January 2015 - Exhibition Poultry Magazine

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January 2015
On the cover . . .Jan Burke-Geis, of McCloud, Oklahoma, exhibited her Black Ameraucana cockerel to
win Super Grand Champion of Show at the 2014 APA
National in Knoxville, Tennessee, December 6-7.
Cover photo by Neil Grassbaugh
Upcoming APA
& ABA Shows
Exhibition Poultry Magazine©
Table of Contents
Advertiser’s Index
Upcoming APA/ABA Shows . . . . . . 02
Araucana Club of America . . . . . . .03
Central Florida Poulty Club . . . . . . .03
American Poultry Association . . . . .04
Natl. Call Breeders of America. . . . .04
Poultry Show Central . . . . . . . . . . . 04
American Bantam Association . . . . 05
Southwood Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . 07
SkyBlueEgg Araucana . . . . . . . . . 07
Brian Reeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cackle Hatchery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08
Fowl Play Products, Inc.. . . . . . . . 08
Araucana Breeders & Exhibitors Club . . .08
Smith Poultry Supplies . . . . . . . . . .13
APA/ABA Youth Poultry Club . . . . .13
APA/ABA Judges List . . . . . . . . . . 03
APA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04
ABA Happenings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05
Prebiotice, Probiotics, and Yeast . . 06
“Selection . . .” - Reeder. . . . . . . . . 09
Baton Rouge, LA Show Results . . . .11
Junior Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Display Ad Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
On the cover . . .Jan Burke-Geis, of
McCloud, Oklahoma, exhibited her Black
Ameraucana cockerel to win Super Grand
Champion of Show at the 2014 APA National in Knoxville, Tennessee, December 6-7.
LA - AR - OK -TX - MS
January 2015
January 10, 2015
College Station, Te xas, the Blue Bonnet
Classic, hosted by the Brazo Valley Poultry
Club. Contact: Claudia Choate, 512-273-2010.
Claudia@bluebonnetclassic.com, website:
http://www.bluebonnetclassic.com.
January 24-25, 2015
Fort Worth, Texas, Southwestern Exposition
& Livestock Show. Contact: 817-877-2400.
website: http://www.fwssr.com/
January 24, 2015
Columbia, Mississippi, Pearl River Classic.
Double Show, Columbia Expo Center. Judges:
Steven Beaty, NM and Anthony Ashley, SC.
https://www.pearlriverclassic.com/
February 2015
February 7, 2015
Norman, Oklahoma
Canadian Valley Spring Show, Cleveland
County Fairgrounds - Large Fowl, Bantams,
Waterfowl, Turkeys. APA State Meet. Website:
http://www.poultryshowcase.com/
February 21, 2015 - (Not confirmed)
Newcastle, Oklahoma, T he Great Plains
Game Bantam Spectacular. One day-double
show. Contact: Andy Barnes, 580-439-5956,
ouchickencrazy@pldi.net; RR 2 Box 450,
Comanche, OK, 73529.
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March 7, 2015
Lagrange, TX, South CentralTexas Classic,
Fayette County Fairgrounds. ABA, APA
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March 7, 2015
Pryor, Oklahoma, NorthEast Oklahoma Poultry Show, AOA & ABA sanctioned.. Contact:
John Littlefield, jlittlefield@salina.k12.os.us,
417-674-9676.
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Contact: Danny Hughes, P.O. Box 251,
Garwood, TX 77442; Phone: 979-758-3471.
Website: http://southcentraltexasclassic.com/
January 2015
March 14, 2015
Rison, Arkansas, Cleveland County Fair-
Promoting the Rumpless,Tuffed, Blue Egg Laying ARAUCANA
grounds. Contact: Frankie Harper, PO Box 552,
Rison, AR 71665; Phone: (870) 370-3427
March 21, 2015
Dripping Springs, Texas, Dripping Springs
Ranch Park. Annual Fancy Feathers 4-H Club
Open Poultry Show. Contact: Jaci Kroupa,
fresheggs91@yahoo.com; website:http://
www.fancyfeatherstx.org
March 3-22, 2015
Houston, Texas, Houston Livestock Show &
Rodeo. Contact: 832-667-1000 Website: http:/
/rodeohouston.com/
March 28, 2015
Beaumont, Texas, South Texas State Fair.
Contact: Phone (409) 832-9991, Email:
info@ymbl.org, Website: http://www.ymbl.org.
