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June 2015 | Volume
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issue 3 | 21 articles | |
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VARIOUS – 1 A News and miscellaneous
11 pages - 1,15 MB
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THE CATALONIAN TUMBLER Talking about the Catalonian Tumbler (basically
the name “Catalonian Flying Pigeon” would be more appropriate) means talking
about a breed of Oriental origin that was introduced to the Iberian Peninsula
via the Mediterranean in the 14th century. By : Ramón Amenós i Cos (ES), with our thanks
to Thomas Hellmann (DE) 8 pages - 1,5 MB
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PROMOTION SHOW FOR JAPANESE BREEDS At the recently held Noordshow
there was a promotional exhibition of Japanese chicken breeds, and it
proved a huge success. In the middle of the hall we had a separate area
entirely in oriental style. These works of art among chickens deserve to stand
in the spotlight. By : Berta
van der Meer (NL) 10 pages - 1,6 MB
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El Francoli’s 28th International Show in Valls, Catalonia (ES) Each year in January, Valls,
a city of 25,000 inhabitants, becomes the centre of the Spanish poultry
fancy. Around 3600 animals are exhibited, coming from Germany, France
and all of Spain’s regions. By : David Giralte (ES) Photos :
D.J. Hamer (NL) 17 pages - 1,2 MB
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El Francoli’s 28th International Show in Valls, Catalonia (ES) More photos from Valls; these are
taken in the hall with chickens, bantams, Serama, waterfowl, cage birds, ornamental
fowl and rabbits. The Serama has captured the hearts of many Spanish.
Over 100 Serama’s had been entered at this Show. By : Aviculture Europe Photos : Dick Hamer 8 pages - 1 MB
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THE BRABANTER This is the third and last article
of a trilogy on the breeds of the BKU-Club, a specialty club for Brabanter,
Breda Fowl and Dutch Owlbeards. At present only a few fanciers are interested
in this beautiful breed and there are only a few active breeders. By : Piet Kroon, BKU club (NL) 8 pages - 1,1 MB
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CROPPER AND POUTER LOFTS VISITED IN AUSTRALIA After judging at the “Australian 2014 National”
Scott Sharp and Colin Jones visited several cropper breeders in Queensland
and around Melbourne and Adelaide. By : Scott Sharp,
Scotland 5 pages - 415 kB
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CHICKENS IN ARUBA including
an interview with some fighting cock breeders This article is based on interviews with Roly Sint Jago
and Maritza and Roque Tromp. These people from Aruba
are no chicken fanciers at all, but they have done their utmost to
describe the poultry situation to us in Aruba. The interviewed members
of the Quandt family are real chicken breeders. By : Maritza
& Roque Tromp, Roly Sint Jago (Aruba) and Luuk Hans (NL) 8 pages - 860 kB
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63th VDT SHOW 2014 part 3: the Structure- and Owl Pigeons An impression of the VDT Show, the German National
Championship 2014. The largest Pigeon Show in Europe: 18,843 cages with a
wonderful variety of pigeons. Mick hereby presents his choice, not
always the ‘winning’ birds, but in particular the pigeons that impressed
him. By : Mick
Bassett (DE) 6 pages - 1,6 MB
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THE ANNABERGER CRESTED FRIZZLE BANTAM As a breeder of Appenzeller
Fowls I have always had an interest in the Annaberger
Frizzled Fowl, locally (in Germany) known as Annaberger
Hauben struphuhn. A few
times I saw them at European Shows. In my view, this breed looks like an Appenzeller with frizzled feathers. By : Herman
van Olst (NL) 4 pages - 660 kB
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thE NOORDSHOW A Photo report of the de Noordshow
in Assen, Januari 2015,
with photos of the waterfowl and cagebirds, and others.
More photos are to follow in our August issue. Photos : Jouke van de Siepkamp and Jan Schaareman (NL) 8 pages - 2,5 MB |
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VARIOUS – 1 B News and miscellaneous
9 pages - 1 MB |
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EngLISH SHORT FACED TUMBLERS at the 2015 NPA Grand National Show Scott Sharp had been invited to assess an entry of 172
English Short Faced Tumblers at the NPA Grand National Show in Ontario,
California. When it came to the final line-up to pick the major winners he
had an extremely fine bunch of birds to pick from. By : Scott
Sharp (Scotland) 6 pages - 430 kB |
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A VISIT TO RENÉ VAN DE KERKHOF in Reuver, the Netherlands As well as the North Holland Blue, which is his favourite
breed, René breeds (White Faced) Spanish Bantams. He also has many other
birds: doves, quail, and Brunner Pouters. By : Jan Schaareman (NL) 7 pages - 1,2 MB |
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THE FLEMISH CUCKOO Part 1 A report on my long search for the origins of the
Cuckoo chickens and in particular the Flemish Cuckoo. Is the old type of the Malines cuckoo
(thus the Flemish cuckoo) the same as the Scotch Grey, as is written in ancient
magazines from 1887 and 1889 ? By :
Norbert Schollaert (BE) 6 pages - 835 kB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 1 Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time: Fancy
Pigeon Show De Prachtduif, 14, 15 and
16 November 2014 in Turnhout (BE). Photos : Sytze de Bruine (NL) 11 pages - 1 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 2 Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time: The
National Show of Bulgaria, 4 to 7
December 2014 in Sofia. Report and
photos : Hristo Lukanov
(BG) 6 pages - 955 kB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 3 Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time: The annual
Federation Championship Poultry
Show in Staffordshire, UK, 20 and 21
December 2014. Photos :
Rupert Stephenson (UK) 7 pages - 1,3 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 4 Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time: The Kempen Show, Flemish
Inter-provincial Show and Championship of Flanders, 19 to 21 December
2014 in Geel (BE). Photos :
Jan Schaareman (NL) 5 pages - 1,3 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 5 Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time: National Show of Fancy Pigeons, 8 and 9 November 2014, in Poznań, Poland. Photos : Z.
Gilarski (PL) 7 pages - 1,5 MB |
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