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April 2016 | Volume
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issue 2 | 25 articles | |
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VARIOUS – 1 A News and miscellaneous
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VISITING Christ and Conny Verdaasdonk-Deij Christ and Conny live in
Axel, a small village in Zeelandic Flanders, and
are avid fans of everything that lives and has to do with the hobby of keeping
small animals. In 2011 they decided to take up fancy pigeons, starting
with Mookees, which they now have in 8 colours. By : Sytze
de Bruine (NL) 5 pages - 660 kB
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THURINGIAN BEARDED CHICKENS Bearded chickens are very attractive to many people.
Last year, a few fanciers in the Netherlands and Belgium started breeding
the Thuringian Bearded. We asked Ide Meijering (NL), Roberto Gatti
(BE) and Rob van der Steen (NL) about their first experiences with this
rare bearded breed from Germany. By : Elly Vogelaar (NL) 13 pages - 1.9 MB
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HOW TO: HANDFEEDING BABY PIGEONS? Ann Harrison thought it a good idea to make a little
informative article on hand feeding baby pigeons, from her own personal
experience. We think it is very informative and hope it is useful as
well! By : Ann Harrison (UK) 9 pages - 1.1 MB
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BRAHMA NEWS The exhibition season 2015 is over
so we can all draw our conclusions about the birds we bred. Are you continuing
your Brahma breeding on the same path, or are you going to add a new bird to
your breeding pen? By
: Syb Cornel (NL) 6 pages - 930 kB
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BREEDING SHOW COLOUR ‘BRANDER’ In my last conversations with Ken Shaw before he
died, he did say he used both the recessive Red and the dark Brander in
his pairings. That is the only way to maintain the Show Colour at the quality
level of the English Show Tippler and the Schoorsteenveger
(Dutch High Flyer). By : Mick
Bassett (DE) 8 pages - 1.3 MB
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LARGE FOWL at the NOORDSHOW 2016 Report of the LF chickens at the Noordshow
in Assen, January 2016, with photos by Jan Schaareman. By : Aviculture
Europe 7 pages - 2.4 MB
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BANTAMS at the NOORDSHOW 2016 Report of the Bantams at the Noordshow
in Assen, January 2016, with photos by Jan Schaareman. By :
Aviculture Europe 9 pages - 2.5 MB
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PIGEONS at the EUROPEAN SHOW in METZ-FRANCE Part 2 The last part of this gigantic European manifestation.
This second impression of the entered pigeons is a selection of photos
taken by Fabio van Olst. By : Team
Aviculture Europe 11 pages - 2 MB
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POULTRY at the EUROPEAN SHOW in METZ-FRANCE Part 2 The last report focussing on the poultry at the European
Show in Metz. We start with a photo impression by Fabio van Olst, followed by a splendid series of photos by Jan Schaareman. By : Team
Aviculture Europe 7 pages - 1.9 MB |
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VARIOUS – 1 B News and miscellaneous
13 pages - 1,3 MB |
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Forever faithful to the ‘Vinkduif’. About Archangels and Gimpels,
their fanciers and Hans Meijer of Laren (NL) I wrote this article not only because Hans Meijer is
a very fine person and a friend, but also because I hope that this breed in
all its interesting and unique colour varieties will once more return
to the spotlight. By :
Remco de Koster (DE) 8 pages - 545 kB |
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VDT 2015 LEIPZIG Part 2 This is the last photo report of the German VDT
Show, held in Leipzig on the 4th to the 6th December 2015, by our reporter
Mick Bassett (living in Germany, originally from the UK.) The VDT is
the largest National Pigeon Show in Germany and the largest in the
World. By : Mick
Bassett (DE) 10 pages - 1.8 MB |
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FRIENDS of the ENGLISH GAME FOWL BREEDS The First Promotion day of this Club, was truly a party
for the Friends of the English Game Fowl Breeds. 181 birds had been entered,
an unexpected large number, nicely divided over the three breeds, in
LF as well as in Bantams. By : Conno Vlaardingerbroek (NL) 6 pages - 970 kB |
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The 1st European Homer Show, how was it? And are we ready for a next time? Early in 2015 Marc Weber, president of the Homer
Club in France, invited me to participate in the first “European Homer
Show” and requested that I enter a few birds. By :
Jos de Poel (NL) 6 pages - 520 kB |
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CHICKENS IN AFRICA Given its history you would expect that the Asian influence
would be noticeable among the chickens walking around here and you would
also expect a wide variety, especially in comb form. By : Hans Ringnalda (Kenya) 10 pages - 1.5 MB |
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TRUMPETERS Trumpeters, the Ambassadors of the Rainforest in Weltvogelpark Walsrode, are
often kept as pets by the indigenous people of the Amazonas. They are useful
as guard dog, sheepdog or even as a nanny. By : Weltvogelpark Walsrode (DE) 7
pages - 1.5 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 1 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: The Provincial Show of East Flanders, held in Merelbeke (BE), 23 to 25 October 2015. Photos :
Dirk de Jong (NL) 7 pages - 1.3 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 2 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: The pigeons at the Noordshow,
held 6 to 9 January 2016 in Assen (NL). Photos : Fabio van Olst (NL) 9 pages - 1.2 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 3 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: The National and the Federation, the two largest poultry
shows in Great Britain, held respectively in November and December
2015. Photos :
Rupert Stephenson and Tim Daniels
(GB) 5 pages - 830 kB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 4 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: The pigeons at the Oneto
Show, held 11, 12 and 13 December 2015 in Enschede
(NL). Photos : Sytze
de Bruine (NL) 7 pages - 870 kB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 5 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: Poultry at the Oneto Show,
held 11, 12 and 13 December 2015 in Enschede
(NL). Photos : Sytze
de Bruine (NL) 9 pages - 1.9 MB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 6 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: The Maasdal Show, held 11
- 12 December 2015 in Vlodrop (NL). Photos :
Jan Schaareman (NL) |
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ACE OF THE SHOW Part 7 Proud
owners, top animals and striking breed products. This time: The Kildare Show, held 9 January 2016 in Ireland. Photos :
Wes Murphy (Ireland) 5 pages - 1 MB |
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