newsletter - Langshan Club of Victoria

LANGSHAN CLUB OF VICTORIA
Incorporation No. A0056597C
NEWSLETTER
Issue No. 3 August 2012
EE BIRD IN SHOW EE
2012 ANNUAL SHOW
SONYA FORD’S AUSTRALIAN LANGSHAN BANTAM COCKEREL
HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE
Q From the Secretary………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 2
Q Annual Show Report……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 2
Q Annual Show Pictorial………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Page 3
Q ATTENTION – FUND RAISING……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ..Page 4
Q Around the Shows……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Pages 4,5,6,7
Q A Little Bit About ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 7 & 8
Q Breeders Directory………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Page 8
Q A Verse by W. Ellwood………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Page 9
Q On the Lighter Side of Life…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...Page 9
OFFICE BEARERS
Patrons
President:
Vice Presidents
George Norman. Pat Birchall.
Michael Grounds
Michael Holmes
Michael Jones
Secretary: Debbie Sigmund
Treasurer: Brett Batcheldor
Show Manager: Hayden Stephens
Committee Members: Sonya Ford, Elizabeth Batcheldor, Wayne Peachey
FROM THE SECRETARY
Welcome to the 3rd Newsletter of the Club. What a wonderful year so far its been for the Langshan Breed with an Australian
Bantam Black Pullet taking out the Best Softfeather In Show at the National Poultry Show in Canberra. Congratulations to
Phillip & Linda Tisdell .
Welcome also to new members Irene Askew, Noeleen Battley, Rod Butt, Robert Hunt, Colin Kincaid, David Plant, John
Suters, Macdonald Family, and Mark Lee. We hope your time with the Club is an enjoyable one.
This newsletter is an extra edition because we felt to wait until November to let you all know the results of our Annual
Show, was too far away. An end of year newsletter in November will still be sent to you all.
The Annual General Meeting was held after the judging was completed at the Annual Show. Office Bearers were elected
and nominations were taken for the 2013 Annual Show.
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A Committee Meeting is being held at 7.30pm on Friday 24 August at the Warragul Poultry Pavilion. This meeting will
be open to all members who wish to attend. If you have any items you would like to put to the Committee or discuss at the
meeting please come along and discuss your ideas as the Committee welcomes input from all members.
ANNUAL SHOW REPORT
Firstly, I want to thank the following sponsors and people who generously donated trophies, cash and sashes. Your
support and generosity is sincerely appreciated.
LAUCKE MILLS STOCK FEED u GEORGE NORMAN u SONYA FORD
u COPRICE FEEDS
MICHAEL GROUNDS u BRETT & ELIZABETH BATCHELDOR u MICHAEL & KATHY HOLMES
MEGG MILLAR (AUSTRALASIAN POULTRY MAGAZINE) u BRIAN TIYCE u J & K BLAIR
DEB & LOU SIGMUND
u THE HAGUE FAMILY
u
MIKE & CORAL JONES u MAX BLAIR
LANGSHAN CLUB OF NSW
u
BURNIE POULTRY SOCIETY (TAS) u KEVIN COLLINS
I particularly would like to thank all the people who helped me in preparing for and run our second Annual Show. To
have such a wonderful team to support me as Secretary of our Club makes the tasks in hand so much easier. The show went
without a hitch, so to speak. Our Chief Steward (and Club Treasurer) Brett Batcheldor, Steward Mark Lee, and Show Manager
Hayden Stephens took all measures to ensure the show went as smoothly as possible, and I would like to take this opportunity
to thank them for their colossal effort and encouraging attitude. However the show was marred in some respects as some
exhibitors who either refused or forgot to clean out their pens. I would like to take this opportunity to remind those exhibitors
that cleaning out their own pens was a show rule listed in the schedule, as it will be again next year.
The day was enjoyed by everyone, in particular our Judge Mr.Warren Schelbach who made positive comments about the
quality and the amount of birds we have down here in the cold south east. He was also very appreciative of our hospitality and
caring nature. We would all like to thank Mr. Schelbach for allowing us to occupy his time and borrow his expert eye.