Contact: Thomas Bell, 409-429-5735
April 2015
April 4, 2015
El Dorado, Arkansas, Fairgrounds. South
Central Regional Classic. Contact: Frankie
Harper, PO Box 552, Rison, AR 71665; Phone:
(870) 370-3427.
April 11, 2015
Verona, Mississippi, Lee County Agriculture
Center. North Mississippi Poultry Club. Info
at: http://www.nmspoultryclub.com
Membership is $20.00 for 2 years Electronic or 1 year
Mail delivery. Includes Club Handbook, 4 Quarterly
issues of our Club Newsletter, Breeders Directory &
Free advertising. See www.Araucana.net for more.
1 2 /1 5
Advertising deadline is the
24th of each month
preceding issue date
SOUTH CENTRAL APA & ABA JUDGES
One-year listing, bold, and underlined, with details just $12.
ARKANSAS
Jacob Bates 614 N. Hancock St., Charleston, AR 72933 479/965-5222.
LOUISIANA
JIM CRAIN, APA General Lic #1184, ABA
Gener al Lic #344, Bantam Duck #157,
Serama #26. Phone: 318-455-998, email:
crainjac@gmail.com, 160 Pelican Cove,
Homer, La. 71040
(03-14)
Tracy Hill 10721 Truman Street , Amarillo,
TX 79118; 806/622-2488.
Melody Jonas 436 CR 3605 , Lampasas, TX
76550-9711; 512/556-2800.
Dwayne Jonas 436 CR 3605 , Lampasas, TX
76550-9711; 512/556-2800.
STEVE JONES, 9677 Butler Lane, Poetry,
TX 75160, ghia4me@ sprynet.com, 972636-9093, APA/ABA General License. (1214)
April 11, 2015 - (Not confirmed)
Alexandria, Louisiana, LSU Ag Center. Central Louisiana Poultry Club Spring Show. For
more information, contact: Maddi Williams,
940-736-9491 MaddiWilliams@ yahoo.com,
email: clpoultryclub@yahoo.com, website:
http://clpoultryclub.wix.com/mainpage
Jerry McCarty 513 McKinley St. , Haughton,
LA 71037 318/949-0027.
April 11, 2015
Vacherie, Louisiana, Oak Valley Plantation,
Cajun Serama Classic. Website: http://
cajunseramaclassic.org/. Contact: Jerry
Schexnayder, JerSchex@aol.com
Richard Peters P.O. Box 735 , Noble, OK
73068 405/527-8513.
April 18, 2015
Sedalia, Missourri, Missouri State Fairgrounds. 1-Day Double Show. Contact: Bernita
Miller, 300 N. Franklin, Windsor, MO 65360.
Phone: 660-647-2474, email: bmiller@iland.net
TEXAS
May 2015
May 2, 2015 - (not confirmed)
Little Rock, Arkansas, Arkansas State Fair
Spring Show, Arkansas State Fair grounds.
Entries at: http://arkansasstatefair.com/
livestockindex/Springfair.html
OKLAHOMA
L. C. "Corky" Higbee 6100 Cemetery Road ,
Noble, OK 73068-8604 405/872-7504.
Robert D. Murray 920 S.E. 21st Street ,
Oklahoma City, OK 73129 405/632-7085.
SAMUEL BRUSH, 1009 Hillview Drive,
Kel ler,
TX
76248-4012,
slbrush@verizon.net, 817.379.6475, APA
General License. (12-14)
TROY JONES, 7004 Apache, Fort Worth,
TX 76135, 817-237-3797, ABA General
Bantam (#107) and Bantam Euck (#72) Licensed. (01-15)
James Coope r 1111 Woodbi ne Stree t ,
Kemp, TX 75143 903/498-7168.
Charles Mahoney 11312 Earlywood Drive ,
Dallas, TX 75218; 214/324-3911.
PAT MALONE, 4903 Brazowood Circle,
Arlington, TX 76017, 817.478.2397,
PatMalone@ pleasantridgechurch.org. APA
General License, Bantam Chicken & Bantam Duck (12-14)
Jeff Ma xwel l Jr. 5230 Aberc reek ,
Friendswood, TX 77546 409/258-5662.
Joe H. Osburn 296 CR 4896 , Boyd, TX
76023 817/220-6261.
ADDITIONAL STATES
JEFF HALBACH, 31601 High Dr.
Bur lington,
WI
53105.
jeff.halbach@tds.net, 262-534-6994. APA
General & ABA General and Bantam Duck.
(12-14)
DWIGHT MADSEN, ABA Bantam License
#349, Duck #161. ABA District 11 Director. 17402 Locust Rd., Carthage, MO 64836.
