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Just go and enjoy yourself. Talk to some real breeders. You will see some things you have never seen. I'm very impressed that you are trying it. Good for you! Walt

I don't post here much now, but when I saw that you are going to a show and after I picked myself up off the floor, I want to say "good luck " and let you know you will enjoy it and possibly learn a few things. Welcome to the dark side Bee. Walt

At the Ventura show last weekend the cream Legbar people contacted the judges ahead of time and reviewed their Standard with them. They are not in the Standard, but Your breed is not seen often and many judges would not mind a refresher. The show may have rules about posting on cages before...

IMO........crossing to another breed would be your absolute last resort. When I hear that common saying....."It will give you hybrid vigor" , it makes me want to say bad things to them. There is so much incorrect info online regarding chickens. Most often you don't need hybrid vigor, you just...

Amanda is a fairly new judge but she is very good. I have known her since she was 12. Walt

You had a good judge. There are no judges I know of now that knows the whole Standard. There is the implied pressure on judges to not refer to the APA Standard, but the Standard says that a judge needs to have the latest version with them while judging. I would respect a judge who referred to...

Breeding to a written Standard is very difficult, many people give up soon. I enjoy this hobby because it is difficult. I get bored very easily if things come to me easily. Patience is really what this hobby is about. I never thought of myself as patient, but with chickens I am for some reason...

It would be good to see pictures of the birds. Walt

As it turns out it was a huge female and she is no longer with us.....that took about 5 years to catch her. Now I have another one but things are pretty secure here now and I have discovered a way to catch them. they would never go into traps before, but I accidently dis covered that they will...

They are big here but they can't go through that. Walt

Don't you have some of her birds? w.

I'm sure it was gentle. w.

Thanks...I just subscribed. Walt

I will have to read that to see what I said........lol Walt

the show people I know don't keep a lot of extra birds around. They know how to cull earlier in the process. There all kinds of people showing these days but most of the successful poultry breeders don't go online so there is no accurate accounts of how they manage their flocks. The good ones...

Absolutely.......and they are paid for the birds destroyed. Nothing much goes down when it has been up in price. Walt

All The Poultry products shortages are the results of the largest outbreak of Avian Influenza in history. The outbreaks are not in backyard flocks these outbreaks are in biosecure commercial flocks of turkeys and chicken. About 50 million birds have been depopulated. So how they are handling...

They would be worth the drive. Walt

Some of these looks like they could have rose combs. Walt

There are pictures of them on facebook. Walt