Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Apdeb]

So all of us understand for "newbies"
Best shows to attend are on apa website
Grouped by districts? I couldnt find anywhere it shows any of the fairs

 

[Yellow House Farm]

So all of us understand for "newbies"
Best shows to attend are on apa website
Grouped by districts? I couldnt find anywhere it shows any of the fairs

Well ultimately there are very few fairs on it. A scenarios might be that an APA/ABA club runs a fair, but the members leave their good birds home. A few weeks later they hold their APA/ABA show and bring all of their birds. put

You being in CT, CT puts on a spring show only. NH puts on fall show only--the second Sunday of October at the Deerfield Fairs grounds. The fair is two weeks before the show. In Wyoming Rhode Island, the show is called the Little Rhody; the fair is in August (I believe); the show is in October a week or two after the NH show. Little Rhody also does a spring show. In Mass, there are two shows. The Boston Expo is the first weekend in November. It's a two-day show. It is not affiliated with a fair. They sometimes do a spring show. The other Mass show is the North Eastern Poultry Congress which is the second weekend in January. That club hosts the poultry exhibit for the Big E fair in September. The Maine show is put on by the Central Maine Bird Fanciers and is usually at the end of September. They also do a spring show. There is no show in VT. You can find all of the state websites hosted on the NEPC website. There are several good CT breeders. If I were you, I'd plan to make the NH show at the Deerfield Fair grounds on Oct. 13th. It begins at 9am.

 

[Lacy Blues]

How common is it, to pick up parasites at a show? Don't the inspectors prevent that, before the show, at the health check? Or, if any got by them, wouldn't the judge notice bugs on a bird?

Congrats on your win, Walt!

Bugs can crawl from one bird to the next, especially if they happen to lay down in their respective cages but are only an inch or so away from one another! I took a bird to a show for my son (he takes care of the birds left at home) and he said he had checked and didn't see any bugs... well... lesson learned. I put all the birds I brought into their cages and then went back around and checked for bugs. His had them pretty badly so I just pulled her out and put her back in her travel cage, after treating her of course with spray I bring with me.

Why? What's wrong with showing at a State Fair? The CA State Fair is a huge production. So is the PA Farm Show ( tho not sure if it is a *true* "State Fair") .
Karen

I don't think she meant there was a problem showing at the state fair, I think she was referring to bugs picked up at one.

 

[fowlman01]

Fairs in CA are usually APA sanctioned, but not always ABA sanctioned and there are plenty that have no sanction at all. That is where you run into all the ugly birds, but even they have to have a health inspection here. All fairs in Cali have to have a health inspection off the immediate area. The health inspection for the CA State Fair is about a mile from the actual show. I will be inspecting birds for our county fair Friday and that inspection point is a 1/8 mile from the showroom.

Cali is pretty loose about poultry health, but not when it comes to the showing of them at fairs.

w.

 

[thedragonlady]

what about before you wash your birds. Some folks ad something to the water while the birds are in the water while you are washing your white rocks. I use Frontline or Adams after the show.

Thanks for the posts. bob

I have washed many a white Silkie. I always wash feet and vents first under running water using Dawn dish washing liquid. Then I do the rest of the bird in the sink with Dawn in the water. Any badly soiled spots get extra Dawn scrubbings. Rinse under running water. Dunk the bird into water containing Downey Fabric Softener and bluing. Then rinse well under running water again.When washing a heavily crested Silkie, the trick is to NOT drown the poor thing !

 

[Wynette]

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Originally Posted by Robert Blosl

what about before you wash your birds. Some folks ad something to the water while the birds are in the water while you are washing your white rocks. I use Frontline or Adams after the show.

Thanks for the posts. bob

I don't show whites, but I've been told that Tide with Bleach Alternative is the best thing to add to wash water to get stubborn yellowing out of the feathers. A friend who breeds white Silkies uses that and says it works great. A half capful right in the tub of water, and swish the bird around a bit - then, to the next bucket for rinsing - another bucket with a bit of white vinegar in it to remove any last traces of shampoo, then the last bucket - with a few drops of glycerin in it if wanted for shine.

 

[Wisher1000]

When washing a heavily crested Silkie, the trick is to NOT drown the poor thing !

I would think the judge would deduct for that.

 

[fowlman01]

Washing white Silkies and washing real chickens might be a bit different. Silkies have nothing hooking their feathers together. I would not want to make my Cornish feathers softer as an example.

Walt

 

[fowlman01]

I would think the judge would deduct for that.

I deduct big time if the bird is drowned.

Walt

 

[Yellow House Farm]

How do you gauge how much bluing is enough bluing versus how much is too much...before you turn them blue, I mean.