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Thanks Galanie. I've been looking into the Bluebonnet Classic. I went to the STate Fair one, but wasn't sure if it was an APA show or not. There were a lot of hatchery-lookin birds there. What about the Fort Worth stock show? I know there's a junior and open poultry show.

I'm glad to hear you say this, because that is my plan. Sort of. Hopefully I will be able to skip the "urban 4 hens and no rooster" step and go straight to the "figuring out how to keep hatchery birds alive on free range" step. One day. Can anyone tell me if there are any APA sanctioned shows...

Hmm, yes in the book he did specify that it was purple barring that was to be avoided... Let's see if any of the old guys have answers

Ok, it turns out that I do have a question to ask. I went and read most of that book (forgot who posted it) by W. H. Card about the breeding Laws (this one: http://archive.org/stream/cu31924003158312#page/n1/mode/2up), and found an odd thing I've come across a few times. Two of the breeds on my...

Clucky and FeyRaine, I'm glad you joined the thread, because you're asking all the great questions that I know I would have but just haven't been able to put into English sentences! I'm just here taking notes and loving this discussion Emily

This show was at the state fair. I am a total newbie so I really don't know exactly what makes a great bird, but after seeing all the hatchery birds on BYC and also seeing all the nice SOP birds on this thread, I'm getting a lot better at knowing what a "junk" bird looks like....and there were a...

I was at the Dallas show, my first poultry show experience! He was one of the impressive ones. I don't know anything about NH's except that they have beautiful colors... but he was very big, shiny, and in much better condition than the majority of birds there. I took a pic of him, too. Maybe...

Bob and others keep mentioning that patterned breeds are hard for beginners and if they want to learn to breed, start off with white. It makes good sense to me, but what about black? I think my question got lost in the flood

What about black birds? Is black considered a difficult color, or a good one for beginners to learn how to breed? Is it more difficult than white? I've never been drawn to white birds, but I could look at shiny black ones all day. (I enjoy shiny things)

I"m definitely attracted to the shiny factor of a Sumatra. Even the hens have a brilliant green shine. I saw a picture on another thread of a cleaned and dressed Sumatra and it had a pretty good drumstick on it. It was large fowl, though.

Thanks for the names, I will search them out when the time is right. I have seen a video of a flock of Jim Bell's Spanish. Pretty cool!

I'm lurking. I've read the entire thread and taken some notes, but mostly I just lurk for now. I don't have any chickens, have never had chickens before, and couldn't even have them if I wanted to right now. I've always wanted some, though, and you guys really have me intrigued about raising...

It took me about 3 weeks, but I finally finished reading this thread! So much good info--I saved some of it onto a word document for future reference. I would love to help perpetuate heritage breed when I have some experience. It's been great to see how helpful you all have been to each...