are still pure and over 100 years old.
I have the Mohawk bantams which I shrunk down from these large fowl 28 years ago.
Don Nelson has a great line that is over 20 years old he is from Rhode Island a very good line.
Ricky Bates line was obtained from the St. Romain family from Louisiana they got birds from me and then crosses some Rose Comb Large fowl from Radamaker on them for what reason I dont know they crashed in looks and may have crossed something else on them I dont know. Every buddy thought they where pure mine but the mother of the son who breed them say they weren't. She sent me some eggs one time about five years ago I got one single comb and one rose comb and I killed them they where scrubs. What Mr. Fogerty got I think are a more improved version. Rickey Bates was a red bantam breeder and only had these large fowl for a few years befor he was killed in a tree accident.
The Choctaw Line never heard of them till about two or three years ago. The owner of the chicken farm bought some birds from Rickey dont know if they ever lived or not. He bought a nice bird from a good breeder in Texas and one big with it at a show and used it as a breeder. Crossing birds from Texas onto some other birds he may have will not produce a consistent gene pool.
There is a line in Minnesota by Adrian Radamaher. He has been breeding them for over 30 years and has sold hundreds and hundreds of chicks to people. I dont know one person who is a good breeder of his birds or who has won with them. He has a very good line of Rose Comb large fowl and our good friend in North Mississippi has some and look very nice.
There are a few people who have all of these birds who got chicks or eggs from one of the breeders. They are doing pretty well and will share some chicks or maybe eggs with others if they have enough birds.
That's about it. There may be a few others but these stand out in my mind. I know about every person who has had or has tried or has also fished. They come and they go. Average person lasts about three years and they give them up. They make stupid mistakes by crossing strains and not understanding how to breed for type.
Hopefully, many have read the threads on this site on the real Rhode Island Reds that we post pictures of and can learn how to get them but more than anything else try not to kill them due to poor poultry husbandry. You hope that many beginners will have two to four years of experience raising barn yard scrubs or hatchery chicken then when they get good at it will try a easy breed of rare chickens and not a breed that is the color of their house that only one in 1,000 in 20 years can master the breed.
We are trying to recruit preservationist, maybe future breeders and then maybe in a year or two a person who will show their birds at major shows. Maybe in ten years they will stick with the breed and still have them. We can only try to help so far we have done very good in my view. I am very impressed.
Keep trying, Keep learning and never never give up.
I have the Mohawk bantams which I shrunk down from these large fowl 28 years ago.
Don Nelson has a great line that is over 20 years old he is from Rhode Island a very good line.
Ricky Bates line was obtained from the St. Romain family from Louisiana they got birds from me and then crosses some Rose Comb Large fowl from Radamaker on them for what reason I dont know they crashed in looks and may have crossed something else on them I dont know. Every buddy thought they where pure mine but the mother of the son who breed them say they weren't. She sent me some eggs one time about five years ago I got one single comb and one rose comb and I killed them they where scrubs. What Mr. Fogerty got I think are a more improved version. Rickey Bates was a red bantam breeder and only had these large fowl for a few years befor he was killed in a tree accident.
The Choctaw Line never heard of them till about two or three years ago. The owner of the chicken farm bought some birds from Rickey dont know if they ever lived or not. He bought a nice bird from a good breeder in Texas and one big with it at a show and used it as a breeder. Crossing birds from Texas onto some other birds he may have will not produce a consistent gene pool.
There is a line in Minnesota by Adrian Radamaher. He has been breeding them for over 30 years and has sold hundreds and hundreds of chicks to people. I dont know one person who is a good breeder of his birds or who has won with them. He has a very good line of Rose Comb large fowl and our good friend in North Mississippi has some and look very nice.
There are a few people who have all of these birds who got chicks or eggs from one of the breeders. They are doing pretty well and will share some chicks or maybe eggs with others if they have enough birds.
That's about it. There may be a few others but these stand out in my mind. I know about every person who has had or has tried or has also fished. They come and they go. Average person lasts about three years and they give them up. They make stupid mistakes by crossing strains and not understanding how to breed for type.
Hopefully, many have read the threads on this site on the real Rhode Island Reds that we post pictures of and can learn how to get them but more than anything else try not to kill them due to poor poultry husbandry. You hope that many beginners will have two to four years of experience raising barn yard scrubs or hatchery chicken then when they get good at it will try a easy breed of rare chickens and not a breed that is the color of their house that only one in 1,000 in 20 years can master the breed.
We are trying to recruit preservationist, maybe future breeders and then maybe in a year or two a person who will show their birds at major shows. Maybe in ten years they will stick with the breed and still have them. We can only try to help so far we have done very good in my view. I am very impressed.
Keep trying, Keep learning and never never give up.
