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From The Editor . . .

In this months issue there are a number of new monthly features ap-pearing here for the first time. Most of the regulars are back for anotherinstallment and their contributions are greatly appreciated, as always. Butyou will also be able to read “Judging Exhibition Poultry . . . Advice andcomments from the judges themselves.” This months guest judge is MattLhamon who needs no introduction to the vast majority of you. Secondly,is our new Breeder’s Spotlight series, with the subject of the first in aseries, top Orpington breeders, Cecil and Marie Moore. This issue alsoincludes the second installment of our Breed History series that started offwith the Marans last month and this month features the Jersey Giant. Andlastly, our “Page From The Past” makes it’s monthly debut with this issueon page 15.

A new section that I wish was not included, but seems necessary, arethe obituaries on page 7, for those that we have lost in this last month. Idid not have the privilege, or the benefit of ever having known ‘Vi’ Halbach.Her contributions to the Fancy can not be underestimated. And, the lossfelt by her grieving family can only soften with time.

Ricky Bates, of Charleston, Arkansas was lost to us, just a week agodue to a tragic accident. I knew Ricky and his family well. I can notimagine the grief they are feeling at such a sudden loss of a dear father,husband, grandfather, friend. But such a shock does remind us that weshould cherish those we love, be kind, and tolerant if at all possible. Forevery minute we spend with our loved ones and friends are precious andshould not be taken for granted. . . . Ann Charles

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Table of Contents

Judging Q & A: Matt Lhamon . .02

Breeder’s Spotlight: Cecil & MarieMoore by Steve Jones . . .. . . . 03

ABA Happenings. . . . . . . . . .06

Dalton, Georgia Show Resultsby Christina Duncan . . . . . . .06

Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07

Fort Worth, TX Show Results. .08

Eureka, California Show Resultsby Dan Wake . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Breed History: Jersey Giant . . .11

Visual “White” in Chickensby Brian Reeder . . . . . . . . . . .12

A Page FromThe Past . . . . . .15

Her itage Production Breedsby Christine Heinrichs. . . . . . . .16

Victorville, CA Show Resultsby Sue Estrada . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Upcoming APA/ABA Shows. . . .20

Poultry Breed Clubs . . . . . . . . 22

Daniel W. Young & His Leghornsby Dan Honour . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Morganton, North Carolina ShowResults by Brian Price . . . .. .24

APA/ABA Judges List . . . . . . .24

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JudgingExhibition

PoultryAdvice and comments from

the judges themselves.

By Ann Charles

This months guest judge:

Matthew A. Lhamon----------------------------------------------------

Q: What is the most difficult part ofbeing a poultry judge?

A: One of the most difficult things I findabout being a judge is trying to explainto an exhibitor why their birds did notplace as high as they liked and I find outthe exhibitor either does not know or owna Bantam Standard or Standard of Per-fection. Before you confront a judge aboutyour placing be sure you know the Stan-dard for those birds inside and out, oth-erwise you are wasting everyone’s time.

Q: What are your favorite things aboutbeing a judge?

A: I enjoy finding good birds in all thedifferent breeds and varieties. It is a sheerjoy to pick a good typed, well conditionedbird you can be proud of on ChampionRow.

Q: What is the best piece of judgingadvice you ever received?

A: Tim Bowles once told me " Anyonecan judge good chickens, it takes a judgeto place and justify their placings on realbad chickens!"

Q: What is your greatest accomplish-ment as a judge?

A: I have been able to Judge an APANational Meet and 2 ABA National Meets.The caliber of birds exhibited at the Na-tional Meets is incredible and make judg-ing them fun.

Q: Most common problem you seewith bird condition?

A: One problem I see is washing tooclose to the show so the bird has nothad time to regain it's proper shape.

Q: What variety or breed do you judgethat you think is currently closest to“ per-

fection” ?A: I think the White Plymouth Rock

and White Wyandotte in both Bantamand Large Fowl best match the Standardby my interpretation. Several varieties ofModern Game bantams also come prettyclose too! I would say the Black EastIndie duck would be my choice in Water-fowl.

Q: Does this vary by area?A: Yes, breed quality does vary and I

have been lucky enough to judge on bothcoasts and a lot of places in between.Old English Game and Modern Gamebantams vary in type in different areas ofthe US.

Q: What breed or variety need the mostwork in your experience?

A: The rare colors of most breeds ofLarge Fowl need work. Rocks, Wyandot-tes, Cochins and Leghorns to name a few.

Q: Does this vary by area?A: This seems to be a problem all

over the US. Feeds costs are high, andincreased space requirements makebreeding Large Fowl very difficult.

Q: When judging various breeds andor varieties do you make any allowancesfor the difficulty of perfecting any breedor variety?

A: The Standard does not allow forthat issue. We have a scale of points andwe are finding the best bird in a classthat comes the closest to that scale ofpoints. If we make such allowances, weare defeating our purpose and devaluingthe whole system.

Q: As a judge - do your encounterdifferences in condition based on timeof year and/or location.

A: I see good conditioned birds andpoor conditioned birds all over at all times.I would not say one region is better orworse than another.

Q: What are your suggestions for ex-hibitors to make the best presentationof their birds.

A: Only enter what you can properlyprepare for in the show. Only enter a wellconditioned and cage trained bird. Thinkof every bird you enter as a reflection onyour skills as a breeder and showman.

Q: As a breeder and exhibitor, what isyour favorite breed and how many birdsdo you hatch each year?

A: I have lots of favorites and at onetime or another have had almost everybreed in the Standard and few that arenot. If I had to pick one, it would be theWyandotte Bantam, I had them exclu-sively for many years and still love a goodone. How many I hatch is related to theamount of culls they produce. That willvary with each line. I try to raise at least50 a year.

Q: As a breeder and exhibitor what isyour favorite variety?

A: My favorite color in poultry is Blackwith Partridge running a close second.

Q: Any suggestions to show commit-tees to run the best possible show?

A: Be organized! Have your paper-work ready to go and that helps the judg-ing flow smoothly. Treat your exhibitorswell and try to present the birds in thebest possible way you can. File yourshow reports to the ABA, APA and thebreed clubs within two weeks of the showdate so it is still fresh in your mind!

Q: Do you have any pet peeves withexhibitors or show committees?

A: Letting exhibitors coop out beforethe show is over is my pet peeve. This isthe norm in the south and really detractsfrom the show. If you can not stay for thewhole show, you should not come.

Overall, I enjoy judging and getting todifferent parts of the US to see the birds.I turn down more jobs than I take due tomy work schedule. Bill Wulff once toldme no one should be able to complainabout our hobby until they have been aBreed Club Secretary, Show Secretaryand a Judge. I have been all three and itgives you a greater appreciation for thosewho work countless hours for no pay orglory so that we can all enjoy this won-derful hobby. END

Matt Lhamon, APA & ABA licensedpoultry judge; Vice President of theAmerican Bantam Association.

Cecil and MarieMoore

By Steve Jones

Breeder’sSpotlight

Cecil and Marie Moore of Texas havebeen breeding and exhibiting poultry forwell over 50 years. Cecil’s fascinationwith poultry began very early in life. Hewas born on October 28, 1930 at the familyfarm near Cross Cut, Texas. At the farmthey raised chickens for the eggs andmeat and raised Bronze turkeys to earnextra money in the fall. Cecil and hisbrother spent many hours observing thechickens. They especially enjoyed watch-ing the chicks hatch and grow.

Cecil used the poultry catalogues tolearn the names of the different breedsand even cut out the pictures to makepaper chickens to play with. When Cecilwas a little older he and his brother wouldherd turkeys in the summer on a dailybasis. He soon learned to identify eachof their turkeys and was able to separatethem when they sometimes got mixed inwith neighbor’s turkeys.

It was Cecil’s mother, Mattie, who be-came Cecil’s first poultry mentor as shestressed how important it was to providefresh feed, water and clean housing forthe poultry.

After life on the farm Cecil went intothe service and then to college where hemet Marie and they married in 1957. Theyfirst moved to Fort Worth where Cecilworked for Armour Packing Companynear the Fort Worth Stockyards. Thechickens appeared very early in theirmarried life starting with a small lean-tobuilding at their first duplex. Their firstchickens were chicks that came from feedstores and hatcheries like Ideal Hatch-ery and Murray McMurray just for eggsand enjoyment. Cecil’s career took him

to several different cities in Texas and thechickens were always a part of the trav-els. Cecil moved to Irving, Texas to workfor Pepsi. At that house on High SchoolLane the Moore’s met their neighbor JoeOsburne who they soon discovered alsohad an interest in chickens. By chanceCecil and Marie were able to acquire 4acres in ‘rural’ Irving where they built theirhome.

Cecil’s first poultry exhibition was atthe 1958 State Fair of Texas where hewas very disappointed to discover that al-most all of his birds had been disquali-fied. The State Fair Assistant Superinten-

dent, Bill Cawley, suggest that he talk tothe judge if he was truly interested inexhibiting poultry. The judge was JohnSkinner and he introduced Cecil to TheStandard of Perfection, which he de-scribed as the judge’s guide. This did perkCecil’s interest. He had always like thebreed of Orpingtons and was drawn tothem at the shows.

In January 1961 Cecil met JohnKuhlman when he was judging at the FortWorth Stock Show and Cecil was pleasedto learn that he raised White Orpingtons.Later that year, Cecil and Marie made atrip to Colorado to see John Kuhlman’s

Cecil at the 2008 Fort Worth Stock Show with a White Orpingtonthat won Champion Largefowl.


Original caption . . . “Mr. and Mrs. CecilMoore and their White Orpington male. Awinner at Kingfisher. “ Photo from the Spring1969 issue of the Voice of the Poultryman,courtesy of Steve Jones, and Marie Moore.

chickens. Mr. Kuhlman was preparing forthe Colorado State Fair so they had theopportunity to see how he washed hisbirds. They bought their first trio from himlater that year. Thiswas the beginningof almost 50 yearsof raising White Or-pingtons.

The interest inpoultry grew withCecil and Marie andthe rest of the grow-ing family as well.Each of the childrenbecame interestedin chickens andthey all exhibited asJunior APA mem-bers. The oldestdaughter Alice waspartial to PartridgeWyandot te ban-tams which camethe same year asthe White Orping-tons. Melinda had an affection for BarredPlymouth Rock bantams and Delawarebantams. Jeffery chose standard BlackOrpingtons as his breed of choice oftenforming a friendly rivalry between theWhite and Black Orpingtons at theshows. Since turkeys were a part ofCecil’s early childhood it was only natu-ral that raisingS t a n d a r dBronze andBourbon Redturkeys wereto come intoplay. To thisday these arest il l all thebreeds thatCecil andMarie raise to-day.

Over theyears Ceciland Marie havemet many poul-try fr iendsalong the way.Dave Sherrilland Dr. Bil lCawley were always there to encourageCecil to pursue excellence in raising ex-hibition poultry.