Email: doit85@hotmail.com, Phone: (417)
(05-15)
359-3867.
Monty Fitzgerald, 1713 CR 4280, Decatur,
TX 76234; 940-393-8907
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APA NEWS
January 2015
Things have settled down to a dull roar in
the office. I ended the year on a good note
by attending the APA Annual in Knoxville the
first weekend of December. It was a busy
weekend, but I really enjoyed talking with
everyone. The club did a great job with the
show, it was very well run and with over
4,000 birds, I’m sure there were a lot of tired
club members on Sunday evening. I would
like to thank them all for their dedication to
exhibition poultry.
The directors had a very productive meeting on Friday evening. The by-law changes
that were advertised were approved by the
board, and the Splash Cochin and Blue
Wheaten Old English were accepted into the
Standard. Complete information on both
items will be published in the January News
& Views. The board also approved the Flock
Certification program, which they hope to
implement as soon as possible; once again
the complete information will be in the News
& Views.
The general meeting on Saturday evening
began with a great meal at a local restaurant
in Knoxville, and the highlight of that meeting were honoring people who have devoted
a good part of their life to promoting and
APA and standard bred poultry. Congratulations go to Doris Robinson, Andy Marsinko,
Roland Romig, S. Robert Powell and Curtis
Oakes.
I will begin sending show reports this
month, please be sure to read the paperwork
that comes with the report as there will be
some minor changes. Also, please note on
your dues notices that if your dues expire on
January 1 and you have not renewed by July
1 you will be put on an inactive list and all
points you have will be voided. I will continue this with anyone who has dues due on
July 1, 2015.
Merchandise sales have been good in December, there still seems to be interest in
the 2010 Standard for Christmas gifts; this
shows that there are still a lot of new people
becoming interested in standard bred poultry. One of the special items offered at
Knoxville was a t-shirt designed just for the
Knoxville Show.
We had a great response and only had 3
shirts left. I would like to know from the
members if you think this is something we
should continue with for every annual meeting. If you have time, just let me know.
Ruth Caron of Texas was the designer, she
does a wonderful job and I am sure would be
willing to help with another one if asked.
The paperwork is again piling up, so I will
get back to work
Pat Horstman, Secty.
National Call Breeders of America
A club formed for the promotion of breeding and
exhibition of Call Ducks, offering National, District and
Special Meets. Quarterly newsletters and annual yearbook.
Memberships: Junior (under 16) $8/year; Individual
$15/year or $29/2 years; Family $17/year or $33/2
years; Lifetime membership $200. Visit our website
at www.callducks.org to join online or purchase club
merchandise, such as t-shirts, pins, patches, posters, etc.
For more information contact secretary Dennis
Fuller, 1729 Otterville Blvd., Independence, Iowa
50644; 319-334-3497, wapsiwaterfowl@aol.com
(12-15)
Website: http://www.amerpoultryassn.com
Contact: APA Secretary
PO Box 306, Burgettstown, PA 15021
Phone: 724-729-3459
Email: secretaryapa@yahoo.com
JOIN NOW
Individual Membership:
$20 per year / $50 for 3 years
Outside USA & Canada: $40 per year
Junior Membership:
$15 per year / $40 for 3 years
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ABA Happenings
SELL YOUR EXCESS BIRDS HERE
This is 2 columns by 3.5 inches. There are no extra
charges for a color picture or simple ad design. Win
ads, poultry for sale, upcoming shows, breed clubs,
and all commercial advertising is welcomed. This
size ad with a color picture is just $43.75 for one
run.
ABA HAPPENINGS
January 2015
Welcome 2015. A year of new beginnings
for the ABA. This marks the 101st year of
the ABA. Let’s make it a great one. We are
off to a great start thanks to the incredible
100th Anniversary show recently held with
the Ohio Poultry Breeders. So now we turn
to getting ready for the next chapter in the
ABA. We have an election this year. I have
mailed ballots to those in districts were there
is a race. Please take note of this and if you
have any questions, you can contact me at
bantamclub.com and I will help you. Please
remember that the ABA office is not open
every day and we do work outside jobs. We
try to get back to you in a reasonable time
frame, however if you do not hear back in a
week or so – just leave another message and
we will likely catch up.
Our new Standard, featuring color photogr aphs , i s availa ble on our w ebsi te
www.bantamclub.com at a cost of $45 with
the mini (non color) version at $20.00.
