April 2008

Volume 4, number 2.

 

 

 

VARIOUS.

April 2008.

 

News, miscellaneous and ‘Buy and Sell’ market.

 

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Visiting two Ancient

Tumbler fanciers

 

We visited Henk Ver­hoork in Voor­schoten (NL) and Rene van de Wouw (NL) in Oss, and tried to un­ra­vell the secrets of the Ancient Tum­bler. The breed has had its ups and downs during the years. In the be­gin­ning the Ancient tum­bler was main­ly considered as a flying breed and ser­ved for improvement of se­ver­al other flying breeds.

 

By : Nico van Benten

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The Valencian Frill.

 

In Spain this breed has a first name and a family name; the first name Fi­gu­rita, meaning: ‘little doll or small statute’ and Valenciana as Fa­mi­ly name, indicating the origin, na­me­ly Valencia. In general every­one agrees that the Valencian Frill is the smallest fancy pigeon in the world.

 

By : Nico van Benten

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THE ANCONA.

 

The Ancona is a so called Me­dite­ranean Breed. Just as the Minorca, Val­darno, Leghorn and Andalusian; all breeds with a long, rich history. I used to find these breeds in many coun­tries all over the world, but now they are becoming rare. We’d better be careful with this European heri­tage !

 

By : Bernard Hanskamp

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Speckles, Dots & Spangles

From :  Genetics of Chicken

Colours for Dummies.

 

Chickens have all kinds of patterns. Dots are just an example. Like cur­tains or clothes. For every interior and taste there’s a chicken in mat­ching colour, with or without a pat­tern. In this article: The wide va­ria­tion of speckles on chickens.

 

By : Sigrid van Dort

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CHICKEN RUN.

 

The salmon colour is an ancient variety of Dutch Bantams, although you don’t see them at the shows as often as the partridge varieties. The other day we decided to visit Jo Ot­ten in Gemert (NL), Chairman of the Dutch Bantam Club in the Ne­ther­lands to find out just what ‘pro­per’ salmon should be.

 

By : Elly Vogelaar

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CONCERNING POULTRY.

Mice and Rats.

 

"Better none than a ton" you might say when confronted with the reality of rodents in our coops. Even though the concept of having mice in your coop is viewed as ‘inevi­table’, there is a big difference be­tween ha­ving a few visitors and a resi­dent plague popu­lation !

 

By : Monique de Vrijer

Translation : Diana Hedrick

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Keeping Fancy Pigeons.

Part 3.

 

There has been a fair bit written about the do's and don'ts of how to keep Pigeons. This is just some prac­tical advice from what I have learnt over the last 50 years. It’s not scien­tific, it’s not 'by the book' but it works ! In part 4 : Breeding.

 

By : Mick Bassett

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THE RONQUIÈRES TURKEY.

 

In both Belgium and Germany there exists a white breed of turkey with black lacing: the Belgian ermine Ron­quières and the German Cröll­witzer turkey.  The differences in the stan­dards were so minimal that one could hardly tell the differences be­tween both breeds. This made jud­ging very hard to do.

 

By : Boudewijn Goddeeris

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spanish PoultrY breeds at

the national show

in ASTURIAS.

 

Today there are over 20 native poul­try breeds recognised in Spain. Many of them were unknown to me, and I presume most of you have ne­ver heard of them. With this arti­cle we hope to give you an im­pres­sion of these interesting breeds.

 

By : Elly Vogelaar

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GRIT.

 

Since birds do not have teeth, the gizzard is common to all birds and actually acts a replace­ment for teeth, with the grit in the gizzard helping to grind the food for easier digestion. Poultry fanciers often get confused by the word ‘grit’.

 

By : Elly Vogelaar

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ACE OF THE SHOW.

Part 1.

 

Proud owners, top animals and stri­king breed products.  This time : The Oneto Show (NL).

 

By : Aviculture Europe.  Photos by

Klaas v.d. Hoek and Dick Hamer.

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ACE OF THE SHOW.

Part 2.

 

Proud owners, top animals and stri­king breed products.  This time: Affli­gem (Belgium), incl. the Inter­national Brahma and Cochin Show.

 

By : Peter van den Top

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ACE OF THE SHOW.

Part 3.

 

Proud owners, top animals and stri­king breed products.  This time: The annual show of the EZHSV (First South-Holland Pigeon Associa­tion).

 

By : Aviculture Europe

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ACE OF THE SHOW.

Part 4.

 

Proud owners, top animals and stri­king breed products.  This time: FLORIDA JUNIOR PIGEON CLUB SHOW, December 2007.

 

By : Bill Burnside, Coordinator

Florida Junior Pigeon Club.

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