What a phenomenal success our show was. Without exhibitors there is no show so thankyou all Exhibitors for your
support. We received 237 entries totalling 255 birds, owned by 27 individual exhibitors travelling from as far as Taree, East
Maitland and Goulburn in New South Wales and from all over Victoria . The largest class numbers were in the Australian
Bantams – 46 black Pullets, 30 black cockerels and 10 black hens. In the Australian Standard Langshan classes it was very
pleasing to see a line-up of 17 very nice black Pullets and 11 black Cockerels, being the two largest classes in that section. The
numbers were disappointing in the Standard Blue classes with only 2 birds entered. In the Australian Bantams in Blue and White
classes the numbers were quite good, the largest being 13 Blue Pullets and 10 Blue Hens. As most of you will be aware, we have
rarely seen Croad Langshans exhibited over the past years so the Club was very pleased to receive entries of 19 Standard Croad
Langshans both in the Blue and Black classes and 4 Bantam Croads.
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ANNUAL SHOW RESULTS :BIRD IN SHOW - Sonya Ford’s Aust. Bantam Ckl
RESERVE BIRD IN SHOW – J & C Anderson’s Aust. Standard
Black Ckl
JUNIOR BIRD IN SHOW – Keelie Sheppard’s Bantam Black
Hen
RESERVE JUNIOR BIRD IN SHOW – Dimity Hague’s Bantam
Blue Pullet
CHAMPION CROAD LANGSHAN – Macdonald Family’s Black
Ckl.
RES. CHAMPION CROAD LANGSHAN – Macdonald Family’s
Black Pullet
CHAMPION AUST. BANTAM – Sonya Ford’s Ckl
RES. CHAMPION AUST. BANTAM – George Norman’s
Black Ckl.
CHAMPION AUST. STANDARD – J & C Anderson’s
Black Ckl
RES. CHAMPION AUST. STANDARD – David Plant’s
Black Hen
CHAMPION BANTAM CROAD – J & C. Anderson’s Ckl
BEST EXHIBITION PAIR – Irene Askew’s Aust. Bantam Black
Pullets
BEST LANGSHAN ANY OTHER COLOUR THAN BLACK - Deb
Sigmund’s Bantam Blue Hen
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Australian Standard Langshans
Black Cock ( 3 ) 1 R. Hunt; 2 M. Johnson; 3 B. Tiyce
Black Hen ( ) 1 D. Plant; 2 I. Askew; 3 M. Johnson
Black Ckl ( ) 1 J & C Anderson;2 D. Plant; 3 W. Peachey
Black Pullet (17)1 C. Kincaid; 2 G. Norman; 3 N. Fenaughty;
4 W. Peachey 5 J & C Anderson
Best Black – J & C. Anderson’s Ckl
Blue Cock ( 1 ) M. Grounds
Blue Ckl ( 1 ) M. Grounds
Best Blue – Michael Grounds
White Cock (2) 1 W. Peachey; 2 R. Hunt
White Hen ( 3) 1 W. Peachey; 2 W. Peachey; 3 M. Grounds
White Ckl (3) 1 M. Grounds; 2 M. Grounds; 3 W. Peachey
White Plt (3) 1 & 2 W. Peachey; 3 M. Grounds
Best White – Wayne Peachey’s Hen
Australian Bantam Langshans
Black Cock (4) 1 R. Hunt; 2 B. Tiyce; 3 D. Sigmund
Black Hen (10) 1 I. Askew; 2 R. Hunt; 3 N. Fenaughty;
4 D. Plant
Black Ckl (30) 1 Sonya Ford; 2 G. Norman; 3 N. Fenaughty; 4
B & E Batcheldor; 5 B & E Batcheldor
Black Pullet (46) 1 R. Hunt; 2 I. Askew; 3 D. Plant; 4 J Suters;
5 D. Sigmund; 6 M & K Holmes
Best Black – S. Ford’s Ckl
Blue Cock (3) 1 D. Plant; 2 W. Peachey; 3 B. Tiyce
Blue Hen (8) 1. D. Sigmund; 2 W. Peachey; 3 B. Tiyce
Blue Ckl ( 6 ) 1 B & E Batcheldor; 2 N. Battley;
3 B & E Batcheldor
Blue Plt (13) 1 D. Plant; 2 J & C Anderson; 3 N. Battley
Best Blue – D. Sigmund’s Hen
White Cock ( 1 ) B. Tiyce
White Hen (4) 1 W. Peachey; 2 B. Tiyce; 3 N. Chiselett
White Ckl (7) 1 W. Peachey; 2 and 3 N. Chiselett
White Plt ( 5 ) 1 N. Chiselett; 2 W. Peachey; 3 N. Chiselett
Best White – W. Peachey’s Ckl
Standard Croad Langshans
Black Hen (1) !. Peachey
Black Ckl (4) 1 Macdonald Family; 2 W. Peachey; 3
Macdonald Family.
