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  1. aveca

    CSU - Chicken State University- Large Fowl SOP

    yepper..its polenta . they always serve blocks of it with spaggy sauce on it..i never liked it thou..or it doesnt like me..
  2. aveca

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    I agree with you Walt..Most of these problems are genetic.. Its mostly meat birds and the big heavy breeds ..I have big orpingtons roosting and never a problem , but first 4 months they spend ground sleeping..here is a tad from Virginia ag dept recommendation ..this is not for lighter breeds...
  3. aveca

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    I agree with you Lacy Blues..there was a paper published from one of the ag universities like cornell about this..im sure it wouldn't be too hard to search ...I have parts of a british judging handbook..it was sent to me by a nephew in UK..I will have to see if I can find it..there was point...
  4. aveca

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    i agree..then people expect absolut perfection that doesnt exist..and get frustrated ..maybe its our society as a whole..pastor romig has that way about him..he will tell you what he sees good up top..then ends with you need to work on this issue..or that ..but he will say something like... the...
  5. aveca

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    the few that i have seen around at different ag stores give what might be some wrong advice like trimming feathers.it was a 4 h book ...some of the old books like shell to showroom give advise all be some of it outdated like the shampoos of the day and whitening agents. .today , the rose...
  6. aveca

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    some old time reading..i think the famous guys name that bob is looking for is in here written in 20s. http://archive.org/details/rockcornishgameh00walk http://archive.org/details/standardbredcorn00bohr they are the most interesting little bird....they do remind me of bull dogs..I always...
  7. aveca

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    there was an interesting program on nature pbs a while ago on why a lot of animals , and some birds as they move to more southerly areas beging to loose size..the florida red wolf is quite small compared to arctic tundra wolf or siberian wolf..polar bear down through grizzley and then to black...
  8. aveca

    CSU - Chicken State University- Large Fowl SOP

    OK ..if it is our dragonlady add..i must have a copy of that for my buff binder...
  9. aveca

    CSU - Chicken State University- Large Fowl SOP

    I the day, they probably knew exactly what that meant.......today...?? sounds like a compensation kind of like walts runner duck, move the leg back the body carries itself with a slight compensation to make up for leg configuration... maybe as simple as weight gain on body not legs.?.
  10. aveca

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    it was advise from a freind in europe via email....when i was choosing birds to put together last year..i felt a little overwelmed ..this hen? that hens color? he said the cobby wide female good tail, good body depth, skip the other hen ..body not quite as good rooster will little for this..it...
  11. aveca

    CSU - Chicken State University- Large Fowl SOP

    interesting..there iz an exception to every rule..
  12. aveca

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    i think they have evolved a bit maybe or just artistic licence..i make everything from place cards and ornaments to letterheads out of these old beauties..most are not copy write if they are very old..but some were purchased..and copy write for logos..
  13. aveca

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    perhaps that is why some of ours fell into a state of disrepair? ..not sure sarah..I think he was trying to give me a simple thought to work with instead of a mess of different ideas which I was very confused about..I felt like I was running in circles and getting stuck...It did help me see...
  14. aveca

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    they didnt have good editors back then either yellow house farm..you will find they repeat themselves, even contradict themselves on occasion in the same book....that being said..you get so get a glimpse into the thoughts of the day.the scrapping and fighting in those days is what suprised me.I...
  15. aveca

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    i am seeing that now walt..i will tell you about it when i get a chance with pics..so interesting..one layer was removed..interesting things came out..do you think that people can over think things?
  16. aveca

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    it is written in hubbards poultry secrets, the standard bred orpington , and a fowl for our times..from cornell free library..hamburg, dorking either silver or white and couple other breeds were used in creation of white orp..hamburg,langshan, cochin , leghorn were used in blk orp..im in the...
  17. aveca

    CSU - Chicken State University- Large Fowl SOP

    That is true. there were both rosecomb and single comb in dorking and many breeds orpingtons too ....today you see mainly single combs ....Im not going to show the pictures from the old books because I just want to enjoy seeing the dorkings not start something.. I wonder how many different...
  18. aveca

    CSU - Chicken State University- Large Fowl SOP

    absolutly loving the dorking tour..nice work kim. and yellow house farm..wonderful birds..
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