Please add $5 shipping on all orders. You
can get yours be sending in a check or money
order made payable to the ABA – at ABA,
PO Box 127, Augusta, NJ 07822.
On a side note, I would like to thank all
those ABA members who donated items to
our Breeders Auction at the National Meet
this year. It was wonderful to be part of this
great event. We had lots of great birds, great
art, and other goodies all finding new loving
homes. Thank you to the following: Ari
Katz, MD – The University of Arkansas poultry fancier students, AR – George Beyer, NY
– Jacob Bates, AR – Anthony Ashley, SC –
House of Champions/Mike Johnson, CO –
M & M Exhibition Poultry, OH – Suzann
Chung, CA – Lee Morey, FL, Tom Durgin,WA
- Jeff Halbach, WI – Don Emery, PA – Laura
Haggarty, KY – Karen & Kevin Unrath, NJ.
Your contributions are truly treasured and
appreciated.
The 2015 legbands are here and ready to
ship. These can be ordered on the website
or in the mail. The sizes available this year
are as follows:
D (10mm) – E(11mm) – F(13mm) – G
(15mm) – H (18mm) – I (20mm) – J(22mm)
and a new size K (25mm). A cross reference chart can be found in your standard on
page 33. If you would like a chart for your
Special One-Year Packages: Any ad run for a full
year, with only minor text changes throughout the
year, PRE-PAID in full, is 50% off the single insertion rate. Example: An ad this size, run for one
year (12 issues) is only $262 (1/2 the regular price).
own use – simply send me an email at
bantamclub@gmail.com and I will send you
a handy to use pdf file for your use.
Get ready all – the 2015 yearbook will
soon be taking shape. With the help of Kim
Munden, we hope to be able to bring this to
you in August 2015. If you have taken an ad
in the 2014 book, we will be sending you a
sample ad with the new rates. These can be
purchased online at our website as well. We
will have a color as well at the black and white
sections. We discussed this and are happy
to say that we will be printing on the coated
paper which will make your photos look
brighter and better. To be part of this book,
send me a SASE and I will be happy to send
you the rates a nd the deadl ine
information.We will be sending our dues renewals in January. The board of directors
voted on a minimal dues increase. As of Jan
1, 2015, dues will be $25 for one year, $60
for three years. We hope to offer specials
for those who are willing to accept their
newsletters electronically. Watch your mailboxes for further details.
For now, I must sign off to attend to the
details. Thanks again for the great support
of all our ABA members.
Karen Unrath
ABA Secretary/Treasurer
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Probiotics, prebiotics & yeast: Do your chickens need them?
Shoreview, Minn. [December 16, 2014] –
Probiotics, prebiotics and yeasts are three big
buzzwords in backyard flock nutrition – but
what’s the story behind these feed ingredients and how do they work?
Gordon Ballam, Ph.D., director of lifestyle
innovation & technical service for Purina
Animal Nutrition, says probiotics, prebiotics
and yeasts aid in feed digestion and nutrient
absorption by supporting digestive health.
“The hen’s digestive tract is complex, with
many moving pieces,” he says, citing Figure
1. “After birds gather and eat feed, the feed
travels to the foregut (esophagus, crop,
proventriculus and gizzard) where it is digested and prepared for absorption. Feed then
travels to the midgut, or the small intestine.
Here, nutrients begin to be absorbed. Remaining nutrients travel to the hindgut (large
intestine, ceca and cloaca) where waste is excreted.”
“Millions of bacteria, known as microflora, live inside the digestive system,” Ballam
says. “Some of these bacteria are beneficial,
while others are harmful and can cause digestive upset and internal damage. The suc-
cess of the digestive system depends on a
higher ratio of beneficial to harmful bacteria.”
One way to promote this internal balance
is with probiotics, prebiotics and yeasts.
Look for these ingredients in a complete
layer feed.
Pro biot ics
Probiotics work to strengthen the beneficial bacteria in the digestive system.
“Probiotics are essentially the beneficial
bacteria required by the digestive tract,”
Ballam says. “They support the other bacteria in the digestive tract. A healthy digestive
system helps feed to break down and be absorbed which supports chick and hen health.
You can feed these beneficial bacteria directly to your birds through their feed.”
Pre biotics
The role of prebiotics is to provide nutrients to the healthy bacteria.
“While prebiotics help support digestive
hea lth, the y work diffe rently than
probiotics,” Ballam explains. “Prebiotics are
not actual live bacteria, but are a form of carbohydrate. This carbohydrate provides nutrition to the healthy bacteria, supporting their
growth.”