Black Plt (7) 1,2 & 3 Macdonald Family
Best Black Macdonald Family’s Ckl
Blue Ckl (3) 1 Macdonald Family; 2 M. Lee; 3 Macdonald
Family
Blue Plt (4) 1 Macdonald Family; 2 M. Lee; 3 Macdonald
Family.
Best A.O.C. - Macdonald Family’s Ckl
Bantam Croad Langshans
Black Ckl (1) J & C Anderson
Black Plt (3) 1J & C Anderson; 2 Macdonald Family; 3 J & C
Anderson
Best Bantam Croad –J & C Anderson’s
Ckl
Exhibition Pair of Females
Pair Aust. Standard (3) 1 W. Peachey; 2 M. Grounds; 3 B.
Tiyce
Pair Aust. Bantams (5) – 1 I. Askew; 2 J & C Anderson;
3 W. Peachey
Pair Croads – 1 W. Peachey
Best Exhibition Pair – I. Askew’s Black Pullets
JUNIORS Australian Langshan Bantams only were
entered
Black Cock (2) 1 and 2 K. Sheppard
Black Hen (6) 1K. Sheppard; 2 D. Hague; 3 K Sheppard
Black Pullet ( 5) 1 K. Sheppard; 2 K. Sheppard; 3 D. Hague
Blue Hen ( 1) D.A. S. Lewis
Blue Pullet (1) D. Hague.
n ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS n
Michael Grounds Jewellers of 309 Little Collins Street,
Melbourne, has again very generously donated to the club
a fantastic Pearl Pendant, valued at One Thousand Two
Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00). This beautiful Pearl Pendant
will be used as a fund raiser to enable the Club to stand on
a solid financial footing for our next show. Further
information will be sent to all members in due course.
AROUND THE SHOWS
GIPPSLAND RIVIERA POULTRY & GAME BIRD CLUB
YOUNG BIRD SHOW held 27.5.2012
Judges: Bob French – Softfeather Large, Specials
Doris Loats – Softfeather Bantam, Waterfowl
Black Standard Pullet – 1 & 2 C. Kincaid; 3 W. Peachey
Black Standard Ckl – 1 C. Kincaid, 2 J. Bradford.
Reserve standard softfeather – C., Kincaid’s Pullet.
Black Bantam Pullet – 1. J. Anderson, 2 & 3 J. Mason
Black Bantam Ckl – 1 S. Ford, 2 J. Anderson, 3 S. Ford
Blue Bantam Pullet – 1 & 2 S. Ford, 3 W. Peachey.
Blue Bantam Ckl – 1 W. Peachey, 2 D. Sigmund
Best Softfeather Bantam – J. Anderson’s Bantam Pullet.
Reserve Champion Softfeather In Show – J &C
Anderson’s Bantam Pullet.
WANGARATTA POULTRY CLUB ANNUAL SHOW
held 20th May, 2012
Judges: Les Goodwin – All Softfeather
Black Langshan Bantam Cockerel – 1 & 2 Nick
Fenaughty
Black Langshan Bantam Pullet – 1 & 2 Nick Fenaughty
BEST LANGSHAN BANTAM – Nick Fenaughty
Nick Fenaughty’s
Winning Bantam
Pullet
BURNIE POULTRY CLUB SHOW held 19.5.2012
Judge: Michael Holmes.
360 Birds
Large Cock – 1 J & A Jones.
Hen - 1 R. M Weldon.
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Ckl – 1 Maurice Young; 2 J & A Jones
Plt. - 1 R.M. Weldon
Champion Langshan Standard – Maurice Young’s Ckl.
Bantam Hen (2) – 1 Maurice Young; 2 D & R Lynne
Ckl (4) – 1 D & A Barber; 2 D & R Lynne.
