December 2008

Volume 4, number 6.

	VARIOUS. December 2008. News, miscellaneous and ‘Buy and Sell’ market. Click here to read more.
	Ane Visser, an Allround Fancier. Originally Ane is from Frisia, as his name tells you. He was born in 1948 in the Frisian village of Berlikum. Ane’s first pigeons were Old Dutch Owl; in those days already a popular breed. In the beginning he used to have more interest in goats though; somewhat like his grandfather, who used to keep white milk goats. But he also keeps Hook Bill ducks and Frisian Fowl. By : Nico van Benten 11 pages - 715 KB Click here to read more.
	Exhibition Homers at Sytze de Bruine (NL). At Sytze’s, the Exhibition Homers came in 1994. He purchased 2 couples from Tony Hamelink, but he had no luck with them, because they didn’t produced any fertilised egg. In those days there were hardly any breeders of the Exhibition Homer in the Netherlands, thus he went with three hobby friends to the well-known German Pigeon market in Wasserburg, where he bought for 150 German mark a splendid Exhibition Homer hen, which was perfect in type, stand and head shape. By : Nico van Benten 13 pages - 660 KB Click here to read more.
	Buff American Leghorn bantams. Buff Leghorn bantams from the USA (American type) are extremely beautiful. This colour fits excellently this elegant breed with its yellow legs and nicely red comb. The Buff Leghorn bantams from the USA are rare in the Netherlands. They have not been seen on shows for a long time, since they were accepted in the Dutch Standard of Perfection in the 1970’s. By : Arie van Bijsterveldt 10 pages - 620 KB Click here to read more.
	CHICKEN RUN. Visiting chicken breeders is never dull, as there is always something new or interesting to discover and admire. Today - a calm, dark day in November, inevitably reminding us that winter will soon arrive - we visited Albert Houwer in the Frisian village of Oosterwolde; the only place in Holland where Dominikaner are kept and bred. By : Elly Vogelaar 8 pages - 560 KB Click here to read more.
	CONCERNING POULTRY. Norbert OUR CHRISTMAS TURKEY. A week before Christmas Norbert feared the worst when his human snuck up and grabbed him... Had fate determined him to be the Christmas centrepiece? No, fate had other plans for Norbert as he was the new tom for our Children’s Farm. By : Monique de Vrijer Translation : Diana Hedrick 7 pages - 490 KB Click here to read more.
	HYBRIDS. Crossings of different Varieties (or Breeds) within a Species - the resultant Progeny usually called a 'cross-breed' or 'mongrel' - are not exceptional. (For instance: Backyard poultry). These crosses, mostly accidental, are usually nothing to get excited about and not much valued except when part of a planned breeding program to create a new Breed or introduce new features, such as Colour or Markings, into an existing Breed. However, a crossing between two different SPECIES is another story! Throughout the history, the existence of such 'Hybrids' has always triggered our fantasy. We have gathered some information for you on ‘Fowl Hybrids’. By : Elly Vogelaar and Hein van Grouw 10 pages - 500 KB Click here to read more.
	BLUE ANCONA. End of the sixties of the last century the blue white mottled Ancona was developed from the blue Andalusian. The creation gave a lot of troubles, mainly because of the slate blue legs. It was not easy to breed them with yellow legs (with the wanted black mottles.) The Blue Ancona was really a daring exploit of fancy, but the results were not sparkling. The intention of breeding a more contrast full coloured bird carries the danger of getting a bird with more and larger pearls. By : Bernard Hanskamp 3 pages - 220 KB Click here to read more.
	60 YEARS Beauty Homer Club in the Netherlands. The celebration of the 60 Years Jubilee of the Dutch Beauty Homer Club 18 October 2008 in Apeldoorn (NL) was a big success, with many people and many pigeons. Judging of the pigeons took place in the presence of the Club members and exhibitors with the opportunity to ask questions. By : Nico van Benten 4 pages - 320 KB Click here to read more.
	Selecting for Proper markings in the Komorner Tumbler. Breeding a show quality magpie marked Komorner Tumbler is one of the biggest challenges in the fancy. Not only do you have to deal with station, large well defined rosettes, a high full balanced crest and a thick powerful bull neck amongst other things, but you are also faced with a challenge to present the judge with a well marked pigeon. By : Jan Lombard 3 pages - 140 KB Click here to read more.
	Christmas Saved By Pigeons. If you believe in Santa Claus, surely you can believe two homing pigeons saved Christmas. By : Santa Claus 2 pages - 86 KB Click here to read more.
	ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 1. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: The Junior National Show in Laren (NL), Young Animals Day in North West Veluwe (NL) and the Scottish National. By : Dirk de Jong, Peter van den Top, Denise Moss 8 pages - 760 KB Click here to read more.
	ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 2. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: A Show in the Spanish village of Camallera at the Costa Brava in the Province Gerona, organised by ‘Amics de les Aus’ plus a report from the Fancy Pigeon Show in the South Netherlands. By : Nico van Benten 12pages - 1 MB Click here to read more.
	ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 3. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: Young animals at Gallinova Barneveld (NL), a combined show with various Specialty Clubs. Photos : Evert Meerveld and the Brahma Club. 7 pages - 870 KB Click here to read more.
top	top