Yeasts
The third component in the digestive health
equation is yeasts. Yeasts work to promote
the growth of healthy bacteria in the digestive tract, while keeping the harmful bacteria
in check.
“Dried yeasts have been used in animal
nutrition for many years, primarily as a source
of quality proteins and B vitamins,” Ballam
says. More recently, yeasts have become an
important ingredient to poultry feed because
of their ability to support digestive health and
immune function.”
Three ingredients in one feed . . .Because
each ingredient plays a different role in diges tive tra ct health, a combina tion of
probiotics, prebiotics and yeasts is recommended to help keep birds healthy.
To learn more about poultry nutrition, visit
www.purinamills.com/chicken-feed or like
Purina Poultry on Facebook.
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SkyBlueEgg
SkyBlueEgg.com
& Araucana.com
Large Fowl Araucana in Black, Black
Breasted Red, Golden Duckwing,
Silver Duckwing, White, plus a few
bantams.
Started Araucana chicks
available year-round.
Ann Charles
Winnfield, Louisiana
email: contact@SkyBlueEgg.com
phone: (318) 209-9802 (lv msg)
Breeder of . . . APA National Champion LF Araucana
in 2013 and 2010. Also, APA Res. National Champion
Araucana 2009 (LF) and 2008 (B).
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Deadline for advertising and article submission for
the February issue is Saturday, January 24th.
Araucana Breeders & Exhibitors Club
“Breed Improvement Through Exhibition”
ABEC is committed to breed improvement through exhibition of the Araucana breed as defined by the
APA’s Standard of Perfection and the ABA’s Bantam Standard.
Congratulations to all exhibitors on an
outstanding 2014 ABEC National
at Knoxville, TN in December 2014!
Plus, a huge thank you to everyone with the
Tennessee Valley Poultry Club.
Look for full 2014 ABEC National
Show and ABEC Futurity results in the February
2015 issue of this publication.
ABEC
1st 2015
Meet
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at Colum
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24th
January
ABEC Club Officers:
President: Ann Charles, Winnfield, Louisiana,
email: contact@skyblueegg.com
Vice President: Cindy Mansell, Waterloo, New York, email: vp@abec.us
Secretary/Treasuer: Amanda Cambre, Bush, Louisiana,
email:secretary@abec.us
Visit us at our website: http://www.ABEC.us
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Selection Toward a Suitable Breeding Base
By Brian Reeder
As I have been recording here in a series
of articles over the last year, I have been starting over since a weasel strike wiped me out
of my large fowl lines. I have written several
articles detailing the new methods of housing and the new birds I have brought in to
select a small breeding base of bantams. In
my last article a couple of months ago, I was
at about 24 birds. Since then, I have culled
significantly and am currently down to seven
birds (3 males and 4 females). While I would
have been ok with having had more keepers
than the seven I still have, I am also fine with
the number I am now at and may yet cull further. There is really no way to know, as I will
continue culling as any problems appear and
if I end up with only one pair, that is really all
I have to have to start over and make my own
line. However, the current group seems fairly
stable and may well remain. Time will tell.
What is interesting to me (though not surprising) is that the seven birds I have left are
six Partridge Wyandotte bantams and one
Rhode Island Red bantam pullet.
Now you may remember that I ordered
around 70 chicks this spring. I usually consider a one in ten ration to be about average
for me, as I am picky. I usually suggest to
folks that if they want to start with really good
individual birds from hatchery stock, ordering ten for every one you want is a good idea,
generally.
However, if you remember from a previous article, I only ordered ten of the Wyandotte chicks, so with six of those left, that is
a much, much higher ratio of keepers than I
am generally expecting. Conversely, the
other breeds in the order, such as Yokohama
or Old English Game Bantams actually didn’t
meet the 1/10 ration I expect in most instances. I am telling you this to show you how
the suggestion of the 1/10 ration is a generalization and will not apply in every case.
Looking back, it certainly would have been
easier to just order the Wyandotte and Rhode
Island Red bantam chicks, but I was really
hoping that there would be one or two birds
of the other types that would have worked out
for me. I will say though that I am not terribly surprised that they didn’t. There are certain behaviors/temperaments that just don’t
work with me. What is most interesting to
me is the consistency of traits within some
of these breeds regardless of which catalog
they come from or if they are show lines.
These are not just consistently bad traits
though, as every line of Partridge Wyandotte
bantams I have ever worked with have been
An Exhibition line Partridge Wyandotte Bantam Hen with a catalog type Partridge
Rock Bantam Cockerel circa 2010.
