June 2009

Volume 5, number 3 16 ARTICLES

	VARIOUS. June 2009. News, miscellaneous and ‘Buy and Sell’ market. 1,4 MB Click here to read more.
	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 Click here to read more.
	THE SCHMALKALDEN MOORHEAD. In Germany, this Breed is in the 'Structure' Pigeon Group along with Fantails, Jacobins, Frill backs etc. For me this was a 'Local' Breed when I lived in Thuringia; Schmalkalden is a Local Town in the Thuringian 'Highlands' known as the 'Wald' (Forest). By : Mick Bassett (D) 4 pages - 300 kB Click here to read more.
	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 Click here to read more.
	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 Click here to read more.
	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 Click here to read more.
	COLLECTING MODENA RINGS. The topic of this article is Modena bands issued by Modena clubs. The American NPA is one such organization that issues a particular size (M-size) for the exclusive use on Modenas. By : Jan Lombard (SA) 2 pages - 70 kB Click here to read more.
	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 US we do not have many good lavenders. By : Danne J. Honour (USA) 5 pages - 330 kB Click here to read more.
	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 Click here to read more.
	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 Click here to read more.
	IN HONOUR OF Conrad Gessner. Why a Gessner Center? In our opinion Conrad Gessner was a rather serious person from a scientific point of view. Opposite of what we see in the books of Aldrovandi, it is very difficult to come across errors when running through the big amount of quotations held in Gessner’s naturalistic treatises. That is why we decided to found the ‘Gessner Zentrum’ so that his prized data are easily accessible. By : Elio Corti (IT) 4 pages -1,2 MB Click here to read more.
	A VERY SPECIAL EXPOSITION IN THE DUTCH POULTRY MUSEUM. Beside the standard exhibition the Poultry Museum in Barneveld (The Netherlands) has an alternating exhibition which changes every year. Last year’s collection of weathercocks was very much worth seeing, this year the organisation realised an even more fascinating exhibition. By : Dirk de Jong (NL) Photos: AE, Dirk de Jong and Hans Ringnalda (NL) 8 pages - 465 kB Click here to read more.
	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 Click here to read more.
	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 Click here to read more.
	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 Click here to read more.
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