Aviculture Europe

AVICULTURE EUROPE

DIGITAL MAGAZINE

English edition ISSN: 2352-2445

February 2014

| Volume 10 | update 1 | 20 articles |

VARIOUS – 1 A

News and miscellaneous

*	Important news
*	Pigeon Spring Exchange NL
*	European Champion Australorp
*	American Flying Flight in the UK
*	Breast marking Zingem Fowl
*	Extraordinary collection of pigeon books for sale
*	Winners Diamond Show
*	War of the Birds video
*	Coloured Racing Pigeons Ireland

15 pages - 1.8 MB

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AMERICAN SHOW RACERS

OF FRIEDEL BOSSMEYER

In today's breeders interview Volker Lortz visited the well known American Show Racer breeder Friedel Bossmeyer from Frankish-Crumbach, Germany. Most would agree that the success of this pigeon breed in Europe over the last 20 years would not have been so eminently possible without Friedel Bossmeyer.

By : Volker Lortz (DE

10 pages - 620 kB

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ORIGIN OF THE EUROPEAN

AND AMERICAN COCHIN

BANTAM (PEKIN)

Do the Pekin all originate from a small group of buff coloured bantams imported in 1860 in England, after the Old Summer Palace of the Chinese emperors was destroyed. And is the Pekin a true bantam and not the dwarf form of the Cochins?

By : Dr. Pierre Fressy (FR)

12 pages - 1.2 MB

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THE DUTCH COLOUR

HOMER TO HAVE A

STANDARD

Several friends from the racing sport have stopped flying with their birds, but they still have pigeons in fantastic colours. In order to be able to continue doing something with these birds, the idea is to start breeding racing homers for their colour and exhibit them same as we do our fancy pigeons.

By : Sytze de Bruine (NL)

5 pages - 320 kB

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THE HISTORY OF

COCK-FIGHTING

The history of cockfighting goes back to Classical Era. Most experts agree that it originated in Southeast Asia. However, before it even became a sport, the bird was regarded as an admirable animal, drawing respect from men.

By : Luuk Hans (NL)

9 pages - 945 kB

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A MINI PEN PICTURE

OF THE SHOW SCENE

IN THE UK

The hobby of breeding show pigeons, by comparison with the other European countries, is on a very small scale. In the whole of the United Kingdom there are less than seven hundred registered fanciers. Of this small number only around fifty percent actually exhibit their birds in major competitive shows.

By : John Surridge (UK)

4 pages - 570 kB

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CONSERVATION OF THE

ST CRUZ JUNGLE FOWL

IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

The small pockets of jungle fowl still living in the wild are almost living dinosaurs and as such are of great interest and value to the world. These fowl which roam free on islands such as Santa Cruz in the Solomon Islands are of immense value to both the world food sources, economics and poultry genetics.

By : Russell Parker (AU)

8 pages - 955 kB

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VARIOUS – 1 B

News and miscellaneous

*	Appeal for support
*	Pigeons at Bauder School
*	Show photos Leipzig 2013
*	Rostov Tumbler
*	Kempen Show Slide Show
*	Inside - out egg
*	Show photos EZHSV
*	Holiday photos

17 pages - 2.24 MB

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CONCERNING POULTRY

Vital chicks from properly stored eggs

At the time a fertile egg is laid, there is already a small embryo floating on the yolk. The vitality of this embryo must be preserved during storage until the point in time when the incubation process starts. To achieve this, the eggs are handled carefully and temperature fluctuations avoided as much as possible under practical conditions.

By : Robert Schulte-Drüggelte (DE)

5 pages - 370 kB

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Sale of my Hobby books

One day you decide to make some room in your library. All the shelves are full, closets are overflowing and even the floor is already slowly piling up with stacks of club news files and exhibition catalogues. It is really getting out of control.

By : Nico van Benten (NL)

8 pages - 1.4 MB

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Australia Post releases

AUSTRALIAN POULTRY

BREEDS STAMPS

There are four specifically Australian breeds of fowl that have been developed since settlement: Australian Game, Australian Pit Game, Australorp and Australian Langshan. This stamp issue celebrated these breeds. To be complete: there are also two Australian duck breeds.

By : Greg Davies (AU)

7 pages - 1.1 MB

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FRENCH EXHIBITIONS

Part 2

In France, it is quite normal on a Sunday afternoon to go and visit a fellow breeder who lives 200 miles away. This gives a very special atmosphere in the sport experience, especially at a show where participants often stay for a week (with their family) at a local hotel, to experience the total event.

By : Patrick Gonzales (FR)

9 pages - 1.4 MB

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JUBILEE SHOW of the

DUTCH WYANDOTTE CLUB

4 & 5 October 2013 the Dutch Wyandotte Club celebrated its 90th Jubilee with a great Show in Amersfoort, with only Wyandottes and Wyandotte bantams entered. Club members as well as board members, all had been looking forward to this show, and here are the results!

By : The Dutch Wyandotte Club

10 pages - 1.76 MB

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THE EUROPEAN SHOW

FOR BRAKEL FOWL

IN BRAKEL (BELGIUM)

13, 14 and 15 December of last year, the Specialty Club ‘Braekelclub Nederbraekel’ held an European Show in Brakel, Belgium. Not only for the Brakel Fowl, but also for Brakel-related Fowls, like the Zottegem Fowl, the Zingem Layer Fowl and the Zwalm Valley Fowl.

By : Jan Schaareman (NL)

10 pages - 2.3 MB

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