Norman Kardosh re-introduced Cecilto the joy of raising turkeys. Cecil received

his original line of Bronze Turkeys fromNorman Kardosh. Frank (Bob) Reese hasinfluenced Cecil to continue to raise tur-keys though the years. Mr. Reese’s de-

sire to improvetype, color andsize, in both theStandard Bronzeand Bourbon RedTurkeys, hasplayed a key rolein Cecil’s contin-ued interest.

It was with theencouragementfrom Dr. Bil lCawley and DaveSherrill that Cecilgot his APAJudges’ Licensein 1973. In 1986,Cecil was honoredby the Brazos Val-ley Poultry Clubas the creator ofthe Delaware ban-

tam. It is the only breed (bantam) thatoriginated in Texas and was recognizedby the American Poultry Association andthe American Bantam Association. Cecilwas honored by the APA for long timeachievements at the 2002 APA Semi-An-nual held in Fort Worth.

From an early desire and pleasure ofpoultry Ceciland Mariehave beeninvolved withour hobby fornearly alltheir l ives.Starting withs i m p l eh a t c h e r ystock just forpleasure andeggs, theirinterest grewinto theb r e e d in g ,s h o w i n g ,judging andpromoting ofe xhib i t i o npoultry. The

Moore family has made it a family affairwith their interest in our hobby, and theyare and have been, a true asset to TheFancy.

Cecil at his home in Irving, Texas, with a Whiteand Black Orpington.


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ABA HAPPENINGSThe Semi-annual Meet this year is days

away . We are excited to be spendingour time with the Dellmarva Poultry Fan-ciers, March 5-6, 2011 in Harrington Dela-ware. Good luck to all ABA members atthe show. I wm sure next month therewill be lots to report.

On another quick note on business:The ABA 2011 Election has come to aclose. Here is your current board of di-rectors which takes office April 1, 2011.President: Jeff Halbach, WI, Vice Presi-dent - Matt Lhamon,OH, andd the follow-ing directors: D#1 Brian Knox, NH, D#2Jamie Matts, NY, D#3 Don Emery, PA,D#4 Tom Roebuck, VA, D#5 MikeStichler, OH, D#6 Tom Chandler, IN, D#7Anthony Ashley, SC, D#8 Tommy Lee,GA, D#9 Johnny Sprouse, FL, D#10 DanKarasek,WI, D#11 Terry Britt, OK. D#12Monty Fitzgerald, TX, D#13 MikeJohnson, CO, D#14 - Dan Jerome, WA,D#15 Christopher Tamayo, CA, D#16Troy LaRoche Canada. Congratulationsto all and a big thank you goes to JohnThomforde of MN for volunteering to serveas our election commissioner.

2011 Legbands are going QUICK. Or-der via your current newsletter or onlineat www.bantamclub.com before they aregone. We are taking 2011 Yearbook Ads.Contact the ABA for additional informa-tion.

We are offering some new items thisyear - Hoodies are in. Check out thewebsite to order yours today and whileyou are there - take the ABA Challenge .The Challenge is a new contest postedon our website with prizes to be won.Take alook and see what the fun is.

On a sad note - we lost some find ABAmembers this past month. Vi Halbach ofWI and Lowell Sherman of CA bothpassed away and will be missed by manyfanciers. Our thoughts and prayers goto both families at this time.

One of my favorites quotes of the monthby Steve Beaty of NM "When I coachedgirls fast pitch softball I realized that thegame depended on a good umpire andthe same goes for a poultry show withjudges. " So even though most judgesdon't make your day every day - Givethem a big Thank you next time you seethem. They work very hard for your hobby.

As always - enjoy your birds.Karen Unrath - ABA Secretary

BANTAMModern Class Champion, Silver Blue

Pullet, (Bama Bantams, AL). ModernReserve Class Champion, Black Pullet(Bama Bantams, AL).

Game Class Champion, Blue WheatenOld English Pullet (Steve Ledford, GA).Game Class Reserve Champion, BlueRed Old English Cockerel (Douglas &King, AL).

Single Comb Clean Leg Class Cham-pion, Rhode Island Red Pullet (Randy &Kristie Thompson, TN). SCCL ReserveChampion, White Japanese Hen (KeithWagoner, AL).

Rose Comb Clean Leg Class Cham-pion, Black Wyandotte Hen (Jenkins Ban-tams, ). RCCL Reserve Champion - Sil-ver Sebright Pullet (Douglas & King, AL).

Feather Leg Class Champion, BlackCochin Cock (Marty McGuire, AL).Feather Leg Reserve Champion, SalmonFaverolle Pullet (Lisa Comer, OH).

All Other Comb Clean Leg Class

Champion, Dark Cornish Hen (AnthonyAshley, SC). AOCCL Reserve Cham-pion, Black Ameraucana Cockerel (LabluvBantams, GA).

Bantam Champion, Blue WheatenOld English Pullet (Steve Ledford, GA).Reserve Champion Bantam, Blue RedOld English Cockerel (Douglas & King,AL).

LARGE FOWL(No individual Large Fowl Class

Champions were reported)

Large Fowl Champion, SalmonFaverolle Pullet (Lisa Comer, OH). LargeFowl Reserve, Dark Brahma Cockerel(David West, MI).

DUCKS & GEESEDuck Champion, Butterscotch Call

Hen (Cierae Endsley, KY). Duck Reserve,Butterscotch Call Pullet (Cierae Endsley,KY).

JUNIORJunior Show Champion, Black Old

English Hen (Skyler Hatcher, GA). Jun-ior Reserve Champion, Black Old EnglishHen (Shannon Daniels, GA).

Show Champion, Blue Wheaten OldEnglish Pullet (Steve Ledford, GA).

Reserve Show Champion, Blue RedOld English Cockerel (Douglas & King,AL).

Northwest GeorgiaPoultry Association

Dalton, GeorgiaFebruary 5, 2011

~ Show Results ~

Show results by Christina Duncan


Vi HalbachViolet, “Vi,” L. (Hoffman) Halbach, age

81 of Waterford, WI took the Lord’s Handand went to heaven on January 18th, 2011.She died at home surrounded by lovedones.

Vi was born in Racine, WI, the daugh-

ter of Albert and Mary (Miller) Hoffman. Agraduate of Waterford High School in1947, she met and married her husband,Harold (Harry) Halbach.

Vi and Harry spent 62 years side byside, sharing a love and devotion to eachother and making a living raising and sell-ing purebred poultry all over the world.Halbach Poultry Farm was made famousthroughout the world by the couple’sdedication to raising, exhibiting, and pro-moting purebred poultry. Travellingaround the world and meeting poultryfanciers was paramount to Vi’s life. Shewas the only woman to hold the office ofAmerican Poultry Association Presidentfrom 1994 to 1998.

Vi was the Business Administrator ofSt. Mary’s Catholic Church and then St.Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Shewas instrumental in securing funds andbuilding the, “New,” St. Thomas AquinasChurch.

A favorite pass time for Vi was travel-ling to Las Vegas and hitting the Jack-pot multiple times per year.

In 2008 the Racine County Board

awarded her with the Women’s PublicService Award.

She is survived by and will be sadlymissed by her loving husband, Harold;Children, Jeffrey and (Anke) of Waterford,WI, Christine and (Scott) Zimmerman-Walsh of Beloit, WI, Patrick and (Kathy)of Hartland, WI, and Laura Halbach alsoof Waterford, WI. Grandchildren includeLindsay, Elizabeth, Bill Halbach, andEmily (Jacob) Niemyjski of Waterford, WI,Aaron and Lauren Walsh of Madison, WI,and Alexandra Halbach of Madison, WI.Violet was also very happy and proud ofgreat-grandson Briar Harold Niemyjski ofWaterford, WI. Sister, Beverly Lawrenceof Racine, WI, other relatives, and manyfriends.

Violet is preceded in death by her par-ents, Albert and Mary Hoffman, brothersAlbert and Richard, sisters Marilyn Sweetand Leone Peterson, and grandsonMichael Walsh.

Memorials are suggested by the fam-ily to St. Thomas Building Fund.

Ricky BatesRicky Dale Bates resided in Charles-

ton, Arkansas, passed away Saturday,February 19, 2011 due to a tree cuttingaccident in Charleston. He was born Au-gust 27, 1959 in Fort Smith to David &

Wanda (Rowe) Bates. He was 51 yearsold.

Ricky was a Quality Assurance Tech-nician for Baldor Electric Company inFort Smith. He was a 1978 graduate ofCharleston High School, member of theKnights of Columbus and Sacred HeartCatholic Church in Charleston. He wasalso a member of the Heart of the OzarksPoultry Association, exhibiting poultrybreeds, especially Rhode Island Reds.

Ricky loved the outdoors, hunting, &fishing. He loved car racing, especially#24, Jeff Gordon. Most of all he loved hisfamily and his church.

Rosary service will be 6:00 p.m. Mon-day, February 21st at Brotherton FuneralHome Chapel in Charleston.

Funeral Mass will be 2:00 p.m. Tues-day, February 22nd at Sacred HeartCatholic Church in Charleston. Intermentwill be at Sacred Heart Cemetery inCharleston, under the direct ion ofBrotherton Brothers Funeral Home inCharleston.

He is survived by his wife, Roxanne ofthe home; three sons, Jacob Bates &

wife DeShea, Blake Bates & wife Erica,and Rustin Bates, all of Charleston; hisfather & mother, David & Wanda Bates ofCharleston; three sisters, Debbie Chan-dler & husband Allen of Van Buren,Rhonda Martin & husband Jimmy Don ofCharleston, and Kim Kincy & husbandDanny of Lavaca; two brothers, RonaldBates & wife Claudia of Charleston andDanny Bates & wife Vicki of Russellville;one grandson, Brayden Bates.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Reynolds,Randy Blaschke, Tim Blaschke, GregWewers, David Wewers, and RickyBangs.

Honorary Pallbearers will be the 1977& 1978 Charleston High School FootballTeam.

Family will visit with friends followingthe Rosary service Monday night at thefuneral home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may bemade to Ricky Bates Memorial Fund @Simmons First National Bank.

OPEN LARGE FOWLCHAMPION AMERICAN – S.C Rhode

Island Red Cockerel - Cathy Gleason.Reserve Champion American – Black Jer-sey Giant Hen – Trudy Fair/Clay Cowdrey

CHAMPION ASIATIC – Light BrahmaPullet – Spence/Williams. ReserveChampion Asiatic – Light Brahma Cock-erel – Spence/Williams

CHAMPION ENGLISH – Black Aus-tralorp Cockerel - Jerry Wiley. ReserveChampion English – Black Australorp Hen– Kyle Bentley

CHAMPION MEDITERRANEAN –Ancona Hen - Sam Brush ReserveChampion Mediterranean – Light BrownLeghorn Hen – Coltier Prairie

CHAMPION CONTINENTAL – WhiteCrested Black Polish - Tommy French –Showtime Poultry. Reserve ChampionContinental – Golden Campine Cockerel– Cathy Gleason

CHAMPION AOSB – Black SumatraCock - Tommy French – Showtime Poul-try. Reserve Champion AOSB – BlackOld English Hen – Sam Brush

CHAMPION LARGE FOWL – LightBrahma Pullet Spence/Williams. ReserveChampion Large Fowl – Black SumatraCock - Tommy French - Showtime Poul-try.

