Breeding Poultry
Line Breeding
This article on line breeding is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. I believe in line breeding. By that I mean starting with an outstanding individual of either sex (of course, an outstanding pair would be better yet) and using them to build a line of birds that are
Poultry Breeds: Looking Back at 45 Years
This article on looking back at the past 45 years of exhibition poultry breeds is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. Many more breeds of poultry have improved over the last 3-4 decades than have regressed. That has been due to lots of dedicated effort by breeders who loved
Ducks and Geese: Looking Back at 45 Years
This article on looking back at the past 45 years of exhibition poultry, specifically ducks and geese, is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. When I began showing waterfowl in the last half of the 1960s, the big birds were where it was at both in terms of quantity
Exhibition Poultry: Looking Back at 45 Years
This article on looking back at the past 45 years of exhibition poultry is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. 2012 was a trying year in our household. In late September, I got up in the morning to find my legs were wobbly and by nine o’clock that evening,
Oyster Shell and Grit for Waterfowl
This article on the importance of oyster shell and grit for waterfowl is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. Keepers of domestic waterfowl in particular have a greater tendency than keepers of land fowl do to forget that their birds have gizzards and that those gizzards play a vital
Favorite Poultry Equipment Items
The successful care of poultry can be achieved by following the standard of daylight, ventilation and cleanliness. I have watered my chickens out of an old cooking pot. Fed them grain in a rubber pan. Set up nest boxes in milk crates. To solve certain care challenges, though, specific equipment has been designed. Here are