Greetings! The new edition of the SOP is on pre-order now. You have to send check or MO to Pat Horstman, the APA secretary. They are due to ship out mid-March.
I always look forward to the newest edition.
It occurred to me that in the spirit of this section, it might be wise to open a general Q & A thread for folks curious about the APA and the ABA. There is an entire poultry sub-culture surrounding these organizations that emerges from the most established, oldest livestock culture in North...
The is thread is established for the discussion of the Dorking within the framework of the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection.
The Dorking is one of, if not the single, oldest general purpose breed extant today. It is a fowl known for excellence but that has suffered in...
This thread is established for the discussion of the Ancona: its history, breeding, and important productive qualities. Hopefully it will be a sight that helps new-comers understand this excellent breed and encourage the pursuit of breeding Anconas to the Standard of Perfection.
Greetings! This thread is established for the discussion of Standard-bred fowl, often referred to as Heritage fowl. It is for all manner of concerns with regards to the large fowl breeds and varieties contained within the American Poultry Association's American Standard of Perfection.
As a...
Greetings! This thread is being established to create a space specifically for the White Dorking. It is an excellent and ancient variety of a wonderful breed. The Dorking is among the very first breeds that truly served a dual-purpose function, and throughout its history, it has been...
Greetings!
We are looking for a hard-core poultry breeder or for someone who wants to be a hard-core poultry breeder AND who wants to work hard-core with the exceedingly rare La Fleche.
We were very fortunate to procure a nice line of La Fleche from an old-time breeder in Maine but have...
Greetings! We are currently taking orders for started Rose comb Ancona chicks. Chicks will be 4 to 5 weeks of age at time of shipment. All chicks are toe-punched to mark their lineage and to aid in future pairings.
Anconas are a beautiful breed that stand confinement well, but that also...
Greetings! Does anyone have some solid information on Dutch Hookbills as layers?
Do they start up in the fall if hatched in, say, April?
Does anyone have any numbers for egg production?
Does anyone know egg wieght per dozen?
Do they all lay blue.green eggs?
How much to the eat?
Are they...
Greetings! It there's curiosity about heritage poultry cooking, I just posted a bit in the section "Breeds, Genetics, & Showing" in the thread "Farming and Homesteading Heritage Poultry".
Cheers!
Greetings! Using Standard-bred heritage poultry as a basis for traditional food production is a passion of ours. With heritage fowl, there is an entire cycle of food production that fills the calendar with seasonality and surprise, which differs in outstanding fashion from the current...
Greetings All!
The New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers Association is preparing for our annual show which is always the second Sunday in October at the Deerfield Fair Grounds in Deerfield, NH. We scehduled three meets, and there are hopefully more to come.
Please visit our facebook page for more...
Greetings All!
The New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers Association is preparing for our annual show which is always the second Sunday in October at the Deerfield Fair Grounds in Deerfield, NH. We scehduled three meets, and there are hopefully more to come.
Please visit our facebook page for more...
Greetings All!
I'm just putting some feelers out there to see if there would be any interested in resurrecting the old Ancona club?
Best,
Joseph Marquette
Yellow House Farm
Dorking Breeders Club, President
New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers Association, Vice President
Greetings All!
I'm just putting some feelers out there to see if there would be any interested in resurrecting the old Ancona club?
Best,
Joseph Marquette
Yellow House Farm
Dorking Breeders Club, President
New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers Association, Vice President
Greetings All!
I just want to extend the invitation to check out the new New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers Association facebook page.
It has all of the information for the upcoming show.
Here's the link...
Greetings All!
Just wanted to extend the invitation to view the new New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers Association facebook page.
Here's the link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/New-Hampshire-Poultry-Fanciers-Association/121964924517955?v=info
It has the needed info for the autumn show