Bobby Lewis - Interview; 03/18/2013
Bobby Lewis of Gladstone VA:
Where did you obtain your Iowa Blues?
In 1993-1994 I obtained 1 rooster and three hens from Joe France of Roanoke VA. He had obtained his from Glenn Drowns a few years before this was before Glenn crossed them with anything. I hatched almost all the eggs I got and had 40 birds at one time. The flock dwindled away and was gone probably ten years ago.
Does anybody else have them?
I'll send you all the contact info I have for folks I sent birds to.
What size where they.
Smallish for a regular size bird. Cocks 7 lbs or less.
What did the cocks look like?
No red at all, White laced. Fairly consistent coloring. Not aggressive
What did the hens look like?
Compact, robust, and not very large. Dark brown or brownish-black eye with avery pleasant expression. Neck not very long. Breast greyish, Neck and back had silver lacing similar to a silver laced wyandotte. Tail set like the bun on a woman's head not overly large
Eggs:
Pale brown, Small, roundish. Fairly poor layers. Not noticeably broody
Fertility:
Had about a 50% hatch rate.
Chicks:
silvery brown like a mink coat. Smaller than a normal chick. Some would pip and need helped to get out of the shell.
Other characteristics.
Legs willow, Middle toenail had a white stripe down it. This was consistent across almost all of the birds and fairly unusual.
Where did you obtain your Iowa Blues?
In 1993-1994 I obtained 1 rooster and three hens from Joe France of Roanoke VA. He had obtained his from Glenn Drowns a few years before this was before Glenn crossed them with anything. I hatched almost all the eggs I got and had 40 birds at one time. The flock dwindled away and was gone probably ten years ago.
Does anybody else have them?
I'll send you all the contact info I have for folks I sent birds to.
What size where they.
Smallish for a regular size bird. Cocks 7 lbs or less.
What did the cocks look like?
No red at all, White laced. Fairly consistent coloring. Not aggressive
What did the hens look like?
Compact, robust, and not very large. Dark brown or brownish-black eye with avery pleasant expression. Neck not very long. Breast greyish, Neck and back had silver lacing similar to a silver laced wyandotte. Tail set like the bun on a woman's head not overly large
Eggs:
Pale brown, Small, roundish. Fairly poor layers. Not noticeably broody
Fertility:
Had about a 50% hatch rate.
Chicks:
silvery brown like a mink coat. Smaller than a normal chick. Some would pip and need helped to get out of the shell.
Other characteristics.
Legs willow, Middle toenail had a white stripe down it. This was consistent across almost all of the birds and fairly unusual.