OPEN BANTAMSCHAMPION MODERN – Black

Breasted Red Hen - HBL Bantams. Re-serve Champion Modern – Black Cock-erel – Bobby and Aileen Castlebury

CHAMPION OLD ENGLISH – BlackHen - Jeff Burkhart. Reserve ChampionOE – BB Red Hen – Jeff Burkhart

CHAMPION SSCL – White LeghornHen - Patrick Jones. Reserve ChampionSCCL – White Leghorn Pullet - PatrickJones.

CHAMPION RCCL – Black RosecombPullet - Hughes Family. Reserve Cham-pion RCCL – Silver Sebright Pullet –Dykes/Houghton.

CHAMPION AOCCL – Dark CornishHen - Dykes/Houghton. Reserve Cham-pion AOCCL – White Crested Black Pol-ish Pullet –Glenn Crocker.

CHAMPION FEATHERLEG – BlackCochin Hen - James Cooper. ReserveFeather leg - Black Langshan Pullet –Phillip Harriman.

CHAMPION Bantam – Dark CornishHen - Dykes/Houghton. Reserve Cham-pion Bantam, Black OE Hen – JeffBurkhart.

DUCKSCHAMPION Bantam Duck – Black

East Indie Young Drake - Noah Ziesman.Reserve Champion Bantam Duck – WhiteCall Old Duck - Noah Ziesman..

CHAMPION Light Duck – White Run-ner Old Drake – Monty Fitzgerald. Re-serve Champion Light Duck –White Run-ner Old Duck – Monty Fitzgerald.

CHAMPION Medium Duck – WhiteCrested Old Drake - Monty Fitzgerald.Reserve Medium Duck – White Crested– Old Duck – Monty Fitzgerald.

OPEN SHOW CHAMPION, Dark Cor-nish Hen exhibited by Dykes/Houghton.

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JUNIOR SHOW LARGE FOWL

CHAMPION AMERICAN – S.C RhodeIsland Red Cock – Cooper Kegley. Re-serve Champion American – S.C RhodeIsland Red Hen– Cooper Kegley

CHAMPION ASIATIC – Black CochinPullet – Amy Ritz. Reserve ChampionAsiatic – Blue Cochin Hen – MadisonFowler.

CHAMPION ENGLISH – Buff Orping-ton Pullet – Cooper Kegley. ReserveChampion English – Buff Orpington Cock-erel – Cooper Kegley

CHAMPION MEDITERRANEAN –LtBrown Leghorn Pullet – MakaylaFitzgerald. Reserve Champion Mediter-ranean – Lt Brown Leghorn Pullet –Megan Burgess.

CHAMPION CONTINENTAL –Welsummer Cockerel – Titan Hock.Reserve Champion Cont inental –Welsummer Cockerel – Titan Hock.

CHAMPION AOSB – Red Pyle Mod-ern Pullet – Noah Ziesman. ReserveChampion AOSB – Black AmeraucanaHen – Brady Tindel.

JR CHAMPION LARGE FOWL – S.C

Rhode Island Red Cock – Cooper Kegley.Reserve Champion Large Fowl – Buff Or-pington Pullet – Cooper Kegley.

JUNIOR SHOWBANTAMS

CHAMPION MODERN – Birchen Mod-ern Pullet– Noah Ziesman. ReserveChampion Modern – Brown Red Pullet-Noah Ziesman

CHAMPION OEG – White Hen –Garrett Walton. Reserve Champion OEG– BB Red Cockerel –Jake Rhodes

CHAMPION SCCL – S C Rhode Is-land Red Pullet – Colton Brown. ReserveChampion SCCL – Barred Plymouth RockHen – Kelsey Rice.

CHAMPION RCCL – Silver SebrightHen – Cody Lackey. Reserve ChampionRCCL – White Wyandotte Pullet –Makayla Fitzgerald.

CHAMPION AOCCL – Dark CornishPullet – Noah Ziesman. Reserve Cham-pion AOCCL – Dark Cornish Pullet –Noah Ziesman.

CHAMPION FEATHERLEG – BlackCochin Pullet – Noah Ziesman. ReserveChampion Feather Leg- White CochinCock – Christopher Utech.

JR CHAMPION BANTAM – White OldEnglish Pullet– Garrett Walton. ReserveChampion Bantam – Birchen Modern Pul-let– Noah Ziesman.

JUNIOR SHOWDUCKS

CHAMPION Light Duck – White Run-ner Young Drake – Makayla Fitzgerald.Reserve Champion Light Duck – BlackRunner Young Duck – Tinsley Hatchett.

CHAMPION Medium Duck – WhiteCrested Young Drake – MakaylaFitzgerald. Reserve Medium Duck –White Crested – Young Duck – MakaylaFitzgerald.

JR CHAMPION BANTAM DUCK –Black East Indie old duck - NOAHZIESMAN. Reserve Champion Bantam– Grey Call Young Drake – Jake Rhodes.

Fort WorthStock Show

Fort Worth, Texas

January 8th, 2011~ Show Results ~

By Monty Fitzgerald


Fort WorthStock Show

Fort Worth, Texas

January 8th, 2011~ Photo Highlights ~

All Photos by Bob Choate

FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW~ CHAMPION LARGE FOWL ~

Light Brahma Pullet

Reserve Asiatic - Lt. Brahma KBantams: BB/BV Buff Brahma P

RB: Lt. Brahma - RV: Lt. Brahma PRV: Buff Brahma H

AWESOME SHOW!

Spence-Williams,Grandview, TX

Champion SCCL exhibited Bill Hopkins.

Champion RCCL, Rosecomb hen,exhibited by the Hughes Family.

Champion Featherleg, Black Cochin Henexhibited by James Cooper.

Champion Modern exhibited by HBL Bantams

Reserve Show Champion was a LightBrahma Pullet, exhibited by Spence-

Williams, Grandview, Texas.The Show Champion was a Bantam Dark Cornish hen

exhibited by Dykes and Houghton.


Congratulations to allexhibitors from Exhibition

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Humboldt PoultryAssociation Show

Eureka, California

February 12-13, 2011

~ Show Results ~Results by Dan Wake

LARGE FOWLChampion American, White Plymouth

Rock Hen, exhibited by Sharon Johnson.Res Ch. American, White Plymouth RockCock, exhibited by Sharon Johnson.

Champion Aisatic, Dark Brahma Cock-erel, exhibited by Pat Sasser. Res Ch.Asiatic, Blue Langshan Cock, exhibitedby Whitney Brigg.

Champion English, Buff OrpingtonCockerel, exhibited by Whitney Brigg.Res Ch. English, Buff Orpington Hen,exhibited by Whitney Brigg.

Champion Mediterranean, Lt BrownLeghorn Pullet, exhibited by Don Mont-gomery. Res. Ch Mediterrnean, Butter-cup Pullet, exhibited by Bridget Riddle.

Champion Cont inental, SalmonFaverolle cockerel, exhibited by BridgetRiddle. Res. Continental, La Fleche Hen,exhibited by Aaron Turner.

Champion AOSB, Black Sumatra,Cock, exhibited by Bridget Riddle. ResCh. AOSB, BBRed Cubalaya Cockerel,exhibited by Zach Rose.

Champion Large Fowl, White Ply-mouth Rock Hen, exhibited by SharonJohnson. Reserve Large Fowl, BBRedCubalaya Cockerel, exhibited by ZachRose.

BANTAMSChampion Modern, Brown Red Mod-

ern Pullet, exhibited by Teresia Renwick.Res Ch. Modern, Brown Red ModernPullet, exhibited by Teresia Renwick.

Champion Old English, Black OE Hen,exhibited by Zach Rose. Res Ch. OldEnglish, Black OE Pullet, exhibited byZach Rose.

Champion SCCL, Rhode Island RedCockerel, exhibited by Levi Crile. ResCh. SCCL , White Plymouth Rock Hen,exhibited by Teresia Renwick.

Champion RCCL, Black Rose CombPullet, exhibited by Katherine Plumer.Res Ch. RCCL, Golden Sebright Pullet,exhibited by Dan Wake.

Champion AOCCL, Dark Cornish Hen,exhibited by Brian Decker. Res Ch.AOCCL, Buff Laced Bearded Polish Hen,exhibited by Avery Sintes

Champion Featherleg – White Cochin,Pullet – Dott ie Truedson. Res Ch.Featherleg – Black Cochin, Pullet –Sheryl Butler

Champion Bantam, Black Old En-glish Hen, exhibited by Zach Rose. Re-serve Bantam, Black Rosecomb Pullet,exhibited by Katherine Plumer.

TURKEYSChampion Turkey, Narragansett Young

Tom, exhibited by Larry Urbin. Res Ch.Turkey, Bourbon Red Old Hen, exhibitedby Reese Whitehead.

WATERFOWLChampion Light Goose, Egyptian

Goose, Old Gander, exhibited by Kim andKelsey Landreth. Res Ch. Light Goose,Egyptian Goose, Old Goose, exhibitedby Kim and Kelsey Landreth.

Champion Heavy Goose, African,Young Gander, exhibited by Pat Sasser.Res Ch. Heavy Goose, African, Old Gan-der, exhibited by Pat Sasser.

Champion Bantam Duck, Mallard, OldDrake, exhibited by Jones and Leonard.Res Ch. Bantam Duck, East Indie, OldDrake, exhibited by Jones and Leonard.

Champion Light Duck, White Runner,Old Drake, exhibited by Jones andLeonard. Res Ch. Light Duck, White Run-ner, Old Drake, exhibited by Jones andLeonard.

Champion Medium Duck, Cayuga,Young Drake, exhibited by TeresiaRenwick. Res Champion Medium Duck,Cayuga, Young Drake, exhibited byTeresia Renwick.

Champion Heavy Duck, Black Mus-covy, Old Drake, exhibited by Ryan Carel.Res Champion Heavy Duck, ChocolateMuscovy, Old Duck, exhibited by RyanCarel.

Champion Waterfowl, Egypt ianGoose, exhibited by Kim and KelseyLandreth.

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Champion of Show, White RockHen, exhibited by Sharon Johnson.

Reserve of Show, Egyptian Goose,exhibited by Kim and Kelsey Landreth.

Champion of Show, (and Champion Large Fowl) a White Rock hen,

exhibited by Sharon Johnson. Dan Wake Photo


BREEDHISTORY: JERSEYGIANTS

Compiled by the National Jersey Giant Club – June 2004

Robert L. Vaughn, Secretary

BLACKJersey Giants were developed by John

and Thomas Black sometime between1870 and 1890 in Burlington County, nearthe town of Jobstown, New Jersey, USA.The Black brothers as well as others inthat vicinity specialized in growing mar-ket poultry and did a considerable amountof caponizing. Orders mainly from NewYork City and Philadelphia called for heavyroasting birds, the heavier the better. Toobtain the desired heavy carcasses, theBlack brothers used a series of crosseswith Black Javas, Black Langshans, andDark Brahmas. As a result of a numberof years of selecting extra large breedingbirds with a generally conforming type,the Black brothers made quite a reputa-tion for themselves with their big roastingchickens. Very little attention was givento color, so the birds had a great colorvariation.

