June 2009 |
Volume 5, number 3 16 ARTICLES |
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VARIOUS. June 2009. News,
miscellaneous and ‘Buy and
Sell’ market. 1,4 MB |
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VISITING TWO FANCIERS OF GHent Croppers. Marc van Schelstraete from Nijlen (B) is
keeping Ghent Croppers since many years, although he changed them for Steiger Croppers, which he bred also with very good
result. 14 years ago he switched back to his old love the Ghent Cropper,
that he now keeps in red, black and blue. Another fancier with good
reputation as a breeder of Ghent Croppers is Joop van Loon from Emmeloord (NL), secretary
of the Ghent Cropper Club in the Netherlands. We decided to also include a
report of the visit at Joop’s. He is breeding the
Ghent Croppers in yellow and red dominican. By :
Nico van Benten (NL) 16 pages - 1 MB |
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THE SCHMALKALDEN MOORHEAD. In By : Mick Bassett (D) 4 pages - 300 kB |
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CHICKEN RUN. For decades the Kraienköppe
bantam existed only in silver partridge and partridge. Recently a number of
new colour varieties have been created. One of the breeders that devotes
himself in creating new colours is Robert Hoornstra. We noticed that he
is also a very enthusiastic promoter of these new varieties at many Large
Shows all over the country. This is very important, like the Dutch poultry
specialist Van Gink already stated in 1964: “Your creation is a success when
it also attracts the interest of other fanciers; that is of importance for
its continuation and spreading”. By :
Elly Vogelaar (NL) 10
pages - 820 kB |
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CONCERNING POULTRY. Ears and Earlobes. Chickens - like all birds – don’t have an outer
ear. A little behind the eyes is a round hole - the external ear opening -
with the ear canal leading to the eardrum, which is not visible. Most of
the time, when we say ‘ears’ we mean the earlobes. The accumulation and
purifying caused by selection by breeders over a long time have improved the
regularity in form, size and colour of earlobes, making the colour a
breed characteristic. By :
Elly Vogelaar (NL) 9
pages - 480 kB |
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MOORHEN AND COMMON COOT. The Moorhen is not related to poultry, but is
related - just as the Coot - to the Rail family. Because of ignorance or indifference,
these two species are confused or believed to be the same species. After
reading this article Dirk de Jong you will not mix
up these superior species any more. We also included a story by Pauline van Schaik who observed a Moorhen family over several years. By : Dirk de Jong and Pauline van Schaik (NL) 11
pages - 955 kB |
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COLLECTING MODENA RINGS. The topic of this article is By : Jan
Lombard (SA) 2 pages - 70 kB |
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LAVENDER PHOENIX ? The lavender colour is close (chromosomal) to the
abnormal feather structure gene (frayed, badly webbed feather). It is very
common, to see in lavender males', wingbows in constant pinfeathers, main
tail and sickles and lesser sickles frayed, stringy, tattered looking.
Lavenders of good feather structure have had the linkage broken. In the By : Danne J. Honour (USA) 5 pages - 330 kB |
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The Bango and other flying pigeons Maybe Twan van der Heijden will hardly recognise himself in these photos…
It has been a long time since we visited him in Rosmalen
(NL) and because of some unexplainable reason the text was laid aside and
forgotten, but finally it’s here to read and enjoy. Better late than never. By : Nico van Benten 3 pages - 170 kB |
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POULTRY IN ROMAN TIMES Since Roman times a lot has been known about
poultry. Moreover a lot of our present day wisdom was already known in those
days. Roman authors used to describe the way of poultry keeping. Also cock
fighting was a popular pastime. By : Luuk Hans (NL) 6 pages - 965 kB |
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IN HONOUR OF Conrad Gessner. Why a By : Elio Corti (IT) 4 pages -1,2 MB |
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A VERY SPECIAL EXPOSITION IN THE DUTCH POULTRY MUSEUM. Beside the standard exhibition the By :
Dirk de Jong (NL) Photos: AE, Dirk de Jong and Hans Ringnalda (NL) 8 pages - 465 kB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 1. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time : Poultry and Pigeons at the Noordshow
– National Show of the Dutch Poultry Union - in Zuidlaren
(NL). By :
Peter van den Top (NL) 9 pages - 955 kB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 2. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time: Poultry at the Kempenshow
(Belgium) in December 2008. By : Piet
Steeman (B) 7 pages - 880 kB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 3. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time: Fancy Pigeons, waterfowl and ornamental fowl at the Kempenshow (Belgium) in December 2008. By : Piet
Steeman (B) 9 pages - 930 kB |
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