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October 2007 |
Volume 3, number 5. |
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VARIOUS - October 2007. News, miscellaneous and ‘Buy and Sell’ market. 33 pages - 2 MB |
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A visit at Herman Vloedgraven. Today’s visit is at Herman Vloedgraven in
Luttenberg (NL) who was specially recommended for a visit by the secretary
and Treasurer of the Brünner Pouter Specialty Club. For 20 years the White
Brünner Pouters are the main breed of Herman. By : Nico van Benten 9 pages - 517 KB |
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Long face Tumbler. The well known breeder and Judge of Long face
Tumbler Leo Hulst from Holland left Holland 8 years ago on an early
retirement and settled down in the south of Spain. His “pigeon” life started ending 1940. Click here to read more. By: Leo
Hulst 6 pages - 284 kB By : Leo
Hulst 6 pages - 284 KB |
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RHODE ISLAND RED. During the past 40 years Dutch breeders have made
good progress in breeding Rhode Island Reds. In this article I will try to
describe the colour of our Reds from head to tail, and how to successfully
breed them. By : Rem
Koster 9 pages - 561 KB |
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CHICKEN RUN. When we were invited to visit three club members of
the Local Club ‘Willen is Kunnen’ in Eppegem (Belgium) we seized the opportunity,
as in this Club a great diversity of poultry, ornamental fowl and waterfowl
is bred, for instance by Willy en Kris Borgers and Jean De Donder. By
: Elly Vogelaar 8 pages - 940 KB |
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CONCERNING POULTRY. Avian Pox. In the warm months (particularly in the fall season)
chickens often come into contact with and suffer from fowlpox. Fowlpox is a
disease of chickens and turkeys caused by a DNA virus of the genus
Avipoxvirus of the family Poxviridae and occurs worldwide. By : Monique de Vrijer 4 pages - 515 KB |
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TURKEYS. Part 4 (last). Last part of ‘An anthology of historical facts
and remarkable tales about turkeys’. Text and pictures are by Theo Philipsen By: Theo Philipsen 8 pages - 570 KB |
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Waterfowl and Ornamental Fowl at W.I.K Eppegem. Part 1. After visiting Willy and Kris Borgers (see our
article: Chicken Run) we were welcomed at the house of Achilles De Reys and
his wife Jeannine, dedicated fanciers, keeping an enormous collection of waterfowl
and ornamental fowl. By : Elly Vogelaar 5 pages - 946 KB |
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Waterfowl and Ornamental Fowl at W.I.K Eppegem. Part 2. Except for his chickens (see: our article Chicken
Run) the third breeder that we visited, Jean De Donder, also has ducks,
geese and a large variety of pheasant species. By :
Elly Vogelaar 5 pages - 907 KB |
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KEEPING FANCY PIGEONS. - A new
series - There has been a fair bit written about the do's and
don'ts of how to keep Pigeons. This is just some practical advice from what
I have learnt over the last 50 years. It’s not scientific, it’s not 'by the
book' but it works! In Part 1: Housing, Caring and Feeding. By : Mick
Bassett 8 pages - 743 KB |
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CONCISE. A collection of three extraordinary short articles. 1. About
Art in the hobby. Author: Nico van Benten 2. Silver
Barnevelder ? Author: Elly
Vogelaar. 3. Visiting
Guy Delpech in France. Author: Nico van
Benten. 12 pages - 669 KB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 1. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time: Poultry
and Waterfowl at the Driffield Show and Tockwith Show (UK) and the Club Show of the South- and East
European Tumbler at the Oneto Show (NL). By :
Maureen Hoyle and Colin Clark (UK) and
Fred Weinreder (NL) 8 pages - 628 KB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 2. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time: A last
glimpse of the pigeons at the European Show in Leipzig and the National
Show of South Africa. By : Mick Bassett (Leipzig) and Jan
Lombard (SA) 7 pages - 913 KB |
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ACE OF THE SHOW. Part 3. Proud owners, top animals and striking breed
products. This time: September
1st in Barneveld is a top-day for poultry lovers. Four breeders
Clubs gathered here today. In this issue we give you the report of the Serama
Club Show and the Brahma Club show. By :
Monique de Vrijer 8 pages - 1,5 MB |
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