About 1895, the name “Giants” wasfirst bestowed upon these birds. Sometime later, an expert caponizer was askedto locate a pen of the largest birds pos-sible and found them at the Black broth-ers farm. He saw that the birds were uni-form in size and type, and suggested thatthey be named “Black’s Giants” after theBlack brothers, not because of their color,though they were predominately black.Later the name was changed to simplyBlack Giants. Dexter P. Upham of Belmar,New Jersey, an early breeder interestedin improvement of Black Giants is cred-ited with adding the name Jersey to theGiant name in about 1917 in honor of thestate in which they originated. In 1921the American Association of Jersey BlackGiant Breeders Clubs was formed and thename Jersey Black Giant was adopted.

It was also about 1917 to 1919, whenrenowned breeder U. L. Meloney, MarcyFarms, Matawan, New Jersey and oth-ers having refined the breed to more uni-

form standards began exhibiting theirJersey Black Giants so the public couldsee for themselves the magnitude ofthese birds. The turkey industry wasdwindling, a substitute was needed, andJersey Black Giants appeared to be theirrival as a roasting table bird. Of course,commercial broad breasted turkeys soonwere to come on the scene and retainedsuperiority as the premier table bird.

Meanwhile though, Jersey Giants werebeing bred to a uniform size, type, andcolor as well as having the characteris-tics of steady and relatively rapid matu-rity, hardiness, strength of constitution,gigantic frame, and ability to forage. Cock-erels weighing 9 pounds at 6 months ofage, Capons weighing 12 pounds at 7months, and pullets starting to lay at 6months averaging 135 to 160 eggs perhen per year. They had everything. Jer-sey Black Giants had arrived.

The American Poultry Association rec-ognized Jersey Black Giants as a breedin 1922

WHITEWhite Jersey Giants originated from

white “sports” of the black variety in theflocks of several breeders in the late1920’s and early 1930’s. No one breederclaiming to be, or credited with being theone and only originator.

White Jersey Giants could have beendeveloped earlier, because there weresurely plenty of “sports” from the Blacksto choose from. However, prior to this,white birds of any breed were generallynot in fashion. Breeders were skepticalabout the vitality of birds with white plum-age, and the general impression prevailedthat they lacked vigor. This prejudice in

all breeds was being overcome quicklyabout the time that White Giants werebeing developed as a separate variety.

Some early strains contained crosseswith White Rocks, White Orpingtons, orother white breeds, but these crosseswere not successful. The true White Gi-ant is an albino or white ‘sport’ from BlackGiants. At one time, they were so popu-lar that their supporters formed the Inter-national White Giant Club.

The American Poultry Association rec-ognized White Jersey Giants as a vari-ety in 1947.

BLUEThe Blue Giants as we know them to-

day originated in 1981 near Bern Kansas,USA on the farm of Mrs. R. E. (Golda)Miller. Mrs. Miller had been raising Jer-sey Giants for more than 40 years andhad been recognized for many years asthe premier breeder of Black and WhiteJersey Giants.

It started with a White Giant pullet thathad some gray dusting on the featherson her back. This bird was a “sport” fromthe Miller White Jersey Giant flock. Mrs.Miller wasn’t too interested in experiment-ing but had a friend nearby in Nebraskawho was. Leo Prokop had been trying withno success to develop a Blue Jersey Gi-ant variety. He took this pullet and matedher to a Black Jersey Giant male. Thisfirst generation was a conglomeration ofcolors, some of which were splash. Thesefemales were again mated to a BlackJersey Giant male. Out of this nucleus,the Blue variety quickly became estab-lished.

No blue birds of other breeds had beenintroduced, therefore these were pureGiants.The American Poultry Associationrecognized Blue Jersey Giants as a vari-ety in 2003.


It is so important to remember thatall visually white areas on chickens arenot the same thing. There are at leastthree major categories of “white”, plus afourth group, a catch-all for other genesthat produce very specific white areas onthe fowl.

1. Silver – in this context, silver iswhen pheomelanin (either/both sex-linkedor autosomal) is diluted, suppressed orinhibited to turn red/gold/salmon pigmentto lighter shades, and in the most ex-treme cases, to clean visual white.Amongst the genes that do this, the bestknown is sex-linked silver (S). However,S, on its own, is not enough to make aclean white visual phenotype. Along withsex-linked silver, there is also the inhibi-tor of autosomal pheomelanin (formerlyreferred to as ap+ in my writings, nowreferred to as IAph – Inhibitor of Autoso-mal pheomelanin). This gene inhibits theexpression of autosomal pheomelanin andfurther helps to create the “clean white”that hobbyists desire on their silver vari-eties. In addition to these two majorgenes, dilution factors contribute to thecleanest white silver forms. The two rec-ognized factors involved in this functionare Dilute (Di) and cream (ig). Both arefrequently extracted from clean “white”silver lines. Columbian (Co) and Darkbrown (Db – ginger) both work withpheomelanin to extend it into eumelanicareas. Co has a strong repression effecton Ap and Mh and interacts most stronglywith sex-linked pheomelanin. Db has astronger interaction with Ap, but when Coand Db are together on the same bird,Co will tend to have a stronger effect,especially when S (sex-linked silver arepresent). Columbian can suppress theexpression of Ap and Mh when S is ho-mozygous, without the presence of IAph.However, when IAph and Co are togetherwith S, then the effect will be a very clean“white” silver Columbian or Columbianderivative (silver laced). All of these de-scribed forms of “white” are based onpheomelanic pigment inhibition/dilutionand are thus referred to loosely as “sil-ver” or “silvering factors”.

2. The next type of “white” is thatwhich is made on eumelanin. In this typeof white, eumelanic pigment is changedto visual white. Thereare several genesthat do this andeach likely has a dif-ferent pathway toachieving its end. Igroup these togetherbecause the effect isachieved oneumelanic feather-ing. Some of thesegenes may have amild dilution effect onpheomelanin, but itis generally slightand none of them willturn pheomelanicpigment to white.They only turn black feathers to white.The first of these is dominant white (I).One dose of this gene will turn a blackfeather white with a few black specks.Two doses (homozygote) turns a blackfeather solid white, but it has little effecton pheomelanin and is used in the hobbyto create red and white phenotypes suchas “red pyle” (s+ e+ agouti e-allele withall black areas become white and the redareas remaining red), white laced red (adarker red version of golden laced in whichthe black areas have become white, butthe red areas remain red) and GoldenNeck (Mille fleur which is mottling on aDb s+ eb base with dominant white addedso that you have a red bird with whitemottling tips on theends of feathers).The second of theseis blue (Bl), whichwhen heterozygousproduces a greyfeather from blackfeathers, but whenhomozygous be-comes a smokywhite with flecks ofblack and blue col-oring in varying lev-els. Blue has littleef fect onpheomelanin, onlydiluting it slightly.Blue can interact with any other color/pattern form, just as dominant white does.So, with a homozygote for blue, (calledsplash in the hobby) one can make thewhite laced red, golden neck or red Pyle

facsimile similar to those describedabove. However, this white will not be asclean as with dominant white, showing

some cloudiness andflecks of black/blue,appearing much likethe dominant whiteheterozygote. Thethird gene in this groupis dun (I^D), which isan allele of dominantwhite, occurring at theI–locus. The heterozy-gote turns all blackfeathers to a dull browncolor, while the ho-mozygote turns blackto a near white with ashading of creamybrown and someflacks of dun as in the

blue homozygote. Again, as in the twoabove examples, the homozygote cancombine with any of the other color/pat-terns to make a facsimile of red pyle, whitelaced red or golden neck, amongst manyothers. There is potentially a fourth gene,coming from Red Shoulder Yokohamathat behaves much the same as thesethree listed. I have tentatively dubbed itRSY^D (Red Shoulder Yokohamas Di-luter). In the homozygote, black areasbecome white, while in the heterozygote,the black areas range in a hodge-podgefrom black and blue to white in nodiscernable pattern or recognizable dis-tribution. As a final point, for any of thegenes in this category to make a solid

white chicken, theremust be no red/gold/salmon pheomelaninexpressed. Thus, afully clean silver birdthat is silver “white”and black can havethese genes added tomake a solid white birdor any of these genescan be layered on topof a solid black bird,even if red is presentbut covered w itheumelanin to producea solid white pheno-type. It is important to

remember thought, that such solid whitebirds are the product of both eumelanicand pheomelanic pathways and while theyare visually simply white, they are usingboth the silver pathway and the eumelanic

Visual “White”in Chickens

by Brian Reeder . . . “However, S, on its own,is not enough to make a cleanwhite visual phenotype. Alongwith sex-linked silver, there isalso the inhibitor of autosomalpheomelanin . . .now referredto as IAph. This gene inhibitsthe expression of autosomalpheomelanin and further helpsto create the “clean white” thathobbyists desire on their silvervarieties.”

. . .”The next type of “white”is that which is made oneumelanin. In this type of white,eumelanic p igment ischanged to visual white. Thereare several genes that do thisand each likely has a differentpathway to achieving its end. .. . They only turn black feath-ers to white. The first of theseis dominant white (I).”


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suppression pathway to get to the solidwhite visual phenotype. One well-knownexample of such a white phenotype isthe White Leghorn.

3. The third group of white genes isthose that remove both eumelanin andpheomelanin. These are the “recessivewhite” genes. The first of these is reces-sive white ( c ) and is a well-known, andwell-documented gene in both the hobbyand research circles. This gene, when ho-mozygous, removes all types of melanin,producing a solid white bird. The gene isrecessive, so the heterozygote shows noeffect. The second is a less well-knownrecessive white. This form is not an al-lele of the better-known gene c. This generemoves all eumelanin and mostpheomelanin, though a small bit of auto-somal pheomelanin can show through,when such is present, giving a pale,ghostly peach/pink effect in the areaswhere it is expressed, notably, the maleshoulder and female breast on e+ birds,thus to make a solid white phenotypewith this gene, the autosomalpheomelanin must be suppressed. Sex-linked gold does not tend to show throughthis recessive white and is removed justas eumelanin is removed. Dr. Okimotohas typed this gene as mentioned in mybook, An Introduction to Color Forms ofthe Domestic Fowl, and confirmed that itis a different gene from c. A third type ofthis factor has appeared in Old EnglishGame bantams, called pearl. It is a re-cessive gene which removes most of theeumelanin, leaving the hackles, saddleand shoulder of the male slightly tan/graywith the rest of the bird nearly white. Ihave never worked with this gene. Thisgene is occurring on solid black birds inthe Pearl OEG and to date, I have notseen how it would express on any otherbase coloring. Further, it is not known ifthis gene has been tested against thesecond form of recessive white to deter-mine if it is the same gene or an allele ofthe same locus. However, what is knownis that on a black bird, the result of thisgene is a near white phenotype.

