Chickens Rarely Seen

[SloCrevs]

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We have quite a few breeders of Malays, Shamos, and aseels in the area. Russian Orloffs are not an APA standard breed.

 

[Clayton Grace]

Hi
I have in one of my poultry books saying that the Russian Orloffs are recognize in certain varieties in the British Standard. I am going to try to get one of the British Standard as soon as I can.

Clayton Grace

 

[Clayton Grace]

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We have quite a few breeders of Malays, Shamos, and aseels in the area. Russian Orloffs are not an APA standard breed.

Hi
Do you know if the Russian Orloffs were ever in the American Standard of Perfection. I was thinking they were in the Standard as some point of time.

Clayton Grace

 

[SloCrevs]

I don't know if they were in the standard, I highly doubt it, though. They don't "reject" birds from the standard if there are not a lot of them, because once a breed is recognized, it's still considered a breed and would be in the standard.

 

[Krys109uk]

I have in one of my poultry books saying that the Russian Orloffs are recognize in certain varieties in the British Standard. I am going to try to get one of the British Standard as soon as I can.

Yes, they're in the British Standards. Both large & bantam. In Black, Cuckoo, Mahogany, Spangled, & White. I used to have some of the bantams in Mahogany.....very nice little birds.

 

[Clayton Grace]

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Hi
Below is afew requirements to getting recognized in the Standard. I am very happy that breeds can't be ''reject" if there is not a lot of them or even extinct. As the Lamonas that are extinct or near extinction. With the info. we have on them ( there origin - Silver Gray Dorkings, White Plymouth Rocks, and Single-Comb White Leghorns ) and a Standard on them to follow they may be revived or recreated in the future.

Clayton Grace

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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They weren't rejected, they were removed. Please see the quote below by Craig Russel of the SPPA:

Nevertheless, the first North American standardization was as Russians not as Orloffs. Unfortunately interest in the breed declined and the APA dropped them from the Standard.

Full article can be found here:

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Orloffs/Orl_CraigR.html

 

[prariechiken]

Malays, Shamos, Aseel, Russian Orloffs... all of these are on our yard right now....

The old US standard is the same as the one used in Britain. It is detailed in the book "The Russian Orloff Fowl" by Dr. Joseph Batty. Fowlafoot (my wife) is in the process of reinvigorating the Orloff and will then be working on bringing back some of the colors that were once seen. Many of these rare breeds are out there, just takes some time and research to find the good ones...

 

[SloCrevs]

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They weren't rejected, they were removed. Please see the quote below by Craig Russel of the SPPA:

Nevertheless, the first North American standardization was as Russians not as Orloffs. Unfortunately interest in the breed declined and the APA dropped them from the Standard.

Full article can be found here:

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Orloffs/Orl_CraigR.html

Interesting, I never knew that they would remove birds from the standard. I'm going to be hanging out with one of my APA Judge friends on Saturday, I'll mention it to him and see what he says. He's ancient and will most likely know quite a bit about it. I'll let y'all know if there's anything more I find out.

 

[The Poultry Peanut]

Where do you find Manx Rumpies? Sorry for going off topic.