Rhode Island Red Bantam Pullet from my spring 2014
Cackle Hatchery Order.
consistently good birds, for instance. This
current experience just underlines this. So
would it have been easier to just order them?
Yes, but I was not certain what they would be,
so I felt the best thing was to experiment and
see what happened. My experience yet again
underlines how good the Partridge Wyandotte
bantams typically are.
In the past, I had ordered Partridge Wyandotte bantams from Murray McMurray and
they were typical of the lines I have seen
(though I don’t believe they are carrying these
any more). I have worked with several exhibition lines of this variety of the breed also
and have found them to be consistent. Now,
this Cackle group of the same variety and
breed show the same traits. This leads me to
suspect that this variety of the breed in the
bantam size likely descend from one basic
group or line, perhaps even a very few individuals, that happened to have these many
good qualities, and so the line is now inbred
for these traits and they are fairly locked in.
In my opinion, these traits are more locked
in, in this variety of the breed, than in any
other breeds I have ever seen or worked with.
This may well be an example of the inbreeding of good traits and how that can create a
superior line. We often think of inbreeding
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stant comparison of what a calmer, better line
looks like. The one RIR bantam pullet that I
have retained is the nicest of the group with
the least tendency to bite and is a sound and
healthy bird. I hope to breed her with one of
the Wyandotte males and work toward possibly a black tailed red Wyandotte variety, but
we will have to see. I don’t want to count my
breeders before they are proven.
I will be keeping this article shorter than
usual, as I don’t have a lot to report. Right
now, I am just in a holding pattern and won’t
know much for a few more months. Once I
have more details, I will relay them here. I
hope it is helpful to some of you, especially
beginners, to understand how I form a base
for breeding from hatchery stock. I think it
is especially important for folks to under-
stand that every bird you bring in or hatch
won’t work out. It is important to be prepared
for this and helps you not to be disappointed
with losses or birds that just don’t work out
or you find you just can’t stand.
It is not infrequent that the breed we think
we must have based on visual appeal turns out
to be incompatible with our temperament or
management style/system.
While that can be disheartening, do not let
it knock you out of keeping chickens. Just
keep looking and you will find something that
works for you. If you had asked me twenty
years ago if I thought I would end up finding
the Partridge Wyandotte bantams to be the
best chickens for me, I would have been incredulous, and yet, here we are and that is
the case.
A Murray McMurray Partridge Wyandotte Cockerel in
the foreground circa 2010.
as a bad thing, but it is only bad if there are
deleterious (bad) genes there to begin with.
If there or no (or few) deleterious factors
and many good factors, then inbreeding can
concentrate those good traits to create a superior line. One of the biggest problems I
find with a really good line is how bad it makes
lesser lines appear. I believe the presence of
the Partridge Wyandotte bantams made the
other lines look even less acceptable and this
made it even less likely that I would retain
any of those. The Rhode Island Red bantams
for instance were nice, but had a tendency to
bite. I might have tolerated that more if the
Wyandotte bantams weren’t here to be a con-
Young Partridge Wyandotte Pullets from my spring 2014 order from Cackle Hatchery.
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GCPFA’s 2nd
Annual Gulf South
Fall Classic
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
November 22, 2014
~ SHOW RESULTS~
By Rhonda Silva
Photos by A. Charles
Show 1 Winners (Blue Card)
LARGE FOWL:
Champion American – Matt Ulrich –
White Plymouth Rock Hen. Reserve American – Matt Ulrich – Rhode Island Red Cock
Champion English – Brent Bryan – White
Laced Cornish Hen. Reserve English – Brent
Bryan – White Laced Red Cock.
Champion Asiatic – Sugarfields Poultry –
Black Cochin Hen. Reserve Asiatic – Shannon Huggins – Light Brahma Pullet.
Champion Mediterranean – Doug Akers –
Black Minorca Cockerel. Reserve Mediterranean – Doug Akers – Black Minorca Pullet.
Champion Continental – Sandy Siegfried
– Wheaten Marans Hen. Reserve Continental – Peggy Taylor – Black Copper Marans
Pullet.
Champion AOSB – Doug Akers – Black
Sumatra Hen. Reserve AOSB – Aaron Hickson – Blue Ameraucana Cockerel.
Champion Large Fowl – Sher ri
Humphries – Black Cochin Hen. Reserve
Large Fowl – Matt Ulrich - White Rock Hen.
