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The Nankin is an ancient foundation breed. Their history goes back hundreds of years (Saul Dixon). Many of today's popular bantams have Nankin in them: Sebright, Old English, Rosecomb, etc. Just because it took the APA and ABA so long to recognize them, it doesn't mean that they are some...

Congratulations, Chris! 'Best of Breed' at that show that day is 'Best of Breed'. Period.

Really, now.

That's true, but we don't need to act like putting a bird on a scale is a novel, foolish, and frivolous thing. All sorts of folks in the ag industry weigh things, corn, cows, etc. It is done all the time. No need to dispute it.

Don't make it complicated, weight is weight. Put it on a scale and weigh it. And that's the weight,

Along the line of what Saladin said, in the 1940's, before the rise of chemical agriculture, American farmers lost 39% of what was planted to pests, disease, blight, etc. In the 1990's, after a half century of ever-escalating chemical warfare, that figure had dropped to 32%. I think I'm just as...

Chris and Fred, you are absolutely right. There is only one description of the breed, and it applies to all of the uses that the bird can be used for. When people are told to " read the SOP", it means read the whole thing. The individual breed description is not enough.

Thanks.

Saladin, a few posts back you said that birds should be dubbed at the dark of the moon. Would that be now, or at the new moon or just after?

I had a Dominique pair in a small tractor, they hatched and raised a clutch last year, but not this year. A black east indie duck, who runs loose, had just hatched out seven ducklings, and was taking them out for their first walk outside the nest. The next thing I know, the duck was gone, and...

You could get a sale coop, in the sales area of the show, and keep the birds in there until you go home. They'll be as comfortable and safe as any in the show. For five bucks or whatever, its a good deal.

Chris, I like the width on the hen next to the cock. Its awesome!

Absolutely!

Congratulations, Joe! Excellent bird, especially the type, I really liked the width on him. And there was definitely some stiff competition in the bantams, there were some very nice modern and old english.

That's as good an explanation as you're going to get without sending it off for a necropsy.

Lacy Blues, The white heart sac does suggest pericarditis. The yellow fluid indicates ascites, which is congestive heart failure. Commercial broilers (cornish cross) get it all the time. It is known as 'flip' as in the birds just flip over and die. They get it from their body growing faster...

APA SOP, page 114, the breed description for the Leghorn: "Single Comb Brown Leghorns divided into Light and Dark in 1923 and Rose Comb Leghorns divided into Light and Dark in 1933." Edited to add: The Mating and Breeding of Poultry, Lamon and Slocum, 1920, page 163. They discuss this in...

JMHO, but I think that chickens in general and rare breeds in particular, would be better off if there was no double mating. I know it is a fact of life for doing well in exhibition, but look at what happened to the brown leghorn. They were double mated until the male and female lines diverged...

Deepfried: If you look at post #4527, there is a link to the American Buckeye Poultry Club website. Click on the 'Breeders' link and see if there is someone near you who has buckeyes available. You can get some good buckeyes, and if you pick them up, you can get a look at what the birds look...

I saw something on the net, from the google search for 'feather sexing', that mentioned something called 'finger sexing', where one compares the width of their finger to the width of the pubic bone and determines sex that way. Has anybody heard of or tried it? Does it work? I think I could...