4. Two genes; mottling and barringproduce the final category of “white” inchickens. These two genes have very dif-ferent function. Mottling will produce awhite tip to feathers on any backgroundcoloring, for the most part. There doesseem to be some forms of eumelanic ex-

tenders that can suppress the expres-sion of mottling, but generally, mottlingwill produce a white tip on any back-ground coloring. Thus, we see black birdswith white tip, red birds with a black barand white tip or even red/gold/buff birdswith a white tip and noblack bar. There aretwo ways to achieve thelater. 1. Add anyeumelanic -removingfactor (such as domi-nant white, homozy-gous blue or homozy-gous dun) to removethe black bar or, 2. Addpheomelanic exten-sion factors (such aswe see in a solid buffbird) to convert theblack bar topheomelanic pigment.In all instance though, the white tip showsthrough, as the gene seem to stop theproduction of any melanin (most any ofthem, expect, it seems, certain melan-otic extenders such as recessive blackfactors) at the end of the feather. Barringcan produce white bars, but only on a

black feather, so the white produced bybarring is dependant upon the feather thegene is affecting. On a pheomelanic (red)feather, the barring factor does not pro-duce white, but produces a paler gold/cream tone, so the white produced by

barring is incumbentupon barring being ona black feather. Fi-nally, as an aside, thewhite crest of thewhite crested blackPolish is somethingcompletely differentfrom all of the othergenes ment ionedherein and seems toonly effect the crestas the rest of the birdis black and in otherinstances this genehas been added to

red Polish, making white crested red,showing that the white crest is restrictedto the crest and does not effect eithereumelanin or pheomelanins on the restof the bird.

As you can see, there are manypathways to getting a visually “white” ef-

. . .”The third group of whitegenes is those that removeboth eumelanin andpheomelanin. These are the“recessive white” genes. Thefirst of these is recessivewhite ( c ) and is a well-known, and well-documentedgene in both the hobby andresearch circles.”

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fect in the feathers of the chicken and all“white” is not at all genetically the samething. First, there is the white that ispheomelanically derived and is called “sil-ver”. Then there is the white that iseumelanically derived and is called“white”. Always remember that red be-comes silver (both sex-linked and auto-somal based upon their own dilution mu-tations) and black becomes white. Whileall of this is semantics, it is important inhelping one to remember which type youare dealing with. The third type is the re-moval of all melanins and is total white,actually the near or total absence of allpigments in the feathers (not albinism!).The final white effect is through the pat-terning factors, mott ling and barring.Mottling always produces the white tip,while barring will produced black and whitebars only when on a black feather. I referto these as disruptors, as they disruptthe laying down of melanins. It is alsoimportant to remember that Pattern gene(Pg) does not produce white in and of it-self. In those pattern gene based formssuch as silver laced, silver spangled, sil-

ver penciled, etc, pattern gene (Pg) is onlydirecting the pigments that are alreadythere as to where they should go. Muchlike a conductor for an orchestra, patterngene is directing where and when thevarious pigments should appear, not whatpigments will occur. All silver patternedforms that show white areas with blackareas are silver(group 1 of the “vi-sual “white” fac-tors). If eumelanicreducing “white”genes are added,then such silverand black birds be-come either a blueor dun version orthey becomenearly or totally white, as the eumelaninis reduced partially or totally.

This issue of visual “white” inchicken feather pigmentation is a com-plex subject. It takes some time, effortand thought to really get a grasp on howthis visually identical effect can in fact beso many different gene effects. The key

to remembering what is what is to re-member the different types of white thatcan occur. The most important distinc-tion is between the pheomelanic form of“white” which is referred to as silver andthe eumelanic-based forms of white.Though they can look the same, silverand “white” are not the same things, ge-

netically, and are de-rived from very differentpathways in the pig-mentation process. Al-ways bear in mind thatthere are four classesof white; 1. White de-rived throughpheomelanin (silver), 2.White derived fromeumelanin, 3. White

derived through removing both eumelaninand pheomelanin (to lesser or greater ex-tent) and 4. Those genes that producewhite in specific areas only (mo, whitecrest) or through interaction with blackfeathers (barring). END

. . .”Two genes; mottling andbarring, produce the final cat-egory of “white” in chickens.These two genes have very dif-ferent functions.”


A Page From The Past . . .Reprinted from the April1927 issue of The NationalGeographic Magazine.

Original National Geographic caption . . .

A BATH BEFORE THE SHOW

“A product of the Department of Agriculture’s poultry experiment station at Beltsville, Maryland, has her plumagelaundered prior to a public exhibition. The hen’s feathers are thoroughly washed with soap and water in two tubs andthen she is rinsed in three other tubs of clear water. A turkish towel is used to dry the plumage before biddy is shippedto the show.”


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Domestic poultry’s 8,000-year historybegan in sport and religion, but meat andegg production soon established the eco-nomic value of chickens, ducks andgeese. Exhibition is relatively new, gain-ing popularit y in the 19th century.America’s first major poultry show wasin Boston in 1849.

As backyard chickens have becomepopular in the past decade, their ownershave taken more interest in heritagebreeds. Backyard flock owners are tak-ing their birds to shows. Many of themare breeds that were historically valuedmore for production than exhibition.

“The poultry-showing path ahead into2011 is likewise looking very good, withseveral initiatives in the areas of heritagepoultry, membership recruitment,” SamBrush, American Poultry AssociationPresident wrote in a recent Newsletter.“Part of our 2011 efforts will target how tobest craft that bridge so that the relation-ship between the backyard and heritagepoultry aficionados and our Standard-bredpoultry interests is as mutually benefi-cial as possible. The descriptions in theStandard of Perfection were and are de-signed to be the ideal composite repre-senting a complete aesthetic and produc-tive package”

Keeping a few hens for fresh eggs canintroduce people to doing more with theirhens. As their interest in heritage breedsgrows, they may want to keep a smallbreeding flock, show their birds and, fora few, become commercial breeders.They can all benefit from membership inpoultry organizations such as the APA,the ABA, the Society for Preservation ofPoultry Antiquities, the American Live-stock Breeds Conservancy and breedclubs.

“They can kick it up a notch,” saidBrush. “It’s like having a mixed breed dogas a pet and then getting interested inpure breeds and showing.”

Brush currently keeps many breedsand varieties on his Texas property, in-cluding three colors of large Leghorns,Old English Game large fowl, Naked Neck

bantams, Rosecombs and Anconas. He’slooking for a good Ancona rooster to putwith his two hens.

Heritage breeds developed as breed-ers selected for specific qualities thatsuited their circumstances. Factors suchas climate, kind ofpredators, resistanceto local diseases andparasites and thebreeder’s goals for theflock influenced whatcharacterist ics thebreed displayed. Thosecharacteristics, alongwith your experienceand situation, will guidewhich breeds are bestsuited to individual cir-cumstances. Finally,choose a breed youlike.

“Does this breed ap-peal to you?” Jeannette Beranger, Re-search & Technical Programs Managerfor the ALBC, said. “If you really like whatyou’ve got, you’re more likely to be suc-cessful and make it work for you.”

Heritage egg breeds that need atten-tion include Minorcas, White Faced BlackSpanish, But tercups, Redcaps andAnconas, she said.

“Some hatcheries haven’t paid asmuch attention to the production quali-ties,” Brush said. “If I have a flock of Leg-horns that lay only 100 eggs a year, that’snot the Standard of Perfection.”

Frank Reese of Good Shepherd Ranchin Kansas has workedwith the ALBC and oth-ers to develop a mar-keting definition of Heri-tage Chickens (abbre-viated version, full defi-nition on the site): “AHeritage Egg can onlybe produced by a Stan-dard-bred Chicken ad-mitted by the AmericanPoultry Association. AHeritage Chicken ishatched from a Heri-tage Egg sired by anAmerican Poultry As-sociation Standard-

bred Chicken established prior to themid-20th century, is slow growing, natu-rally mated with a long productive out-door life.”

It’s a foundation on which to build amarket for traditional breed poultry andeducate the public. A USDA-approveddefinition: USDA would require produc-ers to meet that definition in order to la-

. . .“Part of our 2011 ef-forts will target how to bestcraft that bridge so that therelationship between thebackyard and heritagepoultry aficionados and ourStandard-bred poultry inter-ests is as mutually benefi-cial as possible” . . .SamBrush, American PoultryAssociation President.


bel their products as ‘heritage,’ and sellfor the accompanying premium price. Oneof Mr. Reese’s goals was to write thedefinition so that it wouldnot be subject to beingsubverted by the poultryindustry the way ‘natural,’‘free range’ and ‘organic’often are. A precise defi-nit ion is necessary toavoid unqualified compa-nies from labeling theirproducts with it, until theterm loses its meaningand market premium. Ac-cording to ConsumersUnion, "the term 'natural'is so loosely defined byUSDA that virtually allfresh cuts of meat andpoultry qualify as “natu-ral.”

The Society for Preser-vation of Poultry Antiquities proposes that“Fowl should be categorized based uponthe existing historical evidence, be thatwritten or artistic, as to the dating or theirorigin,” according to Dr. Charles Everett,secretary/treasurer.

Chronologic classifications include:Ancient Breeds, dates to 400; Medi-

eval Breeds, 400-1599; Modern Breeds,1600-1844; Victorian Composite Breeds,1845-1900; and 20th Century Breeds.

”The Ancient Breeds would includesuch breeds as the Asil, Dorking, Game,and Malay. The breeds most Americansare familiar with have these Ancientbreeds in their background: for example,breeds like the Buckeye, Cornish, andRhode Island Red.

“Medieval Breeds include theCrevecoeurs, LaFleche, Polish,Rosecombs, Scots Greys, and White-faced Black Spanish. Quality fowl of thesebreeds are becoming very difficult to lo-cate in the United States and Canada,”he said.

The APA has a committee working to-ward certifying flocks as ‘heritage’ breedsfor marketing purposes. APA judges cer-tified flocks in the first half of the 20thcentury, when Wyandottes, Leghorns,Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rocks,New Hampshires, Orpingtons, Polish andHoudans were commercial productionbreeds. Brush remembers a producer inNew England who kept Old EnglishGames as a laying flock. As a certifyingorganization, APA approval would have

value in the marketplace.“For the consumer, it would be like

choosing a package of Certified Angusground beef at the grocerystore,” Brush said.

Javas, Dominiques, Buck-eyes, Delawares, NewHampshir es, Rocks andRhode Is land Reds areamong the historic chickenbreeds that are appearingmore frequently at poultryshows. Some breeds, suchas the New Hampshire, areoften shown, but most do notmeet the Standard.

“Finding a really goodNew Hampshire is hard,”Mrs. Beranger said. Mr.Reese has focused on NewHampshires and is makinggood progress with them. “Ittakes years of commitment,

but it’s so satisfying to walk out and lookat your flock and be happy with what yousee.”