Plt (19) – 1 & 3 D & R Lynne; 2 Maurice Young;
Champion Langshan Black Bantam – D & R. Lynne’s Pullet
st
Bantam Blue Ckl (1) – Maurice Young 1
st
nd
Plt (4) - D & J Knight 1 and 2
Champion Langshan Blue Bantam – D & L Knight’s Pullet
CHAMPION SOFTFEATHER BANTAM – D & R Lynne’s
Langshan Bantam Pullet.
RESERVE SOFTFEATHER HEAVY LARGE – Maurice Young’s
‘Black Langshan Standard Ckl.
Best Blue Langshan
At Burnie P.C. Show
D & L Knight’s Pullet
V.P. & K. CLUB SOFTFEATHER SHOW held 16.6.2012
Judge: Lachlan Macdonald
Black Standard Pullet – 1 W. Peachey
Black Bantam Ckl – 1. 2 and 3 W. Peachey
Black Bantam Plt – 1 I. Askew 2 and 3 D. Sigmund
Blue Bantam Hen – 1 D. Sigmund; 2 W. Peachey; 3 N.
Battley.
Blue Bantam Cockerel - N. Battley
Blue Bantam Pullet - 1 W. Peachey; 2 N. Battley; 3 D.
Sigmund.
Champion Softfeather Bantam – Irene Askew’s Black
Bantam Pullet.
Reserve Champion Softfether Large – W. Peachey’s
Pullet.
ESSENDON POULTRY CLUB SHOW held
Judge:
Black Bantam Ckl - 1 N. Battley; 2 M & K Holmes; 3
Kainui Park Stud
Black Bantam Plt – 1 I. Askew; 2 M & K Holmes; 3
Kainui Park Stud.
Best Black Langshan Bantam – Irene Askew
Reserve – Noeleen Battley
Blue Langshan Ckl – 1 N,. Battley
Blue Langshan Plt – N. Battley
White Langshan Hen – N. Chiselett
White Langshan Ckl – N. Chiselett
White Langshan Plt – N. Chiselett
Best Blue or White Langshan Bantam – Noeleen
Battley
Reserve – Noeleen Battley
BEST SOFTFEATHER BANTAM – IRENE ASKEW
WARRAGUL POULTRY CLUB ANNUAL SHOW
held 15.7.2012
Judge: Michael McGrath and Bruce Paterson
Australian Langshans – Standard:Black Hen - 1 Irene Askew
Black Ckl – 1 W. Peachey; 2 J. Bradford; 3 W. Peachey
Black Plt – 1, 2, & 3 W. Peachey
Best Standard Black Langshan– I. Askew
White Hen - 1 W. Peachey
White Ckl - 1 & 2 W. Peachey
White Plt - W. Peachey
Best Standard White Langshan – W. Peachey’s Ckl
Australian Langshans Bantams:Black Hen - 1 D. Sigmund; 2 I Askew
Black Ckl – 1 B & E Batcheldor; 2 I. Askew; 3 B & E
Batcheldor
Black Plt – 1 I. Askew; 2 I. Askew; 3 B & E Batcheldor
Champion Black Langshan Bantam – I. Askew
Reserve Champion – B & E. Batcheldor’s
Blue Hen – D. Sigmund; 2 W. Peachey; 3 W. Peachey
Blue Ckl – 1 B & E Batcheldor; 2 B & E Batcheldor; 3 W.
Peachey
Blue Plt – 1 B & E Batcheldor; 2 W. Peachey
Best Blue Bantam – B & E Batcheldor’s Cockerel
RESERVE CHAMPION SOFTFEATHER BANTAM HEAVY –
B & E. Batcheldor’s Blue Cockerel
White Bantam Cock – 1 & 2 W. Peachey
Irene Askew’s winning
Bantam Pullet
Elizabeth and Brett
Batcheldor’s winning
Bantam Cockerel
WARRNAMBOOL POULTRY CLUB ANNUAL SHOW
Held 15.7.2012
Judge:Hamish Russell
The Ron Halliwell Testimonial Show was held this day and
the Langshan Club of Victoria sponsored a Sash and Trophy
to be awarded to CHAMPION LANGSHAN IN SHOW. It is
with pleasure I have to report that the winner of this award
was Ron Halliwell himself with a Bantam Black Pullet.
RESERVE CHAMPION LANGSHAN IN SHOW – Keelie
Sheppard.
