Looking for SOP ccl and Ameracuna in NC or close

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys

Google the Ameraucana Club. Choose one variety and begin there. Begin taking your birds to shows and ask questions

I would not know where to start with shows. Don't know that I am interested in shows but I do want SOP birds so if others do want to show they can get birds from me. Maybe my kids will want to show wife says I have enough hobbies already

You don't have to show in that competitive, points chasing sense. Not at all. That's not for everyone.

BUT… taking your birds, birds YOU have bred to quality shows, against the best breeders of your chosen variety/breed IS important. It simply peer review. You coop in right next to the others. The judge handles your birds and compares and contrasts them against the others. At a top show, there may be 20-40 other birds of your same variety.

The experience is invaluable. The "chicken talk" is invaluable. Trading notes and chat and putting your own eyes on the other birds next to your own will tell you just how far you've come in your efforts. Finally, the judge will tell you his/her opinion as well. The cost is often less than $5 a bird to enter them for the judging.

The truth is that it is almost impossible to gain this kind of feedback any other way.

Also, we breed birds against the breed standard. Just the "standard". The APA book is entitled the Standard of Perfection. We don't breed to the SOP nor do we have SOP birds, in spite of that being common usage here on this site, but rather we breed to the standard and we aim for having standard bred birds. Just wanted to kind of clear up that terminology. I had to learn this myself, I'm not too ashamed to say. We live. We learn. We grow.

Thank you so much that helps some. Maybe I'll hit up a show. I do love chicken talk

Fowling around said:

Thank you so much that helps some. Maybe I'll hit up a show. I do love chicken talk

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Poultry Show Central


Don't know how far you are from Knoxville, but that show is always well attended.

I am in coastal NC

Fowling around said:

Thank you so much that helps some. Maybe I'll hit up a show. I do love chicken talk

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You'll enjoy it. It's very centering, and as Fred stated really the only place you'll get the kind of information and guidance that empowers a strong program. I always look forward to them.