Around 4,500 birds were shown in2010 at the Oklahoma State PoultryFederation’s annual show, but no Javas.Ruth Caron of Texas, secretary/treasurerand founder of the Java Breeders ofAmerica, is determined to change that.She has acquired two lines of breedingstock, both Mottled and Black, and willenter the birds she hatches this year.She also raises Welsumers, BarredRocks and Silver Laced Wyandottes.

“You’re doing the breed a favor by mak-

ing it look like it’s supposed to look, keep-ing the bird beautiful,” she said. “It takesa village to save a breed.”

A Buckeye was awarded ChampionAmerican at a recent show in Oklahoma.Laura Haggarty of Kentucky, secretaryof the American Buckeye Poultry Club,considered that a significant win, over themore familiar Plymouth Rocks and Wyan-dottes. “Judges need to see more birdsin order to judge them well,” she said.“Exhibitors are deciding to show theirbirds and judges are giving the birds theconsideration they deserve.”

Duane Urch of Minnesota judged theBuckeye National Meet, the club’s first,held at the 2010 Ohio National PoultryShow in Columbus.

“They had some nice birds there,” hesaid. Urch, who was one of the foundersof the Society for Preservation of PoultryAntiquities, has Buckeye, Dominique,Java and Cubalaya chicks availablethrough May. Call him at 507-451-6782between 7 and 9 pm Central time.

“We sell a lot of Black Javas here,”said Mr. Urch from Owatonna, Minnesota.The evening we talked, the temperaturethere was 17 degrees and more snowwas falling on top of several feet on theground. “There seem to be more peoplerecognizing what heritage breeds are.”

Christine Heinrichs is the author ofHow to Raise Chickens (2007) and Howto Raise Poultry (2009), both publishedby Voyageur Press. Both books focuson raising traditional breeds in smallflocks. http://poultrybookstore.com.

Mottled Houdans were considered to be a commercial production breed during the firsthalf of the 20th Century. Artwork from April 1927 issue of National Geographic Magazine.

A Buckeye wasawarded ChampionAmerican at a recentshow in Oklahoma.Laura Haggarty ofKentucky, secretaryof the AmericanBuckeye PoultryClub, consideredthat a significant win,over the more famil-iar Plymouth Rocksand Wyandottes

PACIFIC COASTBANTAM CLUBAnnual Winter ShowVictorville California

December 4-5, 2010

Submitted by Sue Estrada

The Pacific Coast Bantam Club put onits annual winter show on it’s annual win-ter show on December 4th and 5th inVictorville, California. Two exhibit build-ings were used this year with over 1,000birds entered. This show was also thehost for the Cal National year-end ban-quet, which was held at the brand newGolden Corral in downtown Victorville,California. More on the banquet later, butfirst a great big thanks goes out to all theclub members who year after year dedi-cate their time and experience to put ona great show and this one was no excep-tion. A great big thanks also goes out toall the exhibiters who came from all partsof California, Nevada and Oregon to at-tend. Judges tapped for the show wereDave Anderson, Jim Sallee and Eric Kutchof California and Frank Joseph of NewMexico.

Champion of the show was a DarkShamo cockerel owned by SuzzannChung. Reserve Champion of Show, anOld English Wheaten cockerel exhibitedby Zach Rose, a junior exhibitor.

Champion Large Fowl was SuzzannChung’s Dark Shamo cockerel and Re-serve Champion Large Fowl a BlackCochin hen owned by the Johnson Fam-ily.

Champion Bantam went the Old En-glish Wheaton cockerel of Zach Rose withthe Reserve Bantam awarded to ChrisTamayo and his AOCCL White Cornishhen.

Champion Waterfowl was given to aGray Call drake owned by Mahlum'sWaterfowl. Reserve Champion Waterfowlwas a young Black East Indie drake en-tered by Jones & Leonard.

Junior exhibitor Alexis Nachtmann hadChampion Heavy Duck with a White Pe-kin drake.

Champion Medium Duck was a BlackCayuga young drake owned by LewisFarms.

Champion Light Duck was a WhiteRunner drake entered by junior Tiffany

Nachtmann. Jones & Leonard exhibitedthe Reserve light Duck with a White Run-ner Drake.

Champion Heavy Goose went to a GrayToulouse exhibited by another Junior,Connor Myers.

Lewis Farms had Champion MediumGoose with a Pilgrim drake and Cham-pion Light Goose was an Egyptian drakeentered by Jones & Leonard.

Champion Turkey went to aNarragansett Old Tom shown by SueEstrada.

There was also a pigeon show withChampion Pigeon awarded to Bob Ward’sFrill Back and Reserve Champion Pigeongoing to a Lebanon Red owned by LewisFarms.

Junior exhibitors shined in the LARGEFOWL CLASSES with AlexisNachtmann winning Champion Americanwith her RC Rhode Island Red cock andReserve Asiatic with a Black LangshanPullet. Reserve American was also a jun-ior, Conner Myers showing a White Ply-mouth Rock pullet.

Champion Asiatic was awarded to aBlack Cochin hen owned by the JohnsonFamily.

Champion Mediterranean was the SCWhite Leghorn pullet shown by juniorTanner Kane who also had the ReserveEnglish with his Black Australorp pullet.Res. Mediterranean was give to BobWard’s SC Ancona hen.

The Champion English was a WL RedCornish cockerel entered by ChristopherTamayo.

Another junior Michael Morgan tookthe Champion Continental with a whitepolish hen, while the Reserve Continen-tal was a golden-penciled Hamburg pul-let owned by Amanda Clark.

Champion AOSB was SuzzannChung’s Dark Shamo Cockerel and re-serve AOSB was a white Ameracaunacock owned by Bridget Riddle.

Best in Bantams went to the Old En-glish Wheaten cockerel exhibited by jun-ior Zach Rose with reserve Old Englishawarded to Jack Dodd on his Old EnglishWhite pullet.


Champion Turkey went to a Narragansett Old Tom shown by Sue Estrada.

Champion Modern was a Lemon Bluepullet entered by Suzanne Reichard.Reserve Modern went to a BBR cockerelowned by Dustin Anderson.

Two junior exhibitors topped the SCCLwith Champion going to a Rhode IslandRed Cockerel owned by Miley Gates andreserve going to Macey Newkirk’s WhiteLeghorn cockerel.

Champion RCCL was a BlackRosecomb pullet owned by Jack Dodd.Reserve RCCL was awarded to theJohnson Family and their White Wyan-dotte cockerel.

Champion AOCCL White Cornish henowned by Christopher Tamayo and thereserve AOCCL was a Wheaton Shamopullet entered by Ken & Eve Bundy.

The Johnson family had both Cham-pion and Reserve Featherleg with theirWhite Cochin Frizzle pullets.

In the Junior Show, overall Championof Show was Zach Rose and his Old En-glish Wheaton cockerel and the Reserveof the Junior Show was Michael Morganshowing the White Polish Bearded Hen.

Reserve Champion Large Fowl was aSC White Leghorn shown by TannerKane. Reserve Champion Bantam was aSCCL Rhode Island Red cockerel enteredby Miley Gates.

Champion Waterfowl was a Black EastIndie drake owned by Tiffany Nachtmannwho also had the Reserve ChampionWaterfowl with a White Runner drake.


Jordan Ward won Champion junior Pigeonwith a Blue Check Homer.

The American Game Bird Show had106 birds entered and was judged byFrank Joseph. The top award went to aLight Legged BB Red Cockerel owned byEarl Bevill IV.

As always it’s edifying to see so manybirds entered by juniors. Of the total num-ber of birds at the show, a third were jun-ior entries. Junior activities included cos-tume contest, crowing competition, walkthe plank, and showmanship.

Poultry meets are more than just birdsin cages and there were certainly oppor-tunities to mingle and network with oth-ers in the hobby. PCBC set up a hospi-

Champion Waterfowl, a Gray Call drake owned by Mahlum's Waterfowl.

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tality area near the sale cages and birdauction pens. Tables and chairs were rightin full view of the Junior Activities stageand surrounded by vendors and the al-ways-extensive club raffle booth. Theannual bird auction fundraiser was a greatsuccess this year and Auct ioneerDuWayne Stork from Wisconsin makinga special trip out for the show and sale.Dr. Francine Bradley from UC Davis wason hand to answer questions about poul-try.

The Cal-National Year End Banquetwas held on Saturday Night. PCBC is amember club and was chosen this yearto host the event. The judges gave anoverall impression of the birds that werejudged and a wine auction was held.

Chris Tamayo gave an introduction onthe Cal-National point program andawards were presented to the high pointmembers who accumulated over 100points in the previous year’s 10 showsthat were eligible to receive points.

Top three in points were: 1) Jones &Leonard (Bob Jones & Walter Leonard),643 pts. 2) Dave Anderson, 411 pts,and 3) Alexis Nachtmann, 387 pts.Alexis is a junior member.

Cal-National also inducted three mem-bers into the Hall of Fame. Those induct-ees for this year were Harry Majors andBob & Sue Ward. Their respective localmember clubs nominated these folks foroutstanding service to the poultry com-munity. Huge permanent posters weremade to display at poultry shows andeach inductee was presented a smallerframed version.

Congratulations to all.See you next year.

Feather Fanciers Cascade Spring Show,Evergreen State Fairgounds. Contact:Christina Korfus, [email protected],http ://www.washingtonfeatherfanciers.webs.com

March 19, 2011Inverness, Florida, Central Florida PoultryBreeders Association Show. Contact: TomCarey, [email protected], (352)344-8204.

March 20, 2011Bel Air, Maryland, Susquehanna PoultryClub Annual Spring Show, 608 N. TollgateRd., Bel Air, Maryland. Contact: Kay St Amour,410-836-3753, [email protected],http://www.susquehanna poultry.com.

March 24 - April 3, 2011Beaumont, Texas, South Texas State FairPoultry Show. Contact: Thomas Bell, 409-429-5735, http://www.ymbl.org/fair

March 24-27, 2011Farmington, Utah, Davis County Fair Parkand Legacy Center. Utah Fancy Poultry As-sociat ion show. Contact: Lee Barnes,[email protected], 801-836-1036.

March 26, 2011North Carolina, Forsyth Fowl FanciersShow, Contact: Jerry H Shouse, 336-764-3317.

March 26, 2011Marrietta, Ohio, Southeast Ohio PoultryBreeders Ninth Annual Poultry Show, Wash-ington County Fairgrounds. Contact: WyattAdelsperger, 740-678-2883, ht tp: //seohiopoultrybreeders.org

APRIL 2011

April 2, 2011El Dorado, Arkansas, South Central Re-gional Classic. Contact: Bill and DebbieAtwood, 1557 Grant 73, Sheridan, AR [email protected], 870-942-7361.

April 2, 2011New Braunfels, Texas, Fancy Feathers 4-H Club Show, Comal County Fairgrounds.Jaci Kroupa, [email protected]

April 2, 2011Madisonville, Kentucky, Hopkins CountyPoultry 1st Annual Show. Contact: BradJones, [email protected],270-836-3221.

