Amers d’Anvers

[Fluffy Lambs]

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All your birds are so PRETTY

 

[Amer]

All your birds are so PRETTY

Thank you

 

[Amer]

So I have the APA yearbook and finally got the numbers for breeds shown in 2022. Yes, I got this book months ago but it has taken me a while to get through it because I am very busy!
This is the start of last year’s post about it, and here are the results to compare numbers. If you’re curious, Redcaps are no longer the least popular breed! There are 4, so that is more than zero.
Disclaimer, numbers are difficult from 2021. This could be because it is the second year doing it so more shows are reporting numbers. It could be because many shows were cancelled due to avian influenza. It could be due to the fact they were no longer coming out of Covid.
So everyone, guess the most popular large fowl chicken, bantam chicken, duck, and goose!
There is a (slightly upsetting) upset so you might get a surprise!
Obviously only guess if you haven’t read the article.

 

[Amer]

Let the guessing begin!

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

So I have the APA yearbook and finally got the numbers for breeds shown in 2022. Yes, I got this book months ago but it has taken me a while to get through it because I am very busy!
This is the start of last year’s post about it, and here are the results to compare numbers. If you’re curious, Redcaps are no longer the least popular breed! There are 4, so that is more than zero.
Disclaimer, numbers are difficult from 2021. This could be because it is the second year doing it so more shows are reporting numbers. It could be because many shows were cancelled due to avian influenza. It could be due to the fact they were no longer coming out of Covid.
So everyone, guess the most popular large fowl chicken, bantam chicken, duck, and goose!
There is a (slightly upsetting) upset so you might get a surprise!
Obviously only guess if you haven’t read the article.

I think I knew what it was but forgot so here goes, most popular large fowl is Orpington, most popular bantam is Cochin

 

[kurby22]

Oooo, I haven’t looked this year.

LF - Ameraucana
Bantam - OEGB?
Duck - Calls
Goose - no idea

 

[fluffycrow]

Brahma, OEGB, Pekin(maybe calls), Sebastopol

 

[Amer]

Oooo, I haven’t looked this year.

LF - Ameraucana
Bantam - OEGB?
Duck - Calls
Goose - no idea

Sebastopol

Normally, I would wait, or put the answer in spoilers, but there is no hiding the fact that you are right!
Yes, Ameraucanas upset the Cochins, but they actually went down in showing! Instead of 934 Ameraucanas and 965 Cochins, there is an upsetting decline for both. Only 787 Ameraucanas were shown in 2022 and Cochins are down to 561, which makes them the fourth most popular after Leghorns at 703 Marans (577). To me, this means a dramatic decrease in LF showing, which could mean an overall loss of LF breeding.
As per usual, OEGB were the most popular breed with 5589 shown. And second most popular are again Call ducks with 3636 shown. Runner are the most popular large duck again with 681. Silkies are again the second most popular bantam with 2831.
Once again, Sebastopol are the most popular geese with 409 shown in 2022, a number even LF chicken breeders would be proud to have.

 

[Amer]

Team Belgian d’Anver has a nice increase from 691 in 2021 to 726 in 2022.
Meanwhile, Belgian d’Uccles saw a modest increase from 900 in 2021 to 912 in 2022. If this trend continues at this rate from year to year, the d’Anvers will eventually catch up to the d’Uccles and d’Anver superiority will be recognized among the Belgian breeds in the US just like the rest of the world!!!!
Also, Watermaals have a nice showing of 70 birds!

 

[fluffycrow]

To me, this means a dramatic decrease in LF showing, which could mean an overall loss of LF breeding.

I agree, and have noticed the same. Even here, where "pet" keeping is pretty much non-existent, and almost all birds are expected to become decent dinner, there has been a massive increase in bantam keeping and breeding. It is less costly, and easier on people. As more and more pet keepers get into it, they're also searching for the more "cutesy" breeds. Heck, I've strongly considered only doing bantams, after only having them for a year (even less, actually), while I've been doing LFs for a decade. It worries me greatly, that we are going to lose a lot of amazing breeds, and the knowledge of their people