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DECEMBER 2012

|  Volume 8  |  update 6  |  19 articles  |

 

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VARIOUS - 1 A

News and miscellaneous

 

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A very special book

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Disappearing colour

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More puzzling colours

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Video USA Pigeon Show

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Chickens and medicines

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WWII Carrier Pigeon found

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Photos Hannover Show

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Last ads for the upcoming

Shows in Europe

 

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MARIOLA and FLAMENCA

BREEDERS

 

Aviculture Europe visited 3 enthusiastic bree­ders of the Portuguese Mariola and the Spa­nish Flamenca: Bud Bergsma, Toon Heesters and Jan van Vliet. All infor­mation in this article are enti­rely by this par­ticu­lar trio of enthu­siastic bree­ders; Bud Bergsma, Toon Heesters and Jan van Vliet. The editors of Avi­cul­ture Eu­rope only sat down and liste­ned to their remar­kable story.

 

By : Nico van Benten (NL)

17 pages - 1.3 MB

 

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THE BARRED

PLYMOUTH ROCK

 

For over thirty years I now accom­panied the fortunes of this Breed in Ger­ma­ny right from the begin­ning the beau­ty of this breed held me under its spell which has lasted to this date. At pre­sent time, my main con­cern is the main­te­nance and im­prove­ment of the Breed to pre­serve it for the next Gene­ra­tion.

 

By : Volker Lortz (D)

9 pages - 810 kB

 

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WITH CALMNESS

TO SUCCESS !

 

With a maximum size of 20 cm, fig-par­rots are among the smal­ler species within the Order Psitta­ciformes. During the 2012 bree­ding season the the Orange­breas­ted and Double-eyed Fig-parrots suc­cess­fully parent-reared their young. Ger­ma­ny-wide, both species can only be seen in Welt­vogel­park Wals­rode.

 

By : Anne Hoppmann and

Norbert Neumann (D)

6 pages - 900 kB

 

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VISITING

Denise Moss and

Rinke Berkenbosch

in the south-west of Wales

 

During this year’s summer holidays in England and Wales we spent a few days with Rinke and Denise. About eight years ago Rinke migrated from Hol­land to Wales. Here they have appro­xima­tely 4 hec­tares for their 400 geese and 100 ducks.

 

By : Sjaak v.d. Salm (NL)

10 pages - 1.8 MB

 

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THE GOSHERD’S TALE

~ A MIDWINTER TALE ~

 

Traditionally one of our Team wrote a story for you in winter atmosphere, where our feathered friends play a major role.

 

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BALKAN CHICKEN BREEDS

AND BREED GROUPS

 

Today on the territory of the Balkan coun­tries are located in total 29 chic­ken breeds and over 30 breed groups. Much of the breeds are dual-purpose type, but there are also many breeds crea­ted as orna­men­tal chic­kens. This arti­cle will give basic infor­ma­tion about the Balkan breeds and breed groups repre­sen­ting the inte­rests of Euro­pean or­na­mental poul­try.

 

By : Hristo Lukanov (BG)

16 pages - 1.7 MB

 

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THe Canaria Cropper

 

The Canary Cropper is one of the Spa­nish or Ibe­rian Crop­per groups, which unlike the other Crop­per breeds, have a diffe­rent his­tory. They didn’t come to Eu­rope from the Orient, but from South Ame­rica. This is not sur­prising since the whole of South America was dis­co­vered and colo­nised by Spa­niards and Portu­guese.

 

By : Renaat Crommen (B)

8 pages - 1.1 MB

 

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VARIOUS – 1 B

 

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Mid-afternoon slump?

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Brakel at German Show

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Red Legs

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Brakel statue

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Moult

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Serama booklets

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Season’s Greetings

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Exhibition calendar

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Last ads for the Shows

in Europe

 

14 pages - 1.28 MB

 

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THE DELAWARE CHICKEN

 

The Delaware is a delightful choice for a backyard flock in that they are good foragers, cold hardy, yet can with­stand heat, and are usually a very perso­nable and calm bird, often being friend­ly enough to sit on your lap or ride on your shoul­der. The hens are good layers of a large light brown egg.

 

By : Elizabeth Holmes (USA)

7 pages - 785 kB

 

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Dutch Helmets at

Henk de Vos

 

René Diels from Tielen (Belgium) has had the Dutch Helmet in his loft for over forty years. Loo­king for other birds to im­prove his line of Helmet Pigeons he visi­ted Henk de Vos in Schoon­hoven (NL), another great lover of the Dutch Helmet. Because wor­king to­gether is really a good way to progress.

 

By : Piet Steeman (B)

6 pages - 560 kB

 

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THE LIÈGE GAME

 

In this article I will describe the past and pre­sent of the Liège Game; one of the finest Bel­gian Game breeds - very hard to breed and no longer as valued as they should be. Ignorance, power­less­ness and will­ful­ness play major roles and are main causes of the demise of one of our national game fowl breeds and living heritage.

 

By : Pierre Vranken (B)

9 pages - 735 kB

 

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PROMISING ANIMALS

 

Year after year, each smallholder’s asso­ciation in the Ne­ther­lands orga­nizes a young animal judging. This year, Pels & Pluim in Mills (NL) deci­ded to seek new ways. The num­ber of ente­red ani­mals was more than ade­quate, but the num­ber of fans and au­dience was more than expected and - even more im­por­tantly - every­one thought it was a very nice event.

 

By : Henk Berkers (NL)

4 pages - 655 kB

 

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My Journey to the

Annual General

Meeting of the East-

European Tumblers

Club

 

Due to my special interest in the Tum­bler breeds repre­sented by the East Euro­pean Tum­blers Club I accep­ted an invi­tation of this Club’s Com­mittee and tra­velled to Leip­zig at the end of Sep­tem­ber. This however was not yet my final des­ti­nation…

 

By : Leo Hulst (Spain)

6 pages - 475 kB

 

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ACE OF THE SHOW

Part 1

 

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

 

Donau Bussen Show, Germany.

 

Photos: Mick Bassett (D)

11 pages - 1.67 MB

 

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ACE OF THE SHOW

Part 2

 

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

 

De Zaanstadshow in Zaandam (NL).

 

Photos: Bas Vingerhoed (NL)

4 pages - 500 kB

 

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ACE OF THE SHOW

Part 3

 

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

 

Young Animals Day of the Dutch Rose­comb Ban­tam Club, hold in Barneveld (NL)

 

By : Nederlandse Javaclub

5 pages - 875 kB

 

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EUROPASHOW  LEIPZIG

 

They were all there; the participants, the visi­tors, the PR stands of the many Euro­pean Coun­tries and of course our re­por­ters and photo­gra­phers.

 

Here's ‘hot off the press' a first im­pres­sion of the Eu­ro­pean Show in Leipzig, the ima­ges speak for them­selves.

 

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