Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Yard full o' rocks]

The question begs to be asked: Did you get a bear?

I personally didn't get to hunt....too busy looking after the needs of the customers, BUT, 2 of the 3 we took did get a bear, although they were not large, around 120lbs or so.

Hank Williams, Jr's daughter was there with a male friend (NOT her "boy friend").....the hunt was a college graduation gift from her father and the young man shot a nice one, 385 lbs. She was such a nice young lady....completely unpretentious, good natured, very friendly and a true Southern lady (well mannered). We were told only after they left who she was.....you would have never known she was the daughter of a famous singer. Her parents did a fantastic job raising her! I have a renewed appreciation for "some" famous parents

 

[bantams galore]

Quote:
His barn is like an old horse barn or something. The "breeding Room" is totally enclosed and insulated, and he keeps all of the breeders in there in the winter. The rest of the barn is divided up into much larger pens, with brooders built up on the walls. He has really big pens in the hay mow area where he grows a lot of the birds, and then there are some outside pens for growers as well, but I THINK the way he talked the breeders say in the breeder room.

Each of his larger breeding cages, has a portable nest box so if something decides to go broody then he just moves the whole nest box to a different cage.

So does anyone on here use an Intensive housing system like him?

 

[cbnovick]

Jersey Giants

Awhile back someone asked about sources for Jersey Giants....stumbled upon this.
Hope it helps who ever was interested

***Once upon a time, I owned a standard bred female that was a great setter, mother and decent layer otherwise...clutched 7 (set 11 shipped eggs) Silver Appleyard ducklings for me when I lived in Northern California....very nice temperament all around.

Breeder's Directory (from breed club)

The following Club members are a source for Jersey Giants

NAME: Jennings Jersey Giants - Sher Jennings
WEB ADDRESS: pending
VARIETY: Black, Blue, Splash, White
NPIP STATUS: pending
RESIDENT STATE: Washington
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: (360) 852-6044
NAME: Maria's Jersey Giants - Maria Hall
WEB ADDRESS: www.mariasjerseygiants.com
VARIETY: Black, Blue, Splash
NPIP STATUS: NA
RESIDENT STATE: Indiana
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: (812) 752-7825 Cell (Texting): (502) 548-1075
NAME: Tim Johnson
WEB ADDRESS: NA
VARIETY: Black, White
NPIP STATUS: NA
RESIDENT STATE: Ohio
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: (419) 409-0266
NAME: Adamson Acres
WEB ADDRESS: www.adamsonacres.com
VARIETY: Black, Blue
NPIP STATUS: NA
RESIDENT STATE: Michigan
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: (810) 516-8400

 

[fowlman01]

SO... you mentioned culling for crooked toes and now I have to ask... I have heard somewhere that this is sometimes due to incubation and not necessarily genetic. (?)
The reason I ask is because I have a male with a crooked toe right now but don't want to use him if it's genetic.

I guess test mating would be a good indicator, but I don't have the space for keeping multiple cocks.

Thanks in advance

IMO it is a lot more genetic than it is incubation.

Walt

 

[cbnovick]

I personally didn't get to hunt....too busy looking after the needs of the customers, BUT, 2 of the 3 we took did get a bear, although they were not large, around 120lbs or so.

Hank Williams, Jr's daughter was there with a male friend (NOT her "boy friend").....the hunt was a college graduation gift from her father and the young man shot a nice one, 385 lbs. She was such a nice young lady....completely unpretentious, good natured, very friendly and a true Southern lady (well mannered). We were told only after they left who she was.....you would have never known she was the daughter of a famous singer. Her parents did a fantastic job raising her! I have a renewed appreciation for "some" famous parents

Scott, very cool story...in honor of Hank, Jr I must use this emoticon...

LOL

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

SO... you mentioned culling for crooked toes and now I have to ask... I have heard somewhere that this is sometimes due to incubation and not necessarily genetic. (?)
The reason I ask is because I have a male with a crooked toe right now but don't want to use him if it's genetic.

I guess test mating would be a good indicator, but I don't have the space for keeping multiple cocks.

Thanks in advance

I'm no genetics expert, but in my opinion, if it were an "incubation issue" I think you'd see a bunch from that same hatch with crooked toes. My gut feel is that genetics are at work somewhere in there

 

[fowlman01]

I'm no genetics expert, but in my opinion, if it were an "incubation issue" I think you'd see a bunch from that same hatch with crooked toes. My gut feel is that genetics are at work somewhere in there

I agree with Scott......or if you helped it out of the shell.

w.

 

[thedragonlady]

I agree with Scott......or if you helped it out of the shell.

w.

Years ago I started marking any chick who needed help.They never turn out as well as those popcorn chicks.

 

[NanaKat]

It has been my experience that a helped chick usually does not make it thru culling for vigor.
So unless it pops out on its own, that/those chicks are culled right out of the hatcher.
Any chick that pips late is given an extra 24 hours and I keep an eye on the humidity in the hatcher.

 

[Lacy Blues]

SO... you mentioned culling for crooked toes and now I have to ask... I have heard somewhere that this is sometimes due to incubation and not necessarily genetic. (?)
The reason I ask is because I have a male with a crooked toe right now but don't want to use him if it's genetic.

I guess test mating would be a good indicator, but I don't have the space for keeping multiple cocks.

Thanks in advance

When I got my first Andalusians, one of the hens had a crooked toe and I didn't know whether I should use her or not. I talked to some people and they said to give her a try and see if she passed it on. I did. She did not pass it on. She is the only bird I've had that had a crooked toe and in all the generations following her, I've not seen another. So, I'd say if YOU hatched this chick and its the only one in the lot that has a crooked toe then I wouldn't use it. If you have something equal in other ways to this bird, use it instead. If you don't have to use it, don't. If you don't have another choice, do a trial run and see what you get.