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  1. Yellow House Farm

    The Ancona breeders thread

    Sounds about right ;-)
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    The Ancona breeders thread

    Pullet #1359. Champion large fowl of the New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers Association 53rd annual show, 10/9/2016.
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    By the pics, which are always questionable, I'd eat number 4 very quickly. He appears distinctly hatchet breasted, and the stubs are highly heritable and an SOP disqualification. DQ's are established because of their potential to undermine an entire line; they're not just random bits. By your...
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    Don Monk(e) in Ohio?
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    There's a gentleman in Ohio who probably has the best around. His name escapes me, but I'll find it. Monk? Monke?
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    I call chicken shows "chicken church." You see everyone, share in progress and difficulty, recommit to doing it right, remember why you don't do it wrong, and generally clean house.
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    Excellent pics, guys! Wisher, your birds have made great strides, and it's important to point out that you make every attempt to "walk the walk," and your birds are showing the mark. The broody pic is hilarious, beautiful, and aptly illustrative of my point. Nice feather quality on that RC...
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    4-H-er thread!

    Thank you.
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    PS: Some birds in any strain, and the percentage will change depending on the strain, will not go broody no matter what you do: For your requirements: Anconas, Leghorns, WFB Spanish, Minorcas, Lakenvelders, Andalusians, among others. The question is how easily stock can be procured. Those...
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    Different strains behave differently when it comes to broodiness. Most sweeping comments about a breeds broodiness are either outdated or were only ever the statement of an ideal. Many strains of breeds rumored to be non-broody with brood just fine. To get that to happen, you're best bet is to...
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    4-H-er thread!

    Everything depends on the lens one is looking through. Via the SOP, pg. 29, "Awarding Prizes at Poultry Shows," #1: "Only such varieties as are recognized and described in the Standard of Perfection are eligible to compete in sweepstakes. This includes all varieties of chickens, turkeys, and...
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    4-H-er thread!

    No actually, again you are incorrect, and you are incorrect because you apparently do not understand judging and what a judge judges or what a judge needs to know about. At no point does a judge have to know about autosomal genes versus sex-linked genes, dominants versus recessives, and none...
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    A Heritage of Perfection: Standard-bred Large Fowl

    Honestly and to the point, your list doesn't make sense and it's full of contradictions, i.e. the breed you listed doesn't exist. Try this approach instead if you really want to breed: Get rid of all of your layers next fall--every single one of them, once next springs birds come of age...
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    4-H-er thread!

    These last few comments are silly. There's no such thing as an "Obvious" red sex-link from an APA/ABA judge's perspective. Indeed, he/she may not have seen a red sex-link--which is a mutt-in years and years. Most importantly, why on earth would a red "sex-link" be at a show? One of the...
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    show quality speckled sussex ??

    What "show" are we discussing. In the interest of "truth in advertisement." MyPetChicken does not sell really nice birds from great breeders. Some things are relative to place. This sounds like such an occasion to me. The term "Best of Utility" is not a term used by the APA or the ABA, and it's...
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    4-H-er thread!

    This isn't "trash talking." Trash talk would be something like, "I don't like your bird because it's dumb," or something silly like that. Saying that he/she doesn't believe that a still rather experimental breed isn't going to make it in the long term--something that is very, very...
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    Ancona Chicken Thread

    Some young pullets out and about.
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    White Genes Health Question

    There are not scientific links between white feathering and health issues. There use to be an old-fashioned game breeder indictment of white birds, probably stemming from Columella's historic, if undefensible, discussion of the Red and White chickens people like to imagine were the progenitors...
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    The Wyandotte Thread

    Breeders do not use single combs in their breedings. There is no reason to. The kind of fertility issues associated with rose combs should not be impactful in a breeding program of private scale. It was a concern on a larger scale. It is not "hating on" chickens to breed properly and...
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    APA/ABA culture for Newcomers

    Chris, I am so excited about your La Fleche breeding project. I think that in your care they are getting the most dedicated, most vibrant care they've received in a good long time. I wait with anticipation to see results each season! Thank you for stewarding them!!!
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