Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[sjturner79]

Good for you sjturner79 .... wishing you all the best and good wishes  in your endeavours. 

It is time we stopped looking to the U.S. for everything that moves, waddles, flys, lays eggs, gallops or bleats - as some kind of 'guaranteed yardstick' for breeding. 

We have enough here, in so many varieties of animals and birds, to begin to ( as you are wanting to do ) establish our own breeds - peculiar to our own needs, and the judging thereof.   Just got to convince judges and big time associations  that we have what it takes to breed beautiful, hardy, good laying or meat stock in chickens, plus beauty of a breed. 

Grrrr .... I do not subscribe to following the U.S. for this kind of thing ( or anything much else for that matter ).   Just look at the Ameraucana vs. Araucana uproar.   Both birds have their origins from South America, but the U.S. has 'announced' that the only bird viable for good judging and breeding is their own Ameraucana bird.   Nothing else matters, be it from the U.K, Europe, or here.   

Wishing you all success in your breeding programmes. 

Cheers ........ 

They do have a standard and judging for Aracuana over there, but only the rumpless variety. One think I don't like about the Australian standard for them is it allows green eggs, where as the point of the breed was meant to be the pure blue eggs, not the green caused by cross breeding with brown layers.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I've been doing quite a bit of research on this as once I can my backyard flock to start producing close to one of the types I want, I intend to spend the money to setup a proper breeding program and try and get some people interested in trying to stabilize and standardize the breed features I want. With the current breeds in Australia I need to pull features from at least 4 and maybe 8 breeds to get the bird I want.

Good luck with that. With such a ' project ' you are looking at a minimum of 5 years and some serious culling. That is why most people don't take it on.
Jerry Foley has been trying to get blue laced red Wyandotte accepted by the APA for nearly 4 years and that's just a colour within an already recognized breed.
I'm quite happy with breeding the best quality birds that I can within the recognized breeds that I have chosen to breed.

 

[Fancychooklady]

While the association only recognizes certain combs as standard, there are genetically and physically quite different ones out there. The twist comb is a real phenomen but is just called defective by the APA. They do describe the silkie comb as walnut or modified rose, it is sort of modified rose genetically but it is not a walnut comb as described elsewhere in the standards. The also describe the langshan as a single comb, but a langshan comb would be called defective on any other breed.

We also do not have the V comb birds or triple comb birds as standards in Australia yet.

I have only seen it called single (which it is not really) or langshan

Polish have V combs.

 

[Fancychooklady]

So sorry to hear about your 17 year old cat, Tigger.   BUT ... he  had a remarkable life with you, much loved and doted upon .... and it was his time.  

17 years of good life is wonderful for a cat.  And I know that tree he is buried beneath,  will get forever best attention.   So beautiful, the special burial for him - for your grand-childrens' sake.   

We have a backyard pet cemetery --- with no less than 15 cats and dogs from over the years - all so much loved, buried there.   Special garden spots everywhere, which the girls seem intent on investigating deep down - while dust bathing.   They can however, do no harm. 

I think by now, you have had a few drops of rain over Tasmania .... mostly cloudy from the BOM - but some rain forecast, and indicated as of today.   ( hope they are correct ).

Cheers ...... 

Thanks Annie , our grandaughter insists that we keep the candles burning until he has had time to find his sister in heaven, so that he will be warm. She loves him so much but it was his time . I promised her that in the spring time tigger would send her a message from heaven by covering the cherry tree with beautiful white blossom , and then she would know that he was with friends and happy.
No rain as yet, we have a heavy fog this morning, that usually means a sunny day to come.
Hubby and daughter are off to Brisbane for the weekend to look at some show jumpers. Hope it's not raining up there.

 

[satay]

Thanks Annie , our grandaughter insists that we keep the candles burning until he has had time to find his sister in heaven, so that he will be warm. She loves him so much but it was his time . I promised her that in the spring time tigger would send her a message from heaven by covering the cherry tree with beautiful white blossom , and then she would know that he was with friends and happy.
No rain as yet, we have a heavy fog this morning, that usually means a sunny day to come.
Hubby and daughter are off to Brisbane for the weekend to look at some show jumpers. Hope it's not raining up there.

HIghly unlikely but hey they may bring some rain with them. I have the little nephews coming for the weekend, only time i hope it doesn't rain

 

[Fancychooklady]

HIghly unlikely but hey they may bring some rain with them. I have the little nephews coming for the weekend, only time i hope it doesn't rain

Hehe, sure to rain. Get your gumboots ready.

 

[Teila]

Good morning friends

So, there I was, thinking I was having some involuntary twitching thing going on but a scan of the memory bank revealed that it was only just shivering due to the cool nip in the air this morning … it has been a long hot summer

It is raining in Brisbane today and even as I type

Lots of great, educational discussions going on and as I was working on site yesterday, lots to catch up on.

On the subject of ‘the egg song’ I truly believe it is dependant on their individual chickenalities [not breed] and frame of mind they are in at the time.

I read that they sing the egg song away from the nest, to draw attention to themselves and not the nest and to deter any lurking predators .. not sure if that is true or not.

On the subject of ‘combs’, having a Bantam Langshan, I am intrigued as to why their combs “would be called defective"?

CluckerFeet love the pics and yep, I do believe your chickens might be camera shy or just showing you their best side .. fluffy butts!

MyHaven beautiful birds .. I hope you are able to find homes for them.

mooandmcgee good to read that your girls are being good little chickens! When they are older, you might want to hire them out as educators for other flocks .. put the Princesses at Bambrook Bantams at the top of the waiting list please

Fancy I am so very sorry to read of Tigger’s passing

LuckysMum I have mentioned this in the past, but I find it easier to open a Word Document, type my replies as I scroll through the thread and then simply copy & paste in a Reply. It also helps when typing a long post in that you do not get interrupted by prompts of someone else posting while you are typing.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Thought you might appreciate this Annie. Part of the Global Champions tour in Miami beach. What a view, our daughters greatest dream is to compete in this competition .

 

[MyHaven]

So sorry to hear about your 17 year old cat, Tigger.   BUT ... he  had a remarkable life with you, much loved and doted upon .... and it was his time.  

17 years of good life is wonderful for a cat.  And I know that tree he is buried beneath,  will get forever best attention.   So beautiful, the special burial for him - for your grand-childrens' sake.   

We have a backyard pet cemetery --- with no less than 15 cats and dogs from over the years - all so much loved, buried there.   Special garden spots everywhere, which the girls seem intent on investigating deep down - while dust bathing.   They can however, do no harm. 

I think by now, you have had a few drops of rain over Tasmania .... mostly cloudy from the BOM - but some rain forecast, and indicated as of today.   ( hope they are correct ).

Cheers ...... 

Fancychooklady
I too am sorry about your cat. It is always hard but when they have same age on them we have normally got a lot of memories to miss.

I think backyard cemeteries are a great way to honour our pets. I often wonder what archeologists will think when in 100 years they find and dig up mine. Will they say I practiced weird rituals with animals.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Fancychooklady
I too am sorry about your cat. It is always hard but when they have same age on them we have normally got a lot of memories to miss.

I think backyard cemeteries are a great way to honour our pets. I often wonder what archeologists will think when in 100 years they find and dig up mine. Will they say I practiced weird rituals with animals.

Our house was built in 1847 and the soil here is forever turning up treasures, and lots of organic matter. I have planted trees on top of our equine friends in the hope that it will be a long time before they are disturbed. Most of the ' special ' trees in the garden have names , soxy, Heidi , Genoa, smokey, dolly...........................