grooming show birds

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Thats just the thing, ANY bird can be SQ. The term is used so loosely now adays unless you see what your getting right in front of your face you might end up with anything. I was on ebay last night and saw someone advertising (not SQ) Frizzle Cochin Bantam eggs, and the birds looked more like Japanese bantams then Cochins. They could take that to a show, have no competition, get BV or BB and call it SQ. Thats what is so (for lack of better word) annoying about the whole thing. Unless the bird conforms to breed standards set forth by the APA or ABA Standard of Perfection then it should not have any kind of quality attachment to it, unless its hatchery.



~Casey

If the bird does not conform to the APA or ABA standards, then it should not get BB or BV it should be DQ'd.

You would think that is how it should be, but it doesnt always turn out that way. I went to a show where a very nice bird didnt even place and a bird that should have been DQ'ed placed over it. It does happen, althought your right, it shouldnt.


~Casey

I use a silk cloth on feathers and a wet magic eraser on my chickens legs to clean them before show then rub them down with baby oil.And I also use a product called Vetrx on combs its a oil based product which rub on the combs which really brings out the red.