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February 2007 |
Volume 3, number 1. |
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VARIOUS - February 2007. News, miscellaneous and ‘Buy and Sell’ market. 1,6 MB |
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A visit at Jan Spaepen. Today’s visit is at Jan Spaepen in Dessel, België.
In 1953 he was given his first pair of Old Dutch Capuchines. Jan was 6 years
old at that time and pigeons never disappeared from his life. By : Nico van Benten 9 pages -
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Nuremberg - VDT 2006. German National Fancy Pigeon Championship
2006. The VDT Shows seem to get bigger and better each
Year ! From their start in Nurnberg 1952 with 2,562 pigeons to this year’s Show
with 35,000 birds from 3,500 exhibitors. By : Mick
Bassett 6 pages - 1MB |
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SHAMO. The feathered Samurai from Japan. A lot of stories are told about the origin and
creation of the Shamo. The Japanese themselves are convinced that the ancestors
of the Shamo have been imported into Japan onwards 1600. By : Willem van Ballekom 5 pages - 520 kB |
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CHICKEN RUN. A visit at Henk Kasperts in Amersfoort (NL). Since
many years he keeps and breeds Dutch bantams. To be more precise, he only breeds
the yellow partridge variety, although there are 25 recognised colours of
the breed in Holland ! By : Elly Vogelaar 7 pages -
900 kB |
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CONCERNING POULTRY. Our chickens can catch a cold same as we do, and
also more often in the autumn then in summer. By the hobby breeders, these symptoms are called by the
collective noun of ‘roup’. But what exactly is roup, and how can your chicken
quickly recover from it? By : Monique de Vrijer 6 pages - 570 kB |
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THE ROUEN. Without any doubt the Rouen is one of the oldest
commercial table ducks, with a very colourful plumage that stayed unchanged
for a long time: a dark and a clair variety of the mallard colour. By : Dirk de Jong By :
Kenneth Broekman 8 pages - 900 kB |
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PREDATORS AND OUR FEATHERED FOWL. Part 2 -
Birds of prey. You come home and see a buzzard flying away of a
carcass of one of your chickens or pheasant. Most often this bird is pointed out to be the killer, but is it
true? By : Wanda Zwart 4 pages -
400 kB |
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PIGEONS & DOVES. Part 5b of the series is a continuation of part 5a,
about the behaviour of the Barbary (Ringneck) dove. It is important for
the bird keeper to know the normal behaviour of his birds, not only to help
him understand why a dove reacts in a certain way but also to discern
problems and disease in time. By : Hein van Grouw 6 pages -
270 kB |
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THE TURKEY. Part 2. Part two of
“An anthology of historical facts and remarkable tales about turkeys”. By : Th.
Philipsen 5 pages - 1,2 MB |
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THE ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 1. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time from Holland: a photo-reportage of the ONETO SHOW and
from Belgium: the Provincial Show in Merelbeke. 7 pages -
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THE ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 2. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time The Crossroads of America Poultry Club show 2006. Text
and photos: courtesy Poultry Press. 8 pages - 1 MB |
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THE ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 3. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time from The Netherlands: Domestic Waterfowl at the Wieringerland
Show and a photo reportage of the
Bollenstreek Show in Lisse. 7 pages -
1,1 MB |
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