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    Need some general advice on silkie breeding and your thoughts on my birds

    This book will help. Cluckerbooks.com
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    Need some general advice on silkie breeding and your thoughts on my birds

    I just published a book on exhibition Silkies including information on breeding strategies. It’s available at Cluckerbooks.com
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    Anyone Show Chickens?

    A side sprig on a comb is a disqualification, duck toe - this is where the back toe goes forward instead of back, split wing, wry tail, squirrel tail, black feather in a white bird are all disqualifications.
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    Anyone Show Chickens?

    Poultry judges go by the Standard of Perfection put out by the American Poultry Association and the Bantam Standard put out by the American Bantam Association. You can get a copy of these books from their websites. The Standard covers everything you will need to know about what traits your bird...
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    Deworming & what to use?

    I use Valbazen. 1/2cc per standard orally; 1/4c per bantam orally. Repeat in 10 days
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    Anyone Show Chickens?

    Hatchery birds may or may not be purebred. But in order to compete in a show the birds need to line up with the Standard of Perfection or Bantam Standard (put out by the American Poultry Association and American Bantam Association, respectively). Hatchery birds are not bred to meet the standard...
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    poultry shows

    Go to shows, talk to breeders/exhibitors, and see what breeds you like. Poultry show central has a list of shows by date and location.
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    Coops for exhibition poultry

    I've been breeding and showing modern game bantams for quite a few years. Attached is a picture of some of my breeding pens and an outside run. I cover the outside run with shade cloth so that white feathers don't become yellow. I've also just published a book "Breeding and Showing Modern Game...
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    Anyone Show Chickens?

    To do well in the shows you will want to have purebred birds, not hatchery birds. You should attend shows, talk to breeders/exhibitors, and get quality birds from them. You can find shows on Poultry Show Central. I recently published a book on showing Modern Game Bantams. There is a chapter on...
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    Can anyone help me get started showing chickens?

    Go to poultry show central. They have a list of poultry shows. You will want to get with experienced breeders that show birds. Don't get birds from a hatchery, they will never win in a show, except maybe a 4H show. You will want to buy from breeders that show and do well at shows. I just...
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    Blue modern game comb question

    It should be red on the adult blue modern game.
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