Marans... Not APA Approved???

[EweSheep]

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Money? Position? Politics?? Sheer gall in advertising??? You know you've seen the game, I'm quite sure??

Wait a minute, I didn't type in Politics, sheer gall in advertising...etc. Someone is hacking into this.

 

[PepsNick]

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Wait a minute, I didn't type in Politics, sheer gall in advertising...etc. Someone is hacking into this.

Are you being serious?

 

[EweSheep]

YES! All I typed in is Money? Favors? Nothing more!

OK Debbi, is this a joke?

 

[OSUman]

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Wait a minute, I didn't type in Politics, sheer gall in advertising...etc. Someone is hacking into this.

She changed your post in the quote

 

[EweSheep]

Hmmmmm!

Well, carry on but ain't my sentence LOL!

 

[PepsNick]

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From what I've seen, that standard has been "tweaked" quite a bit since the last approval attempt? Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it's changed a lot since I've been following the proposed standard.

As for the second quote in bold, bravo to you for not giving 1st to something non-deserving, perhaps in some cases second place was indeed too generous as well. I've seen notable folks garnering many ribbons though, with some sub standard birds that I would've culled from the flock. Hopefully not, yet I bet they will, show up in Newnan. I guess we'll see how it plays out in February??

If there's only one bird & it's placed second I think that makes the point as clearly as placing it third would. I don't hear many people boasting of having gotten a second at a show.
As to "notable folks" showing sub-standard birds, how then did they become notable?

I have the same question.

edited for typos

 

[Debbi]

Ooops! Guess I scratched out a "quote" tab when I said my part. Mine was the politics, money, position, advertising, etc.. All she said was money and favors? My bad.

 

[Debbi]

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Please believe me, no hacking here! I ain't that computer saavy!

 

[fowlman01]

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There is a Standard that was proposed by the Marans Club & accepted by the APA. That is the Standard the judges used at the first qualifying meet & will use at the upcoming meet. There has to be a standard before there can be a qualifying meet. If not how would the judges possibly judge the meet?
BTW as far as I know all judges judge according to the Standard. There are some judges who will award a first place to an inferior bird if that's all there is in the class. It matters little since that bird obviously won't advance but I agree with Walt. I have often started a class off with second place when there was no bird deserving of first. I have even on very rare occasion not placed a class at all when it was a small class of birds none of which approached the Standard.



From what I've seen, that standard has been "tweaked" quite a bit since the last approval attempt? Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it's changed a lot since I've been following the proposed standard.

As for the second quote in bold, bravo to you for not giving 1st to something non-deserving, perhaps in some cases second place was indeed too generous as well. I've seen notable folks garnering many ribbons though, with some sub standard birds that I would've culled from the flock. Hopefully not, yet I bet they will, show up in Newnan. I guess we'll see how it plays out in February??

The changes made to the Marans Standard are available on the Marans club web site. It clearly shows any changes that have been made since the original proposal. Most were to clarify the Standard, not to change the meaning of the original proposal.

Walt

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Nick, the ABA also has a Bantam Standard but the Marans are listed in the inactive section, does not say what varieties are approved. Don

It was listed in either the yearbook or a quarterly a year or two ago.