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December 2015 | Volume
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issue 6 | 21 articles | |
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VARIOUS – 1 A News and miscellaneous
15 pages - 1,65 MB
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Our visit to CHRISTIAN LAGRANGE Two members of the Aviculture Europe Team visited Christian
Lagrange in Roeselare (Belgium). In his golden years, Christian had more
than 1,000 farmyard animals: chickens, pigeons, waterfowl and rabbits. By : Piet Steeman (BE)and Sytze de Bruine
(NL) 9 pages - 900 kB
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A BOXER . . . WITH BRAHMA BANTAMS A boxer with Brahma bantams ... that
sounds unique, doesn’t it? Indeed, it is unique, but you have to believe me;
in Flanders we have such a black pearl. He is named Kris De Vos. By: Sebastien Libens (BE) 7 pages - 1,1 MB
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A PIGEON TOUR AROUND ROMANIA Over the years I have many times visited different
parts of Romania, searching for pigeons and pigeon shows, and got to
know the special and diverse pigeon varieties of this large country
with its many different regions - north and south of the Carpathian Mountains. By :
Remco de Koster (DE) 7 pages - 1.2 MB
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CHRISTMAS WISH Walking in the wild countryside early
this morning with the dog by my side, I took a moment to reflect on what
was around me. By
: Rupert Stephenson (UK) 2 pages - 300 kB
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SHOW HOMER old wine in new bottles In recent years the standard drawing of the Show
Homer has changed. Not that the breed has suddenly modernized, but the
bird depicted in the drawing no longer corresponds with the current
state of the breed in the Netherlands. By :
Jos de Poel (NL) 5 pages - 350 kB
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THE MALTESE BLACK the indigenous chicken of the Maltese Islands A large chicken of black, silk like feathers with
lustrous greenish sheen, upright posture, amber eyes, white earlobes
and a large straight single comb once decorated Malta's backyards surrounded
by yellow stony walls. By : Irena Cassar (MT) 7 pages - 1.2 MB
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Faded Glory Part 3 Loosduinen&Omstreken Maybe you have experienced this lately: Your club was
a wonderful club, full of enthusiastic people, crowded club meetings
and great shows, but suddenly it was finished. What remains is nostalgia,
even after years one still talks about it. By :
Aviculture Europe 9 pages - 840 kB
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CONCERNING POULTRY fifteen things you must do to become a good chicken breeder I was thinking some about what I would tell someone
who asked me what they should do to become a good chicken breeder. So here's
my list. By : Rip Stalvey, APA judge, USA 4 pages - 680 kB
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VARIOUS – 1 B News and miscellaneous
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INTRODUCING: FRANK POVAH Frank Povah is our new
copy editor of the English language articles. He currently lives in a
little village named Franklin, on the banks of the Huon
River in south-eastern Tasmania. During his life he has lived and worked
all over Australia and New Zealand. By :
Aviculture Europe 6 pages - 440 kB |
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DSLV WATERFOWL CLUB Three students from year ten of the DSLV (Danetre and South-brook Learning Village) and Mrs J
Wilson (Technician) formed a show com¬mit¬tee
to hold a show in the school Quad. By : Rupert
Stephenson (UK) 4 pages - 685 kB |
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MOEZELAAR DAY 2015 On November 7, 2015 the Old Dutch Capuchin Breeder
Club staged the last Moezelaar Day - a quinquennial event in honour of the birth of the renowned
pigeon expert, the late Mr. H.Th.G. Moezelaar, the first being held in 1975. By : Martin
Treffers (NL) 5 pages - 285 kB |
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THE FLEMISH CUCKOO Part 4 A report on my long search for the origins of the
Cuckoo chickens and in particular the Flemish Cuckoo. In order to learn something more about
the state of the Flemish Cuckoo in the 1850s, it turned out we had to
search in France. By :
Norbert Schollaert (BE) 10 pages - 950 kB |
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GOING TO THE EUROPEAN SHOW On December 1, 2014, I began preparing for my trip
as a visitor and exhibitor to the European show in Metz. The hotel had
to be booked that early (I thought) because I was afraid that we would
otherwise not be able to find a place to stay in Metz. By : Fabio
van Olst (NL) 5 pages - 915 kB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 1 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: The Peelhorst show, held 9
to 11 October 2015 in Horst (NL) Photos :
Jan Schaareman (NL) 10 pages - 3 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 2 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: The Gallinova Show, held 6
and 7 November 2015 in Barneveld (NL) Photos :
Dirk de Jong (NL) 7 pages - 2,1 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 3 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: Annual Club of the Irish “Flying & Fancy Society”
held 24 October in Limerick, Ireland. By : Kevin
Kelly (IE) 11 pages - 1,33 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 4 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: Annual Show of Onder Ons Helden, 26 & 27 September
2015 in Maasbree (NL) Photos :
Jan Schaareman (NL) 4 pages - 1.5 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 5 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: Annual Club day of the SIS – Specialty club for Iberian
Pigeon breeds SIS, 25 October 2015 in The Hague (NL) Photos :
Jos van Dorp (NL) 6 pages - 620 kB |
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