how do i start showing my rooster

[chickenmama109]

hi every one


i have a silver laced batem roo that i would like to start to show this is my first flock and i dont no anything about showing birds or where to show the birds



thanks to all help

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Here's a good place to look for shows:
http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/poultry-show-dates.html

Post a few pictures of him. Is he gentle? How is his comb?

 

[chickenmama109]

 

[chickenmama109]

hes kinda use to me all my other hens love me and stand on my shoulder and they eat from my hand and follow me but he is a little scared but im going to start staying out side with him a lot

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Looks like a silver laced banty cochin. You'll want to avoid letting him get too much sun, as his back feathers will get 'brassy' and not so white. Also try to avoid corn in his diet, that turns feathers yellow, too. If you keep him in the coop and run instead of free-range, he will start to put on some 'show fat'. Plus, you will be better able to monitor him. Maybe let them free once a week or so. In a month, he should be nice and plumpish. :3

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Here's his SOP (standard of perfection) http://www.cochinsint.com/bantam-male.html

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Another thing I forgot to mention: try to keep his coop and run as clean as possible. Those feathery feet get grimy in a hurry. They look pretty good right now, though. I'm going to assume he just moulted, in which case they are in mint condition. Try and keep them that way.

 

[Doc McCluckins]

@Fanci Feathers Marans Great tips. I am hoping to start showing my D'Uccles more seriously next year. I have done local shows but no APA. I didn't know that about the sun and feeding corn. I am hoping to have a set up by the spring for my show birds to stay in a covered area and I'll tweak their diet. What do you suggest feeding?

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

@Fanci Feathers Marans Great tips. I am hoping to start showing my D'Uccles more seriously next year. I have done local shows but no APA. I didn't know that about the sun and feeding corn. I am hoping to have a set up by the spring for my show birds to stay in a covered area and I'll tweak their diet. What do you suggest feeding?

The corn thing is mostly for birds that have a lot of white, but the sun affects everybody. The best feed you can buy is KENT brand. But I have been using Nutrena Feather Fixer. Look for a good breeder ration that has a lot of protein. Give it the sniff test, too. If it smells like dust, first ingredient is corn. If it smells sweet, first ingredient is probably alfalfa or the like. Also give Black Oil Sunflower seeds.

 

[The Moonshiner]

. Also try to avoid corn in his diet, that turns feathers yellow, too.

Where did you get this info?
My grandma raised white leghorns on cracked corn and scratch grains for years and years and years. They never turned yellow or yellowish at all.