Description
Arthur Heisdorf was a geneticist for Kimber Poultry, but left to start his own poultry breeding company in 1945. Setting up shop in Kirkland, Washington, he started selling Kimber Leghorns, while simultaneously importing stock from leading breeders across America, Europe, and Japan. He crossed them with the Kimber Leghorn and found one that “nicked” (combined well) with the Kimber line, creating what would become known as the “Nick Chick” Leghorn. The new breed proved to be championship layers, making them extremely profitable for egg producers, and quickly became a success. In 1947, Heisdorf partnered with Bert and Cliff Nelson to establish Heisdorf & Nelson Farms, though with the success of the Nick Chick, Heisdorf would soon acquire all shares from the Nelson brothers and go forward on his own, eventually licensing the “Nick Chick” name and breeding program.
Details
Like all our designs, this one is treated with our signature ‘relic-ing’ process which includes our own secret recipe of hand-painted chipping, cracking, fading, and just the right touch of yellowing to ensure that it looks the part of a true vintage imprint.** We lay these works of art down on premium Bella+Canvas 3001 Unisex Jersey Short Sleeve Tees, one of the softest, best-wearing t-shirts available today, via state of the art direct to garment (DTG) printing which allows us to create a vintage effect that simply can’t be accomplished with other printing methods. In short, these shirts are everything you’ve dreamed of and more – it feels soft and lightweight with just the right amount of stretch making it comfortable and flattering for both men and women.
- 100% combed and ring-spun cotton*
- Fabric weight: 4.2 oz (142 g/m2)
- 30 single
- Tear-away label
- Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
- Side-seamed
- Retail fit
- Runs true to size
Sizing
Not sure what size is your best fit? We recommend taking one of your current t-shirts, laying it flat and measuring it. The measurements in the chart below are taken with the shirt laying on a flat surface. To get the length, measure from the high shoulder point down to the bottom of the shirt. To get the width, measure approximately 1-inch below the armhole, across the chest, from seam to seam. While our tees are all made using premium, pre-shrunk, ring-spun cotton, there can be some shrinkage depending on your personal wash and dry cycles. With that said, if you’re on the fence, we always suggest going up a size.
S | M | L | XL | 2XL | 3XL | |
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Width | 18 | 20 | 22.01 | 24.02 | 25.99 | 28 |
Length | 28 | 29.02 | 30 | 31.03 | 32.01 | 33 |
Sleeves | 8.9 | 9.18 | 9.45 | 9.73 | 10 | 10.4 |
All sizes are provided in inches!
*Heather colors are 52% combed and ring-spun cotton/48% polyester. Athletic and Black Heather is 90% combed and ring-spun cotton/10% polyester. Ash color is 99% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton and 1% poly. **Due to the nature of the printing process and different sizes of shirts offered, imprint position and scale may vary slightly from the product images, but we do our best to be as accurate as possible.