Michael Moore – Interview; 02/01/2013

• Michael’s grandfather is said to have created the breed.  His name was John Logston.

• Michael remembered there were Iowa Blues on the farm since his earliest memories until he gave his flock to Kent.
• He gave all of his stock to Kent, and hasn’t had any Iowa Blue’s for 20+ years.
• Chicks- brown colored; sometimes a little mottling was present.
• Hens- grey penciled, mostly white/silver heads. Breast was speckled, sometimes laced. Definitely a penciled color, but not distinctly penciled.
  
• Cock- Silver-white neck, back, and lesser sickles. Rest of body is black. Chest has speckling/lacing of white on it. Tail blue sheen.
  
• The birds he raised were of medium size. They were dual purpose but not the size of a rock. Bigger than a leghorn, smaller than a rock. Hens were 4-5 pounds, males larger.
  
• Legs willow colored, couldn’t remember what color the eyes were.
  
• Tail set was not long or flowing. It was medium sized with little to no curve in the male’s sickle feathers. 
  
• Body was brick shaped but somewhat upright.
  
• Michael said that he never saw a black chick, hens, or cocks in all the years his family raised them. He seems shocked that there were black birds being sold as Iowa Blues. He did say sometimes he’s end up with a darker grey hen every now and then. But that it didn’t happen very often.
  
• At the time of the interview, Michael was 72 years old.