Cornish Thread

[fowlman01]

Now there is name I have not thought of in a good while, Zelotes Eshmyer. I can picture him set up at shows selling the nice wood travel cages he made.

Lewis Strait on the other hand seems to come up in conversation fairly regularly. Throw in Charlie Hurd, along with my Dad, and you have the main components of many serious Cornish discussions past.

Just out of curiosity, who is your dad?

Walt

 

[big medicine]

Dad ( Eugene Imwalle} turned 79 last week, he still has white Cornish large fowl, which is about all he has ever raised. He messed around and showed at a few local shows like The Dayton Fancy Feather Show at Greenville Ohio a few years back and did well, but thought it too much work at his age.

 

[fowlman01]

Dad ( Eugene Imwalle} turned 79 last week, he still has white Cornish large fowl, which is about all he has ever raised. He messed around and showed at a few local shows like The Dayton Fancy Feather Show at Greenville Ohio a few years back and did well, but thought it too much work at his age.

I have heard that name, but I didn't know your dad. I'm in CA, but go to Columbus and Lucasville quite often.
Walt

 

[big medicine]

I have heard that name, but I didn't know your dad. I'm in CA, but go to Columbus and Lucasville quite often.
Walt

While I have never shown my birds, other than the girls 4H fair projects, I rarely miss the Columbus show,or Greenville, and make Lucasville regularly. Dad's traveling days are mostly behind him, can't take that much walking on cement any more. I remember at a Columbus show when they let Mr, Strait pull his dodge into the building so he could visit with everyone off the tailgate, says alot about how well he was regarded.

 

[fowlman01]

While I have never shown my birds, other than the girls 4H fair projects, I rarely miss the Columbus show,or Greenville, and make Lucasville regularly. Dad's traveling days are mostly behind him, can't take that much walking on cement any more. I remember at a Columbus show when they let Mr, Strait pull his dodge into the building so he could visit with everyone off the tailgate, says alot about how well he was regarded.

It does...they run a very tight ship at Columbus. I don't know if we will ever have these kinds of people again in poultry......they were exceptional breeders.

 

[Cedarknob]

Now there is name I have not thought of in a good while, Zelotes Eshmyer. I can picture him set up at shows selling the nice wood travel cages he made.

Lewis Strait on the other hand seems to come up in conversation fairly regularly. Throw in Charlie Hurd, along with my Dad, and you have the main components of many serious Cornish discussions past.

I find myself intimidated by the fact that I know so little about breeding Cornish, and absolutely nothing about showing chickens. I'm younger than your father, but still going to find travel to, and preparation for, a show difficult. I had considered showing a pair of my DCs this year, but live breeding has damaged their feathers to the point that I am no longer considering it.

Your mention of wooden travel crates reminds me of some questions I have about transporting and showing Cornish. What type of crate works best to prevent feather damage? Will those taking entries guide a complete novice on getting the birds entered correctly? If my bird wants to fight another being exhibited in the next cage, what do I do? Am I required to stay for both days of a show?

I would be grateful to anyone willing to share their experience of showing poultry, Cornish in particular.

 

[fowlman01]

I find myself intimidated by the fact that I know so little about breeding Cornish, and absolutely nothing about showing chickens. I'm younger than your father, but still going to find travel to, and preparation for, a show difficult. I had considered showing a pair of my DCs this year, but live breeding has damaged their feathers to the point that I am no longer considering it.

Your mention of wooden travel crates reminds me of some questions I have about transporting and showing Cornish. What type of crate works best to prevent feather damage? Will those taking entries guide a complete novice on getting the birds entered correctly? If my bird wants to fight another being exhibited in the next cage, what do I do? Am I required to stay for both days of a show?

I would be grateful to anyone willing to share their experience of showing poultry, Cornish in particular.

Use a carrying box that has no places for feathers to go into and break. Most people use large diameter dowls or something like that so that they get lots of air, but it does not leave a place to break the feathers. They should be helpful guiding you through the process, but you can also PM me and I will walk you through it. You have to read the rules in the show catalog ans different shows sometimes have slightly different rules. If you happen to get next to another male or any bird that wants to fight, bring some cardboard to insert between the cages so they can't see each other. Some shows are only one day, but most are still 2 days. You put them in Friday night or before 8am Saturday and take them out at the time noted in the show catalog. You don't have to stay, but you should be there early to take them out.many times when you see your bird where you can compare it to the others entered it gives you a very good idea where you are in quality.
Keep in mind that judges are people and sometimes they don't always get the right bird....but you will see what wins.
Walt

 

[spangledcornish]

I would agree with Walt about getting to shows, there have been a few shows where we have taken birds, and the condition is not where I would like it but representing the breed to me is important especially the large fowl and in our part of the world there are not many shown. But the greatest part of a chicken show is the talking with other exhibitors. There is no other exhibition group that I have been around where information is so freely shared.

We especially enjoy showing our large fowl and had some success on some days, all our birds are naturally bred tend to be vigorous and lay enough for us to be able to keep few for breeders, eat a few and sell a few.

AGAIN Get to a show or two even if you are not showing, it is amazing how friendly the poultry groups are in general and even if you don't talk to a Cornish breeder there is lots to learn.

 

[big medicine]

Here are a few examples of show transport boxes I could find. I picked up a If I remember right is a four hole bantam box at a flea market several years ago. I will try to get it down and take some pictures. Who ever built this box put some serious thought and engineering into it, and was probably a cabinet maker. I would have loved to see this box when new, all wood stained and varnished, brass hardware. It had been neglected some before I got it, had to replace some of the under runners. Probably left sitting on the ground in a barn for years. But got the old gal back in usable shape, and my daughter used it for fair for several years.

 

[chickened]

I find myself intimidated by the fact that I know so little about breeding Cornish, and absolutely nothing about showing chickens. I'm younger than your father, but still going to find travel to, and preparation for, a show difficult. I had considered showing a pair of my DCs this year, but live breeding has damaged their feathers to the point that I am no longer considering it.

Your mention of wooden travel crates reminds me of some questions I have about transporting and showing Cornish. What type of crate works best to prevent feather damage? Will those taking entries guide a complete novice on getting the birds entered correctly? If my bird wants to fight another being exhibited in the next cage, what do I do? Am I required to stay for both days of a show?

I would be grateful to anyone willing to share their experience of showing poultry, Cornish in particular.

A good place to start is by joining the ICBA.