April 9, 2011Fort Payne, Alabama, VFW Fairgrounds,Alabama Showbird Association First AnnualSpring Double Bantam Show. Contact: CariLocklear, [email protected],256-364-0321.

April 9, 2011Bloomington, Indiana, Monroe County Fair-grounds, Gateway Poultry Club Show. Con-tact: Bob Abbitt, 812-821-1825, http://

MARCH 2011

March 5, 2011Pryor, Oklahoma, Northeast OklahomaPoultry Show, Mayes County Fairgrounds.Contact: [email protected], 918-373-2381. P.O. Box 991, Choteau, OK74337

March 5-6, 2011Harrington, Deleware, Delmarva PoultryFanciers Club 35th Annual Show. ABASemi-Annual Meet. Contact: RichardBarczewski, 6827 Underwoods CornerRoad, Smyrna, Delaware 19977. 302-659-1211, [email protected]

March 5, 2011Morganton, North Carolina, 31st AnnualUnifour All Breed Show, Burke County Fair-grounds. APA District Meet. Contact: BrianPrice, 828-442-4890; 265 Poteat Rd.,Marion, NC 28752

March 5-6, 2011Bakersfield, California, Kern County Fair-grounds, Golden Gate Bantam Club andBakersfield Fancy Feathers Club Show.Contact: Nathan Branum, 11209 MicheleAve., Bakersfield, CA 93312. 661-589-8179,[email protected]

March 12, 2011Dalton, Georgia, North Georgia Fair-grounds, Carpet City Bantam Club 10th An-nual Double Spring Fling. Contact: Jeff Wil-son, 654 Barney Pierce Rd., Chatsworth,GA 30705. 706-695-7092.

March 12, 2011Durant, Oklahoma, at the Fair Barn. Con-tact: Greg Garison, [email protected],580-889-0621.

March 19, 2011Arcadia, Florida, Turner Ag Civic Center.Central Florida Poultry Breeders show.Contact : Valerie Hirvela , vh [email protected], 813-626-0066.

March 19, 2011Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Hestand’s Stadium.2nd Annual Big Bird Classic. Contact: AnnCharles, [email protected], 479-234-7819. http://www.BigBirdShows.com

March 19, 2011Cape Girardeau, Missourri, Heartland Clas-sic Poultry Association. Call : GregChamness, 618-922-6003 or Brad Jones,618-925-2042

March 19, 2011Monroe, Washington, Washington State


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April 9, 2011Hutchinson, Kansas, Kansas Classic,Kansas State Fairgrounds, Spring one-daydouble show. Contact: Benny Dean, 1139Maple St., Eudora, KS 66035. 785-542-3135, [email protected]

April 16, 2011Sedalia, Missouri, Missourri State poultryAssociation 29th Aniversary Show,Missourri State Fairgrounds. Contact:Bernita Miller, 300 North Franklin, Windsor,MO 65360. [email protected], 660-647-2474.

April 16, 2011Brownsville, Kentucky, Edmonson CountyFairgrounds, Green River Poultry Club, Inc.Spring Show. Contact: Randy Graham,4616 Oak Hill Rd., Bowling Green, KY42101. 270-597-3866, [email protected]

April 16-17, 2011Stevenson, Washington, APA Semi- Annual,sponsored by the Pacific North West Poul-try Association, Contact: Barb Tuss,[email protected], 541-680-6471,www.pacificnorthwestpoultry.org

April 18, 2011Uniontown, Pennsylvania, UniontownCounty Fairgounds, UP&FPA Spring Show.Contact: Steve Stanish, 724-439-5253.

April 23, 2011Scribner, Nebraska, Cornhusker PoultryClub Annual Show. Contact: Barb Church,308-548-2388, [email protected]

April 23, 2011Greenville, Ohio, Dayton Fancy FeatherClub, 105th Annual Show, Dark CountyFairgrounds. Contact: Bill Sherwin, 937-687-2782.

April 23, 2011Dickson, Tennessee, Dickson County Fair-grounds, Vounteer State Poultry Club Show.Contact: Ami Shelton, 610 Sunny RidgeCircle , Dixon, Tennessee [email protected].

April 30, 2011Pueblo, Colorado, Colorado State Fair-grounds, 5th Annual Colorado Poultry As-sociation Spring Show. Contact: CaraSmith, 970-847-3614, [email protected],w w w . f r e e w e b s . c o m / c o l o r a d opoultryassociation

April 30, 2011Alma, Michigan, Michigan Poultry FanciersSpring Show. Contact: Matt Boensch, 989-529-7030, www.fowlfest.org

April 30, 2011Columbus, Indiana, Bartholomew CountyFairgrounds. Feathered Friends 4-H Poul-try Club Annual Show. Contact MandiCalhoun: 812-343-5940

Upcoming APA &ABA Shows

National Call Breeders of AmericaA club formed for the promotion of breeding and exhi-bition of Call Ducks, Offering National, District andSpecial Meets. Quarterly newsletters and annual year-book. Memberships: Junior(under 16) $8/year; Indi-vidual $15/year or $29/2 years; Family $17/year or$33/2 years; Lifetime membership $200. Visit ourwebsite at www.callducks.org to join online or pur-chase club merchandise, such as t-shirts, pins,patches, posters, etc. For more information contactsecretary Dennis Fuller, 1729 Otterville Blvd., Inde-pendence, Iowa 50644. 1-319-334-3497,[email protected]

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April, 2011Ventura, California, Ventura County Fair-grounds at Seaside Park, Seaside FeatherFanciers 2011 Spring Fling. Contact: DaveAnderson, 1947 Grand Ave., Fillmore, CA93015. 805-524-4046, [email protected];

May 2011

May 7, 2011Little Rock, ArkansasArkansas State Fair Spring Show. http://www.arkansasstatefair.com/livestockindex/index.html. [email protected], (501)372-8341

May 7, 2011Peoria, Illinois, Central Illinois Poultry Clubpresents 13th Annual Spring Show, Expo-sition Gardens. Contact: Randy Jackson,815-488-5200 or 815-303-7192.

May 7-8, 2011Avoca, Iowa, United Poultry Fanciers SpringDouble Show. Contact: Diana Dahir, 32537Whippoorwill Rd., Minden, IA 51553. 712-485-2412, [email protected]

May 14, 2011Hamilton, Montana, Ravalli County Fair-grounds, Rocky Mountain Poultry Associa-tion 6th Annual Spring Fling. Contact: JamieRensmon, 406-443-4347.

May 21, 2011Shelbyville, Kentucky, Shelby County A & MFairgrounds, Kentuckiana 66th AnnualShow. Contact: R. H. Bennett, 502-664-0870, [email protected], ht tp: //www.kentuckianapoultryclub.com.

May 28-29, 2011Lucasville, Ohio, Scioto County Fair-grounds, Southern Ohio Poultry Associa-tion 49th Annual Show. Contact: DaveAdkins, 1988 Cook Rd., Lucasville, OH45648. 740-259-2852 (evenings).

May 7, 2011Newport, Tennessee, Cocke County A & IFairgrounds. Something to Crow AboutShow Contact: Ruth Murchison 865-414-7565, [email protected]

May 21, 2011Augusta, New Jersey, Sussex County Fair-grounds, Sussex County Poultry Fanciers,Spring Show. Arlene Sliker, 154 Co Rd 560Layton, NJ 07851. 973-948-6451,chickens12342hotmail.com.

June 2011

June 4, 2011Richland Center, WisconsinRichland County fairgrounds, 46th AnnualBadger Poultry Club Show. Contact: RuthLefeber, 8648 Irish Ridge Road, Cassville,WI 53806. , [email protected],608-725-2179

El Dorado, ArkansasApril 2, 2011

Judges: Anthony Ashley, SC& Rev. Roland Romig, PA

Contact: Bill and Debbie Atwood,1557 Grant 73, Sheridan, AR 72150

Phone: 870-942-7361Email: [email protected]

June 4, 2011Highland, Illinois, Ill-Mo Bantam Club Show.contact:[email protected], http://illmobantamclub.org/

June 4, 2011Syracuse, New York, New York State Fair,Finger Lake Feather Club Show. ContactCharles Casper at (315) 255-1982,[email protected]

October 2011

October 15, 2011Lebanon, Indiana. Central Indiana PoultryShow. Contact: Ron Patterson, 765-676-6192, [email protected], http://www.poultryshow.org

October 20-22, 2011Little Rock, ArkansasArkansas State Fair Show. http ://www.arkansasstatefair.com/livestockindex/index.html. [email protected], (501)372-8341

OCTOBER 28-30, 2011Indianapolis, Indiana, Crossroads II Show.2011 APA National & 2011 ABA National. Con-tact: David Wulff, info@Poultry Press.com

American Brahma Clubhttp://theamericanbrahmaclub.orgContact: Club Secretary, Kim Aldrich, 12948 Ring Rd.,St Charles, MI 48655. Phone: 989-865-6702, email:[email protected]

American Sumatra Associationhttp://sumatraassociation.com. Secretary: Doug Akers ,300 S. 400 W. Lebanon, IN 46052, email: [email protected] (12-11)

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International Cornish Breeders AssociationContact: Chris Tamayo, 9829 Falcon Meadow Dr., ElkGrove, CA 95624, email: [email protected]

Marans of America Clubhttp://maransofamericaclub.com, Brenda Little-Chairman, USA-Delegate- Marans Club of France,email: [email protected]

Serama Council of North Americawww.scnaonline.org \, contact Jerry Schexnayder,[email protected]. (12-11)

Nankin Club of AmericaSecretary: Mary Ann Harley, 195 Macedonia Rd., NorthAugusta, SC 29860. Email: [email protected](12-11)National Call Breeders of Americahttp://www.callducks.org, Secretary: Dennis Fuller,email: wapsiwaterfowl@ aol.com, 319-334-3497, MailMemberships to: NCBA c/o Steve Jones, 9677 ButlerLane, Poetry, TX 75160 (12-11)

National Jersey Giant ClubSecretary: Robert Vaughn, 28143 CR 4, Pequot Lakes,MN 56472, http://nationaljerseygiantclub.com (12-11)

Plymouth Rock Fanciers of Americahttp://www.showbirdbid.com/joomla/rockclub/, Secre-tary: Robert Blosl, 14390 South Blvd , Silverhill, AL36576, email:[email protected] (12-11)

Rhode Island Red Club Of Americahttp://www.showbirdbid.com/joomla/redclub, Secretary:Frank Harris, 15483 Coatesville Rd., Beaverdam, VA23015, email: [email protected] , 804-883-5682

United Orpington Clubhttp://www.unitedorpingtonclub.comSecretary: Christina Korfus , PO Box 681, Cle Elum,WA. 98922, email: [email protected], 509-607-0405 (12-11)

Java Breeders of America,http://www.javabreedersofamerica.comRuth Caron, Web Design, 195 Northglen Lane, Martindale,TX 78655, 619-301-4538, [email protected]

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To promote and protect the standard-bred poultry industry in all it’s phases

To continue the publication of the American Standard of Perfection with the breedand variety descriptions for all the recognized purebred fowl.

