Heritage Poultry Exibition Thread

[Robert Blosl]

Glad you found the thread its not been used in a while. Do you know we have a Heritage Large Fowl Tread? will have to get some of the Orpington breeders to help you.

Watch out for to much sun if they are buffs. Fresh water, good protien feed. Sun flower seeds befor they are showed about six weeks. Put your males in conditioning pens befor the shows about six weeks to train them. So much more. Glad you found us. bob

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5496950#p5496950

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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With our Buff Orpingtons we use 4'x8' chicken tractors. The sides have shade cloth so the sun does not shine directly on the birds. We can move the coop every few days. Direct sunlight will bleach them out and ruin a good show bird.

Bob is right, most of us are hanging out on the Heritage Large Fowl Thread. But we have subscribed to this thread and can see if anyone posts.

What state are you in?

Is your 4H club a poultry project club or a regular club?

If you could locate a local exhibition breeder of any breed to mentor your son, it would greatly help. We did not ahve a 4H poultry project club here, so we started one. The County Extension agent felt we did not have enough interest. The year before only 30 entries and 3 exhibitors of poultry at our county fair. We started the Drew County 4H Poultry Club in March 2010. The 2010 Drew County Fair had 106 entries with 13 exhibitors. We are hoping for over 200 entries this year. The APA has a wonderful video on Exhibition poultry. My club loved it! You can order a copy at http://www.amerpoultryassn.com

You might also want to participate with the APA-ABA Youth Poultry Club. Their website is located at http://www.apa-abayouthpoultryclub.org

 

[Robert Blosl]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=443227
New Thread for Waterfowl. bob

 

[Robert Blosl]

http://www.twincitypoultrysupplies....ain_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=435

this is a old thread that can be brought back to life. I just found this item and it is now available I got a bottle a few months ago out of canada but cost me about $50 to my house. Good stuff just used it today on my white rock large fowl. bob blosl