BANTAMS:
Champion Game – Tony Davis – Brown
Red Pullet. Reserve Game – Don Hinton –
Lemon Blue Cockerel
Champion Old English Game – Bobby
Durr – Black Hen. Reserve Champion Old
English Game – Bobby Durr – BB Red Hen .
Champion SCCL – Matt Ulrich – Rhode
Island Red Pullet. Reserve SCCL – Matt
Ulrich – Rhode Island Red Cockerel.
Champion RCCL – Scott McDonald –
Black Wyandotte Pullet. Reserve RCCL –
Scott McDonald – Black Wyandotte Cockerel.
Champion AOCCL – Brent Bryan – White
Cornish Hen. Reserve AOCCL – Cole Briley
- Dark Cornish Pullet.
Champi on Feather Legged – Jas on
Mayeaux – Black Cochin Hen. Reserve
Feather Legged – Sugarfields Poultry –
Bearded Buff Silkie Hen.
Champion Bantam – Scott McDonald –
Black Wyandotte Pullet. Reserve Bantam –
Matt Ulrich – Rhode Island Red Pullet
TURKEY:
Champion Turkey – Lisa Sharp – Bronze
Cock. Reserve Turkey – Rhonda Silva –
Narragansett Cock.
WATERFOWL:
Champion Bantam Duck – Matt Ulrich –
East Indie Cock. Reserve Bantam Duck –
Matt Ulrich – East Indie Cockerel.
Champion Light Duck – Rhonda Silva –
Welsh Harlequin Cockerel. Reserve Light
Duck – Rhonda Silva – Welsh Harlequin
Cockerel.
Champion Medium Duck – Doug Akers –
Cayuga Cockerel. Reserve Medium Duck –
Doug Akers – Cayuga Pullet.
Champion Heavy Duck – Rhonda Silva –
Pekin Cockerel. Reserve Heavy Duck –
Rhonda Silva – Saxony Cockerel.
Champion Medium Goose – Rhonda Silva
– Buff Saddleback Pomeranian Hen.
Champion Waterfowl – Doug Akers –
Cayuga Cockerel. Reserve Waterfowl – Matt
Ulrich - East Indie Cock.
Show Grand Champion – Doug Akers –
Cayuga Cockerel. Reserve Show Champion
– Sugarfields Poultry – Black LF Cochin Hen.
 
Show 2 Winners (Yellow Card)
LARGE FOWL:
Champion American – Matt Ulrich –
Rhode Island Red Cock. Reserve American
– Matt Ulrich – White Plymouth Rock Hen.
Champion English – Brent Bryan – White
Laced Cornish Hen. Reserve English – Brent
Bryan – White Laced Red Cock.
Champion Asiatic – Sugarfields Poultry –
Black Cochin He. Reserve Asiatic – Shannon Huggins – Light Brahma Pullet.
Champion Mediterranean – Doug Akers –
Black Minorca Cockerel. Reserve Mediterranean – Doug Akers – Black Minorca Pullet.
Champion Continental – Ernie Haire –
White Marans Cock. Reserve Continental –
Beverley Robertson - Wheaten Marans Pullet.
Champion AOSB – Doug Akers – Black
Sumatra Hen. Reserve AOSB – Aaron Hickson – Blue Ameraucana Cockerel.
Champion Large Fowl – Matt Ulrich –
Rhode Island Red Cock. Res. Large Fowl –
Brent Bryan - White Laced Red Cornish Hen.
.
BANTAMS:
Champion Game – Tony Davis – Brown
Red Pullet. Reserve Game – Don Hinton –
Lemon Blue Cockerel.
Champion Old English Game – Bobby
Durr – Black Hen. Reserve Champion Old
English Game – Bobby Durr – BB Red Hen.
Champion SCCL – Johnny Sprouse –
Cream Light Brown Dutch Cockerel. Re-
Exhibition Poultry Magazine  Page 11  January 2015
serve SCCL – Johnny Sprouse – Light Brown
Hen
Champion RCCL – Scott McDonald –
Black Wyandotte Pullet. Reserve RCCL –
Scott McDonald – Black Wyandotte Cockerel.
Champion AOCCL – Brent Bryan – White
Cornish Hen. Reserve AOCCL – Brent Bryan
– White Laced Red Cornish Hen
Champion Feather Legged – Sugarfields
Poultry – Bearded Buff Silkie Hen. Reserve
Champion Feather Legged – White Cochin
Hen.
