AVICULTURE EUROPE

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JUNE 2012

|  Volume 8  |  update 3  |  15 articles  |

 

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News and miscellaneous

 

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International contacts

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Valenciana & Marchenero

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Collector’s item ?

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Eggless chick

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French Free Range chickens

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New book: Genetics of

Chicken Extremities

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A Royal Award

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Mick’s Pigeon Group

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The first ads for the up­coming

Show Season in Europe

 

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FRILLBACK PIGEONS IN

REICHENSCHWAND

Germany

 

After several years not to have been gi­ven the op­por­tu­nity, I left on Thurs-day, Ja­nua­ry 12 for this very spe­cial show; a ride of over 600 km ... not my fa­vou­rite busi­ness, but it was ful­ly worth it. 450 Frill­back Pi­geons had been en­te­red. And my, were they beau­tiful! How about 17 times awar­ded with the maxi­mum of 97 points!

 

By : Ton Brouwers (NL)

7 pages - 595 kB

 

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ADMIRING ENGLISH GAME

IN THEIR COUNTRY OF

ORIGIN

Part 1 - From the south of England

to the north of Ireland

 

When you are a passionate breeder of En­glish Game ban­tams, both Old and Mo­dern, you want to keep your­self pos­ted up on the la­test de­velop­ments of the breed. Thus you also try to visit the lar­ger In­ter­na­tio­nal Shows.

 

By : Ferdinand van der Wal (NL)

11 pages - 1.3 MB

 

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My Sumatra bantams

 

Sumatra bantams need time to mature and de­velop their full size and plu­mage. This holds for both males and fe­ma­les. In the case of the ma­les, par­ti­cu­lar­ly, it ta­kes a long time be­fore they show their full glo­ry. Only after the moult in their second year can they be jud­ged for their qua­lities. I think that is the main rea­son why you only see these beau­tiful chic­kens sel­dom at the shows.

 

By : Martin Timmerman (NL)

7 pages - 1.2 MB

 

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WILD PIGEONS

IN THE NETHERLANDS

AND BELGIUM

 

In our country there are 5 different pi­geon spe­cies: the Rock Pi­geon, the Com­mon Wood Pi­geon, the Stock Pi­geon, the Eu­ra­sian Colla­red Dove and the Turtle Dove. These spe­cies are nice to keep and inte­res­ting to breed. Per­so­nally I breed all five of the men­tio­ned spe­cies and in this article I would like to share my bree­ding expe-rien­ces with you.

 

By : Jan Willem Schrijvers (NL)

9 pages - 870 kB

 

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CONCERNING POULTRY

~ feeding your chickens :

berries ~

 

I like to feed my chickens herbs and ve­ge­ta­bles, as well as and ber­ries and nuts. The grea­ter the va­rie­ty, the bet­ter, so I am always loo­king for some­thing extra. Du­ring the second half of the year, espe­cially ber­ries and hips can be col­lec­ted any­whe­re for free. Most of these ber­ries con­tain caro­tene and lots of vita­mins.

 

By : Paul Cuypers (Belgium)

6 pages - 580 kB

 

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THE GHENT CROPPER

a wilful and active pigeon

 

Seeing a Ghent Cropper at exhibitions, in free flight or sim­ply in the loft is a joy to watch. Few breeds com­bine so ma­ny cha­rac­te­ris­tics into one sin­gle pi­geon. Apart from their lar­ge glo­be, the Ghent Crop­pers also should im­press you with their beau­tiful type, stan­ce and their beau­tiful ran­ge of co­lours and mar-kings. They make the Ghent crop­per a true gem to ha­ve in the loft.

 

By: Maarten Mees (Belgium)

5 pages - 330 kB

 

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THE OLDEST HATCHERIES

ARE STILL IN USE

 

In present-day poultry books we are still rea­ding a sta­te­ment ac­cor­ding to which the ol­dest me­thod known for arti­fi­cial bree­ding was an in­ven­tion of the Egyp­tians. No­bo­dy knew the details of this pro­ce­dure, but Arti­fi­cial in­cu­ba­tion was a desi­de­ra­tum in many coun­tries. Many ages have pas­sed by and to­day we have per­fect in­cu­ba­tors, but late­ly we heard that the­se tra­di­tio­nal hatch­eries in Egypt are still in use!

 

By : Dr. Olaf Thieme PhD, Dr. Elio Corti

and Elly Vogelaar

14 pages - 955 kB

 

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CHICKENS in all types

and sizes IN GHANA

A journey impression

 

This photo report gives a broad view of 'the chic­ken' in ge­ne­ral. Chic­ken as part of the Gha­naian meal, the chic­ken in the art, the chic­ken as uti­lity. Wherever you are in Ghana, on the fer­ry, in the tan­nery, in the city, suburb, rural… chic­kens are every­where.

 

By : Hans Heemskerk (NL)

6 pages - 850 kB

 

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THE DOCTOR’S WIFE

 

Since the turn of the 19th century, the Kha­ki Camp­bell Duck has been re­now­ned for its phe­no­me­nal pro­duc­tion of large, whi­te-shel­led eggs; a period of 111 years to the pre­sent day, and yet sur-pri­sing­ly lit­tle has been known about the back-ground to ei­ther Mrs. A. Camp­bell or her crea­tions, the Camp­bell and the Kha­ki Camp­bell Ducks.

 

By : Jonathan Thompson (UK)

8 pages - 635 kB

 

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BULGARIAN PIGEON

BREEDS at the National Show

in Targovishte, Bulgaria

 

The exhibition halls of the Art Gallery, lo­ca­ted in the pictur­esque place "Borovo oko" were fil­led with over 900 ex­hi­bi­tion spe­ci­mens of dif­fer­ent breeds of or­na­men­tal birds. Tra­ditio­nally, the pi­geons were the grea­test in num­ber with over 800 spe­ci­mens from 64 breeds - 18 Bulga­rian and 46 fo­reign breeds.

 

By : Hristo Lukanov

6 pages - 790 kB

 

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ACE OF THE SHOW.

Part 1.

 

Proud owners, top animals and stri­king breed products. This time:

 

The European Show for Cochin ban­tams, Ja­nua­ry 2012, Es­sen, Ger­ma­ny.

 

By : Ardjan Warnshuis (D)

5 pages - 535 kB

 

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ACE OF THE SHOW.

Part 2.

 

Proud owners, top animals and stri­king breed products. This time:

 

Fancy Pigeons at the Champion Show, Ja­nua­ry 2012, Nieu­we­gein, the Ne­ther­lands. Please note this is a very large file to download.

 

Photos : Dick Hamer (NL)

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ACE OF THE SHOW.

Part 3.

 

Proud owners, top animals and stri­king breed products. This time:

 

The National Show of Bel­gium, Ja­nua­ry 2012, Ranst.

 

Photos : Dirk de Jong (NL)

9 pages - 1.75 MB

 

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