RESULTS:-
No Standard Langshan Entries
Croad Langshan Standard Pullet – 1 Sally Potter
Australian Langshan Bantam classes:Black Cock - 1 D. Holden
Black Ckl - 1 Wilson Family; 2 Ron Halliwell
Black Plt – 1 R. Halliwell; 2 Ray Zobel
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BEST SF Bantam – Ron Halliwell’s Black Pullet
RES. SF Bantam – D. Holden’s Black Ckl
CHAMPION LANGSHAN IN SHOW - R. HALLLIWELL
JUNIORS
Bantam Black Cock - 1 James Tucker; 2 Keelie Sheppard.
Bantam Black hen - 1 Keelie Sheppard; 2 Keelie Sheppard
Bantam Black Pullet - 1 Keelie Sheppard; 2 Keelie
Sheppard
Best Junior Langshan - Keelie Sheppard’s Bantam Hen
Res. Junior Langshan – Keelie Sheppard
CHAMPION JUNIOR – Keelie Sheppard’s Bantam Hen
Ron Halliwell holding
his winning Bantam
Pullet at his Testimonial
Show
GIPPSLAND RIVIERA POULTRY & GAME CLUB ANNUAL
SHOW held 22.7.2012
Judge: Ken Bjorksten
Croad Langshan – (1) W. Peachey’s Standard Black Hen
Australian Standard Langshans
Black Cock – 1 Mason Johnson
Black Hen (3) -1 I. Askew; 2 & 3 M. Johnson
Black Ckl(5) - 1 W. Peachey; 2 C. Kincaid; 3 W. Peachey
Black Plt (8) – 1W. Peachey; 2 C. Kincaid; 2 W. Peachey
Blue Ckl – 1 J & C. Anderson
Champion Softfeather Large Fowl – Irene Askew’s Hen
Australian Bantam Langshans
Black Cock – D. Sigmund
Black Hen (4) – D. Sigmund; W. Peachey; 3 W. Peachey
Black Ckl (6) – 1 S. Ford; W. Peachey; 3 I. Askew
Black Plt (14) – 1 J & C Anderson; 2 D. Sigmund; 3 I. Askew
Best of Breed - D. Sigmund’s Black Hen
Blue Hen (4) – 1 D. Sigmund; 2 D. Sigmund; 3 W. Peachey
Blue Ckl (2) – 1 W. Peachey; 2 H. Stephens
Blue Plt (4) – 1 J & C Anderson; 2 D. Sigmund; 3 W. Peachey
Best Blue Bantam – D. Sigmund’s Hen
JUNIORS
Bantam Black Hen (1) – D. Hague
Bantam Black Plt (2) – 1 D. Hague; 2 L. McParland
Bantam Blue Hen (1) – Mason and Jackson Annear
Bantam Blue Pullet (1) – Dimity Hague
Junior Bird in Show – Dimity Hague’s Black Hen
Reserve Blue Bird in Show (Feature Breed) – Dimity Hague
Ron Halliwell’s
Champion
Langshan
In Show
Dimity Hague
Junior Bird in Show
Keelie Sheppard’s Bantam
Hen – Champion Junior
David Holden’s
Bantam Cock – Res.
Softfeather Bantam
Irene Askew’s
Australian
Standard Hen –
Champion
Softfeather Large
THE LANGSHAN CLUB OF NSW held its Annual Show in
July . Judge: Matt Willilams from Picton.
Results and photos – courtesy of David Plant.
GRAND CHAMPION IN SHOW – S. Phillis Black Cockerel
Champion LF Black & Champion LF – S. Phillis, Black Ckl
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Res. LF – Osborne Family Black Pullet
st
1 LF Black Hen – David Plant
st
1 Black Btm Plt – Powell Family & Res. Champ Black
st
1 Black Btm Hen, Champion Bantam & RESERVE BIRD IN
SHOW – David Plant
Grand Champion Bird in
Show at NSW Langshan Club
Show
David Plant’s Standard
Black Hen. (This hen
won Reserve Champion
Aust. Standard at the
Langshan Club of Vic.
Show in July)
Croad Langshans
1 Ckl, 1 Hen, 2 Black Pullets and 2 Blue Pullets all exhibited
by W. Peachey
Best Croad Langshan – Black Cockerel.