Champion Bantam – Sugarfields Poultry – Bearded Buff Silkie Hen. Reserve Bantam – Scott McDonald – Black Wyandotte
Pullet
TURKEY:
Champion Turkey – Lisa Sharp – Bronze
Cock. Reserve Turkey – Rhonda Silva –
Narragansett Cock.
WATERFOWL:
Champion Bantam Duck – Matt Ulrich –
East Indie Cock. Reserve Bantam Duck – LJ
DeRouen – Gray Call Pullet.
Champion Light Duck – Rhonda Silva –
Welsh Harlequin Cockerel. Reserve Light
Duck – Doug Akers – Black and White Magpie Cockerel. Champion Medium Duck –
Doug Akers – Cayuga Cockerel. Reserve
Medium Duck – Doug Akers – Buff Hen.
Champion Heavy Duck – Rhonda Silva –
Pekin Cockerel. Reserve Heavy Duck –
Rhonda Silva – Saxony Cockerel.
Champion Medium Goose – Rhonda Silva
– Buff Saddleback Pomeranian Hen.
Champion Waterfowl – Matt Ulrich –
East Indie Cock. Reserve Waterfowl –
Rhonda Silva – Buff Saddleback Pomeranian
Hen.
Show Grand Champion – Sugarfields
Poultry – Bearded Buff Silkie Hen. Reserve
Show Champion – Matt Ulrich – LF Rhode
Island Red Cock.
 
Champion Asiatic – Nicholas Garon –
Black Cochin Hen. Reserve Asiatic –
Nicholas Garon – Black Cochin Hen.
Champion Continental – Abigail Mitchell
– Black Copper Marans Cockerel. Reserve
Continental – Abigail Mitchell - Black Copper Marans Hen
Champion AOSB – Angela Tuttle – White
Araucana Cock. Reserve AOSB – Angela
Tuttle - Black Araucana Cock.
Champion Large Fowl – Nic hol as
Garon – Black Cochin Hen. Reserve LF –
Abigail Mitchell – Black Copper Marans
Cockerel.
BANTAMS:
Champion Old English/Game – Chris Durr
– Blue Wheaten Cockerel. Reserve Old English/Game – Cody Hanna – Crele Cockerel.
Champion SCCL – Zachary Tuttle – Black
Orpington Hen. Reserve SCCL – Tre Tuttle
– Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock Cockerel.
Champion RCCL – Emma Andrews – Partridge Wyandotte Pullet. Reserve RCCL –
Cody Hanna – White Wyandotte Hen.
Champion AOCCL – Cole Briley – Dark
Cornish Cockerel. Reserve AOCCL – Lane
Lirette – Dark Cornish Cock.
Champion Feather Legged – Sarah Israel
– Buff Brahma Cockerel. Reserve Feather
Legged – Sarah Israel – Buff Brahma Pullet.
Champion Bantam – Cole Briley – Dark
Cornish Cockerel. Reserve Bantam – Chris
Durr – Blue Wheaten OEG Cockerel
WATERFOWL:
Champion Bantam Duck – Cody Hanna –
Gray Call Cockerel. Reserve Bantam Duck
– Felicia Silva – Gray Call Pullet.
Champion Light Duck – Felicia Silva –
Welsh Harlequin Hen. Reserve Light Duck
– Felicia Silva – Welsh Harlequin Hen.
Champion Heavy Duck – Felicia Silva –
Saxony Pullet. Reserve Heavy Duck – Felicia
Silva – Silver Appleyard Hen.
Champion Medium Goose – Felicia Silva
– Buff Saddleback Pomeranian Pullet. Reserve Medium Goose – Abigail Mitchell –
Buff Saddleback Pomeranian Hen
Show 1: Reserve Show Champion – Sugarfields
Poultry – Black LF Cochin Hen
Show 1: Champion Bantam – Scott McDonald –
Black Wyandotte Pullet.
Champion Waterfowl – Cody Hanna –
Gray Call Duck Cockerel. Reserve Waterfowl – Felicia Silva -Saxony Pullet.
Junior Show Winners
LARGE FOWL:
Champion American – Felicia SilvaBarred Plymouth Rock Cockerel. Reserve
American – Lane Lirette – Silver Laced
Wyandotte Hen.
Champion English – Paycen Brouillette –
Black Orpington Hen. Reserve English –
Felicia Silva – White Laced Red Cock.
Junior Show Grand Champion –
Nicholas Garon – Black Cochin Hen. Reserve Junior Show Champion – Cole BrileyBantam Dark Cornish Cockerel
 
Show 2: Show Grand Champion – Sugarfields Poultry
– Bearded Buff Silkie Hen.
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