December 2009

Volume 5, number 6

18 ARTICLES

 

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VARIOUS - 1

News and miscellaneous

 

- The Frame

- Chicken asylum

- CHAMPION SHOW

- European Breed Show for

  Netherland Dwarfs & Polish

- Word from the editor

- Crows chasing away

  birds of prey

 

8 pages - 885 kB

 

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Long Faced Tumblers

- INTRODUCTION -

 

For a large part, all Long Faced Tum­blers share the same history. Kee­ping this in mind when rea­ding their breed des­crip­tions, will give you a better un­der­stan­ding of their cha­rac­te­ris­tics. They don’t just share a lot of positive breed cha­rac­te­ris­tics, but also several negative ones. We will explain further in this ar­ti­cle.

 

By : Nico Akkermans

4 pages - 180 kB

 

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ARAUCANAS

 

I did not start raising Araucanas in spite of their unique breeding chal­len­ges, but BECAUSE of them.  I did my research care­fully before set­tling on the Araucana as my bird of choice: arguably, the most diffi­cult breed to perfect. The Araucana is a chal­lenge to even the most ex­pe­rien­ced poul­try peo­ple for seve­ral rea­sons. 

 

By : Anne Cushing (USA)

8 pages - 1,7 MB

 

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THE POND

 

It is a very beautiful pond though. Clear, gently strea­ming water. Sur­roun­ded with vege­tation that makes all visi­tors wax lyrical. You would think there is nothing wrong with it. But there is. There is no life in and around the pond. Every once in a while a little moorhen comes and has a look, but very soon it is gone again. A pond without waterfowl is like a glass of beer without a head, thus spoke the owner tersely.

 

By : Hans Diehl (NL)

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VARIOUS - 2

 

- The 12 Days of Christmas

- Present for the Hollidays :

  Unique Serama postcards

- New Breed Centre for Twents

  Bantams and Hyacint pigeons

- NOORDSHOW in Zuidlaren

 

5 pages - 920 kB

 

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A visit at

GERARD ADRIAANSE

in Middelburg

 

Our visit took place on Saturday 14 No­vem­ber and I truly believe there is always a stor­my wind blowing in this pro­vince. But that also pro­vides rela­tively many sun­shine hours for the in­ha­bit­ants, be­cause of this wind, the clou­ded sky is soon blown over and clear again, pro­ved by this rain­bow which you can see here abo­ve. We were lucky, as accor­ding to Gerard the day before it had rai­ned all day long. Come rain or shi­ne you are al­ways wel­come here in the pro­vin­ce of Sea­land.

 

By : Nico van Benten

7 pages - 590 kB

 

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Chicken run

Ron Kerkhof and

his Silkies

 

After 25 years breeding Silkies - with many ups and downs - Ron Kerk­hof is once again one of the top bree­ders in the Ne­ther­lands. Ron is living in the little vil­lage of Kou­de­kerke, in the Province of Zea­land, close to the North Sea coast. The Silkie is Ron’s favourite breed, espe­cially the bear­ded variety.

 

By : Elly Vogelaar

9 pages - 800 kB

 

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German Long FaceD

Tumbler

 

The German Long Faced Tumbler is closely related to the English Mag­pie. Not because of recent cros­sings, no, they both spring from the same roots. This is most easily seen in the Mag­pied variety, although the German birds are noti­ceably smaller more slender and ele­gant in built. The pure flying capa­bility of the Breed is now non­exis­tent, how­ever the Modern birds still show strength and speed in their out­ward appea­rance.

 

By : Nico Akkermans (NL)

8 pages - 670 kB

 

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VARIOUS - 3

 

- Fat Mother Pigeons

- Kempenshow (Belgium)

- It is Mouse Time again

- International Exhibition

  Calendar

- Mistake of Mother nature

 

5 pages - 410 kB

 

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CONCERNING POULTRY

- DIVERSITY -

 

In large parts of the world, the diver­sity of fowl does not just exist thanks to stan­dard lists, prio­rities cho­sen by jud­ges, show and poul­try ma­ga­zines, but sim­ply becau­se of the care and pre­feren­ces of far­mers and country­women. The rea­son that there is so much atten­tion for breeds from Europe, United States and Japan has more to do with bet­ter do­cu­men­ta­tion and poul­try press arti­cles than the fact that other parts of the world would lack diver­sity.

 

By : Dirk Zoebl (NL)

5 pages - 1070 kB

 

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AUSTRALIAN

EXPERIENCE

 

I would like to start by thanking every­one invol­ved with the Pigeon Fan­ciers Society of NSW, who made my first ever trip to Au­stra­lia as en­joyable as any­one could ever ima­gine. My girlfriend Elaine and I found Syd­ney and Austra­lia an awe­some place with very im­pres­sive sur­roun­dings with plenty of things to see and do. We stayed on the “Rocks” between the Har­bour Brid­ge and the Opera house, what a set­ting !

 

By : By Mark Rudd (GB),

photos Lisa Weekes (Australia)

8 pages - 450 kB

 

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german Pekin

 

The Pekin is undoubtedly one of the most gregarious and affec­tionate of all the do­mes­tic ducks. In the USA some breeders call it Donald Duck. This was because Walt Disney deve­loped the qua­lities of this car­toon cha­rac­ter from the Ger­man Pekin duck’s behaviour when he invented his famous Donald Duck stories.

 

By : Kenneth Broekman (NL)

6 pages - 860 kB

 

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ARAUCANA

- past and present -

 

No breed special is complete with the history of the breed. But what could we possi­bly tell you about the his­tory of this breed? Even now, scien­tists are still sear­ching for the mis­sing links. As for as we know now, we can state that thanks to lin­guis­tic and ety­molo­gical data we know chic­kens were already pre­sent in South America be­fore the arri­val of Colum­bus, but where did they came from, or are they ori­ginal South Ame­rican species, sa­me as the tur­key and Mus­covy duck ?

 

By : Aviculture Europe

8 pages  850 kB

 

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VARIOUS - 4

 

- 80 ducklings end of

  September

- Rumpless

- International Show of the

  Game Fowl Club Belgium

- Season Greetings

 

6 pages - 615 kB

 

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CHICKENS FED WITH

HEMP AND NETTLE

SEEDS LAY MORE EGGS

IN WINTER

 

Until now we have been able to in­di­vi­dua­lize six Re­nais­sance au­thors as gua­ran­tors of the fact that hemp seeds have a posi­tive effect on the num­ber of eggs laid by the hens. If we be­lie­ve in these affir­mations it is time to put them into prac­tice.

 

By : Elio Corti - Andrea Bertolazzi,

Italy    10 pages - 825 kB

 

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ACE OF THE SHOW

Part 1

 

Proud owners, top animals and stri­king breed products. This time: Fan­cy Pi­geons at the Delta Show (NL), No­vem­ber 2009.

 

By : Sytze de Bruine (NL)

8 pages - 855 kB

 

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ACE OF THE SHOW

Part 2

 

Proud owners, top animals and stri­king breed products. This time: Poul­try at the  Veluwepoort Show (NL) and Merel­beke (Belgium).

 

Peter v.d. Top (Veluwepoortshow)

Kenneth Broekman (Merelbeke)

8 pages - 1,4 MB

 

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