Aust. Langshan Bantams
Black Cock (1) – W. Peachey
Black Hen (4) – 1 D. Sigmund; 2 W. Peachey; 3 D. Sigmund
Black Pullet (5) – 1 and 2 B. & E Batcheldor; 3 S. Ford.
Black Ckl – (5) - 1 W. Peachey; 2 M. Johnson; 3 S. Ford
Best Black Langshan – D. Sigmund
Blue Cock – 1 W. Peachey
Blue Hen ( 5) 1, 2 and 3 – D. Sigmund
Blue Ckl – 1 and 3 B & E Batcheldor; 2 W. Peachey
Blue Pullet – 1 B & E Batcheldor; 2 W. Peachey; 3 W. Ford
Best Blue Langshan – D. Sigmund
Whites – 3 Hens, 2 Ckls and 1 Pullet exhibited by W.
Peachey. Best White - Pullet
Champion AOC. Aust. Langshan – D. Sigmund’s Blue Hen
CHAMPION LANGSHAN IN SHOW – D. Sigmund’s Blue Hen
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A Little Bit
About…………..
CROAD LANGSHANS
David Plant’s Black Bantam
Hen – Reserve Bird in Show
FOOTSCRAY & DISTRICT POULTRY CLUB ANNUAL SHOW
Held 28/7/2012
Judge: Mr. James Bishop
Reserve Bird in Show – Rod Butt – Aust. Langshan Bantam
Black Pullet
OAKLEIGH POULTRY CLUB ANNUAL SHOW held 4/8/2012
Judge: Mr. Phil. Pickles
Feature Breed - Aust. & Croad Langshan
Aust. Langshan Large Fowl:Black Hen ( 2 ) – 1 & 2 M. Johnson
Black Ckl (3) - 1, 2, & 3 W. Peachey
Black Plt. (3) - 1,2, & 3 W. Peachey
1 White Cock, 2 White Hens, 1 Ckl and 2 Plts all exhibited
by W. Peachey. B.O.B Hen
Best Australian Langshan Large Fowl – W, Peachey’s Black
Pullet
The Croad Langshan breed originated from the
Langshan region, in the north of China near the Mongolian
border. Major F T Croad imported the first Langshans from
China into Britain in 1872. The Croad is well known for the
“U” Shape as seen in profile where the tail feathers are at
the same level as the head. The Croad Langshans are
thought to be the most “true” to the original type.
In a very interesting article on Croads, written by Lyn
Heigl from UK, she states
“Other Langshans also exist – such as German, Modern,
Australian and American – but tend to be taller and
leggier than the Croad. In Australia I am told that
Langshans were 50% of the nations breeding flock before
1894, but as fertility dropped over the years, Orpington
blood was introduced and the Australian Langshan today
looks more like the Modern Langshan than the Croad”.
There are Croad Langshans in UK, Belgium, Canary
Islands, America, Australia, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain,
Sweden, Wales, France and Scotland.
Are there still Langshans in China? There is certainly
is!! In Yangkou Town, Rudong Country, Nantong City,
Jiangsu Province in China there is the Langshan Chicken
Farm which was established in 1959 to help the
endangered Langshan Chicken. The farm is for preserving,
upgrading and breeding Langshan Chicken and has a floor
space of 200,000 sq. mtrs. with 20 standard hen houses
and running 50,000 Langshan Chickens. The farm also has
an isolation building and a warehouse.
The Croad Langshan is becoming more popular once
again here in Australia at the Poultry Shows as was evident
at the National Poultry Show in Canberra this year with 27
Standard Croads entered and at our own Langshan show
here in Victoria, 19 Standard and 4 Bantam Croads were
exhibited. Also at their Annual Show in July this year the
Essendon Poultry Club had a display of Croad Langshans.
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This must all be very encouraging for the Croad breeders
and exhibitors .
The Croads are known for their gentle and docile
temperament. They have dense glossy black feathers and
lay around 150 eggs a year which are a plum colour and
they can live for around 10 years. Like the Australian
Langshans they have feathers down the outside of the leg
and to the end of the outer toe, the soles of the feet are
pink and the toe nails white. They are big birds and are not
fully matured until around 2 years of age. They come in
Black, Blue and White colours although the Whites are
rarely seen here in Australia.
I received a lovely email from Clare Curtis in the UK in reply
to my enquiries about Croads overseas. Clare has her own
website and has kindly allowed me to use some photos of
her and her Croads from her website to include in our
newsletter. The
photographer is
Johnathan
Ayres .