To encourage and protect poultry shows as being the show window of our industry,and education for both breeders and public, and a means of interesting youngfuture breeders in taking up poultry.

To assist, encourage, and help educate the junior poultry man to the sound andpractical value of standard-bred poultry, and purebreeding.

Toward these goals the APA supports sanctionedmeets at poultry shows all over the US and Canada,including an Annual meet and a Semi-Annual meet.Individual members can earn points at these showstoward becoming a Master Exhibitor as well asreceiving awards from the association.

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these families he could not afford mis-takes, therefore in every such case hestud mated or single pair mated. He wouldnot mate birds of two separate families,which in years gone by, had carried simi-lar defects or the same defects in pro-nounced form. Although the defects car-ried had apparently been bred out of bothlines. A large percentage of the progenyof such a mating would revert back to thedefects and result in a backward breed-ing step, and even worse the years of la-bor of line maintenance would be lost. InDan’s words, ” Heredity will work for uswith fine success, if we learn how to useit and profit by it, but there is one set oflaws you cannot tr ifle with NATURALLAWS.”

Legendary White Leghorn breeder,Daniel Webster. Circa 1922

the zenith of vigor, with heavy frames, largebody capacity, strong legs and a profu-sion of plumage at points most neededto protect the organs of reproduction. Dancarefully established with in his strain,ten or twelve separate families, so to stylethem. He observed and recorded for eachfamily all the qualities both good and bad,to be found in the selected best speci-mens of each family; so that undesiredqualities could be bred out, generation-by-generation, and the desired qualitiesretained and fixed. “We must know andknow positively both the sire and dam ofeach high class bird we secure, as wellas the line or family which these birds

come. We must know not onlythe parents but as to the an-

cestry about which weneed know all that we

can, which meansre co rd- ke eping . ”Those were Mr.Young’s own re-marks about pedi-grees.

Dan trap nestedhis general flocks oflayers, but not hisline-bred families.

These lines repre-sented many years of

careful work and defi-nite breeding. He would

never trust trap neststo keep the blood-lines intact, as with

Dan Young had taken a landrace fromItaly and with vision and determination(along with breeding skill) transformedLeghorn type into an efficient,well bal-anced, and elegant fowl.His birds weredecades in advance of the standard .Agreat breeder and judge among goodones. DJH (From the 2010 2nd edi-tion book THOUGHTS ONWHITE LEGHORNS ByD.J.Honour)

Dan Young inheritedfrom his father the origi-nal birds that formedhis well-known line.His father’s WhiteLeghorns traced backto 1853.The Youngst rain reached anamazingly high degreeof excellence in D.W.Young’s hands during1900-1917. Dan was aphysician, surgeon, chem-ist, and student of cattlebreeding.

He traveled abroadand visited some ofthe greatest Jerseycattle breeders on the Isle of Jersey inthe English Channel. While there he foundout all he could about line breeding aspracticed with record success for gen-erations on the Isle. With his knowledgeand that gained from the Jersey breed-ers, he set an example in systematic,scientific breeding of Standard fowls for acombination of exhibition points and pro-lific egg yield not equaled by any otherpoultry breeder.

Line breeding was the foundation, thesecret of success, a success that within12 - 15 years placed his strain far in ad-vance of all competing flocks. His Leg-horn type and style was not only the fash-ion of the day, but the most handsomestand graceful of all the useful and produc-tive Standard fowls. Not only were theYoung type White Leghorns the personi-fication of grace and beauty, but they were

DANIEL WEBSTERYOUNG AND HIS

S. C. WHITELEGHORNSBy DANNE J. HONOUR

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936 Total Birds in the show.LARGE FOWL

Champion Asiatic, Light Brahma Cock-erel, exhibited by Darlene Hobbs. Re-serve Champion Asiatic, Black LangshanCockerel, exhibited by Paul Maye.

Champion English, Black OrpingtonCockerel, exhibited by Tricia Pittman.Reserve Reserve English, Dark CornishPullet, exhibited by Carl Brantley.

Champion American, Black Giant Hen,exhibited by Morgan Stoneman. ReserveChampion American, Blue Giant, exhib-ited by Morgan Stoneman.

Champion Mediterranean, Light BrownLeghorn Pullet, exhibited by Carl Beard.Reserve Champion Mediterranean, WhiteLeghorn Hen, exhibited by Carl Beard.

Best Continental, BB RED ModernCockerel, exhibited by Tom Anderson.Reserve Continental, Barnvelder Pullet,exhibited by Will Hanley.

Champ AOSB, BB RED Aseel Cock,exhibited by Carl Brantley.

Champion Large Fowl, BB RedAseel Cock, exhibited by Carl Brantley.Reserve Champion Large Fowl, LightBrahma Cockerel, exhibited by DarleneHobbs.

BANTAMChampion Modern, Birchen Pullet,

exhibited by Tom Anderson. ReserveChampion, Modern Game, BB RedCockerel,exhibited by Tom Anderson.

Champion OEG, Blue Red Cockerel,exhibited by Fields & Proctor. Reserve

Friendship PoultryClub Winter ShowMorganton, North Carolina

February 12, 2011Results by Brian PricePhotos by Reggie Neal

Champion OEG, BB Red Cock, exhib-ited by Fields & Proctor.

Champion SCCL, White Rock Cock-erel, exhibited by Fields & Proctor. Re-serve Champion SCCL, White Jap Hen,exhibited by Sammy Collins.

Champion RCCL, Golden SebrightHen, exhibited by R H Bennet. ReserveChampion RCCL, Black Rosecomb Pul-let, exhibited by RH Bennet.

Champion FL, Porcelan D'Uccle Hen,exhibited by RH Bennet. Reserve Cham-pion FL, Black Cochin Pullet, exhibitedby Judy Gantt.

Champion AOCL, Dark Cornish Cock-erel, exhibited by Anthony Ahsley. Re-serve Champion AOCCL, Dark CornishHen, exhibited by Anthony Ashley.

Champion Bantam, Blue Red OEGCockerel, exhibited by Fields & Proctor.Reserve Champion Banatam, Dark Cor-nish Cockerel, exhibited by AnthonyAhsley.

JUNIOR SHOWJunior Show Champ, Red Pyle OE

Hen, exhibited by Mitchell Price. ReserveJunior Show Champion, Birchen ModernPullet, exhibited by Randy Waters, Jr.

Show Champion, Blue Red OEGCockerel, exhibited by Fields & Proctor.

Reserve Show Champion, Dark Cor-nish Cockerel, exhibited by Anthony

Ahsley.

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BEST AMERICANBlack Jersey Giant Hen

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Bailey Stoneman - (Jr Show)

BEST OF BREED & BVMille Fleur D’Anvers Pullet

Champion American, Black Giant Hen,exhibited by Morgan Stoneman

Best Of Breed (Jr), Mille Fleur D’AnversPullet, exhibited by Bailey Stoneman.

Champion English, Black OrpingtonCockerel, exhibited by Tricia Pittman.

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IOWA

Bart Pals, 146 Brook Terrace, Mason City, IA50401. (641) 424-3709, [email protected]. APA-ABA General License (02-12)

ILLINOIS

Robert Gilbert, 2009 S. Vine St., Urbana, IL61801-5819, [email protected], 217-417-0112. APA General license. (12-11)

KANSAS

Eugene F. Barnard, 34 Duncan Lane, Newton,KS 67114. Bantam Chicken & Bantam Duck, 316-283-6491, [email protected] (12-11)

NORTH CAROLINA

Jim Adkins, 642 Moffitt Hill Rd., Old Fort, NC28762. 209-890-532, [email protected] Chicken & Bantam Duck (12-11)

TENNESSEE

Phil Bartz, 5003 Beaulah Ave., Chattanoga, TN37409. [email protected], (217) 491-6670,APA-ABA General Licensed. (12-11)

TEXAS

Samuel Brush, 1009 Hillview Drive,Keller, TX76248-4012, 817.379.6475, [email protected]@verizon.net, APA General License. (12-11)

Monty Fitzgerald, 1713 CR 4280, Decatur, TX76234, [email protected], 940-393-8907. APA General License, Bantam Chicken &Bantam Duck (12-11)

Steve Jones, 9677 Butler Lane, Poetry, TX75160, ghia4me@ sprynet.com, 972-636-9093,APA/ABA General License. (12-11)

Pat Malone, 4903 Brazowood Circle, Arlington,TX 76017; [email protected],817.478.2397. APA General License, BantamChicken & Bantam Duck (12-11)

VIRGINIA

Frank Harris, 15483 Coatesv ille Road,Beaverdam, VA 23015-1703. [email protected]. Bantam Chicken & Ban-tam Duck (12-11)

The Coat Hanger

A woman was at work when she re-ceived a phone call that her small daugh-ter was very sick with a fever. She lefther work and stopped by the pharmacyto get some medication. She got backto her car and found that she had lockedher keys in the car.

She didn't know what to do, so shecalled home and told the baby sitter whathad happened. The baby sitter told herthat the fever was getting worse. Shesaid, "You might find a coat hanger anduse that to open the door."

The woman looked around and foundan old rusty coat hanger that had beenleft on the ground, possibly by someoneelse who at some time had locked theirkeys in their car. She looked at thehanger and said, "I don't know how to usethis." She bowed her head and asked Godto send her help.

Within five minutes a beat up old mo-tor cycle pulled up, with a dirty, greasy,bearded man who was wearing an oldbiker skull rag on his head.

The woman thought, "This is what yousent to help me?" But, she was desper-ate, so she was also very thankful.

The man got off of his cycle and askedif he could help.

She said, "Yes, my daughter is verysick. I stopped to get her some medica-tion and I locked my keys in my car. Imust get home to her. Please, can youuse this hanger to unlock my car?"

He said, "Sure." He walked over tothe car, and in less than a minute the carwas opened. She hugged the man andthrough her tears she said,

"Thank You So Much! You are a verynice man."

The man replied, "Lady, I am not a niceman. I just got out of prison today. I wasin prison for car theft and have only beenout for about an hour."

The woman hugged the man again andwith sobbing tears cried out loud, 'Oh,thank you God! You even sent me aProfessional!'

APA & ABALicensed Judges

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WISCONSIN

Jeff Halbach, 31601 High Dr. Burlington, WI53105. [email protected], 262-534-6994. Ban-tam Chicken & Duck. (12-11)

CANADA

Troy LaRoche, 12187 8th Line Georgetown,Ontario, Canada L7G 4S4. 905-873-2715,troylaroche88@hotm ail.com. APA GenerallLicense, ABA Bantam & Duck. (12-11)

Heather Hayes, 5019 Lansdowne Road,Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada, V0E 1B4

APA/ABA general licensed +ABA Bantam Duck,250-546-4969, [email protected] (02-12)

Jamie Carson, 465 Sanatorium Rd., The Glades,NB, Canada, E4J 1W3. 506-756-8544,[email protected]. APA-ABA General Li-censed Judge. (02-12)

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