Clare Curtis
from the United
Kingdom with
her prize
winning 10
month old
Croad Langshan
Ckl and an
amazing array of trophies which I believe was all won at
one show – The National Poultry Club Show in 2009. Her
major triumph being RESERVE BEST IN SHOW.
The Croad Langshan was imported into America in 1878
and admitted to the American Standard in 1883 but only
the colours Black and White. The colour blue was not
accepted to the American Standard until 1987.
An American Male
An American Female
Croad
BREEDERS DIRECTORY
Clare’s Best Large
White Croad Langshan
Pullet –
National Poultry Club
Show 2009
The 2012 Breeders Directory will be posted to all members
in early November and I am currently in the process of
updating all the information from last year. The Club has
new members to add to the Directory.
If you have made any changes from the information you
supplied in 2011, regarding the colours and/or breeds you
keep could you please let me know as soon as you are able
to allow me time to collate the information. Also if your
contact details have changed ie. phone number or you now
have an email address could you please let me know so I
can make the necessary changes.
My contact details are:-
(Photo by Mick Corrigan. UK)
Reserve Best in Show
National Poultry Club Show
2009 in the UK.
(Photo by Mick Corrigan. UK)
Email fireglow@netspace.net.au
Mobile 0458796705
Home Phone 03 51 696705
The feedback from last year’s Directory was very positive as
it gave a number of people the contacts for breeders of
various colours or breeds they were looking for.
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YET “CHANGE” they cry!!! By W. Ellwood
Oh woe is me
A call to change the standards I did see
Yet is it really change we need
Or men who better do the deed?
I specially seek an Arthur King
With bold men, prepared to do a finer thing.
Champions dedicated to guard this trust
Custodians of the standards – cause most just.
To you of modern quick fix mind
Would you make our birds a different kind?
What you cannot easily achieve
Will you change to suit your need?
Such effrontery would you dare show
To prove that more you think you know?
Never to reason the why or wherefore
Neither benefit nor logic care for.
Our formulators worked so near their task
Understood full well what they did ask
The design was capability
Then beauty added for nobility
In OEG did they not set the mould of Warrior
Full of those qualities that leave rivals sorrier
With attributes so fit and proper
Was not created fighter, sire , show stopper.
Now, a blue ribbon gives but one man’s view
But is the bird of Standard really true?
While prize cards and ribbons may bedeck your wall
Surely retaining excellence is by far the better call
How will those future enthusiasts record,
By which criteria will we be scored
While “Change” they cry – brave Keepers, dare I ask
Is staying true, indeed, too difficult a task?
ON THE LIGHTER
SIDE OF LIFE
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this.
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more
meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is ‘UP’.
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at
the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning,
why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come
UP?
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for
election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a
report?
We call UP our friends and we use it to brighten UP a room,
polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP
the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP
the old car. At other times the little word has real special
meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work
UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one
thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We
open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be
knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word
UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP
almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty
definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a
list of the many ways UP is used.
It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP,
you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When
the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it
wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn't
rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP. For now my
time is UP, so – it is time to shut UP!
LAUCKE MILLS POULTRY FEEDS
Sponsors Of The Langshan Club Of Victoria
“Oh, don’t be so dramatic. You say you’re
pregnant every day”
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ANNUAL SHOW PICTORIAL
Clockwise L to R - Brian Tiyce from Goulburn. The Judge – Warren Schelbach and his wife Wendy. The Cub Treasurer Brett
Batcheldor and Club Secretary, Debbie Sigmund. The Winner of BIRD IN SHOW Sonya Ford’s Black Cockerel. Debbie Sigmund’s
st
Best Blue Bantam; Champion White Bantam – W. Peachey’s Ckl; Brett & Elizabeth Batcheldor’s Bantam Blue Cockerel 1 in
Bantam Blue Cockerel class; Dimity Hague with her Reserve Champion Junior Bird in Show winner, a Bantam Blue pullet (who
appears to have a smile too!); RESERVE BIRD IN SHOW J & C Anderson’s Aust. Langshan Standard Black Ckl
In the middle from top to bottom W. Peachey’s Champion Standard White hen, Brett & Elizabeth Batcheldor enjoying the day.
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