Okies in the BYC The Original

[al6517]

Monty : It might be a good idea to post a detailed post on a What, when, Where, type of post so folks know how to actually get there from a few different directions, Me for one I can't seem to remember the exit road or the exact way to get there once I turn off the highway.

 

[freezefamilyfarm]

http://maps.google.com/maps?safe=strict&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=shawnee+expo+center&fb=1&gl=us&hq=shawnee+expo+center&hnear=Shawnee,+OK&cid=0,0,5116575836168763610&ei=MNP_TM_wHYWdlgfk19jjCA&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQnwIwAQ


This map is not correct. It makes it look further from 177 than it is. There is an exit directly off 177 to the expo center. It should say Independence. See Darien Gordon drive? It goes straight to Expo Center. The animal shelter is even in the wrong spot. But if you see the animal shelter, that is your exit.

 

[freezefamilyfarm]

LOL, the street view that is supposed to show the expo center shows the DHS office, a vet office and the airport. But if you are there you are close! Head back west just a little.

 

[Buckguy20]

Is this about right?

Directions from the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center website at: http://www.shawneeexpo.org/map-directions

From the North

•Take I-44 W
•Take the OK-66 exit- exit number 158- toward WELLSTON.
•Turn LEFT onto OK-66.
•Turn RIGHT onto US-177 S.
•Turn left at W Leo St

From the South

•Take Hwy 3 West for approximately 47 miles
•End at US Hwy 177 N & Leo St.

From the East

•Take I-40 W toward OKLA. CITY
•Turn LEFT onto US-177 N/US-270 W/OK 3W W.
•End at US HWY 177 N & W INDEPENDENCE ST

From the West:

•Go East on I-40 toward FT. SMITH.
•Merge onto US-177 S/US-270 E/OK 3W E via exit number 181 toward SHAWNEE.
•End at US Hwy 177 N & W Independence St


BANQUET
Make plans to attend the annual APA Banquet
The banquet will be held at 7:00 at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center Conference Center at the show location.
The cost will be $15.00 per person and the menu will be Smoked Brisket and Roast Turkey and Dressing. Vegetables would be Green Beans, Whole Corn and Mashed Potatoes. A beverage choice of iced tea or water. A dessert and hot rolls will also be available.
The APA Annual Open meeting will follow the banquet.


My best instructions would be go south on 177 from I-40 about two miles to Independence and turn left.

 

[BetsyOK]

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Betsy, note the following for qualifying meets:
ABA: 25 birds, 5 exhibitors, annual or semi-annual
APA: 50 birds, 5 exhibitors, 5 breeders breeding for 5 years or more, breeder statements, must breed true, must have been shown as a variety for 2 years, prominant show.

Thanks, this is what we've been working for, and we've been showing them in prominant shows for at least the five years. Over 60 self blue (lavender) birds have been entered in the Shawnee show. Both the president and vice president of the American Silkie Bantam Club have been among the very first to work with this color and have been diligent in seeing that all the requirements have been met.

Both have shown for several years at Shawnee, as have a several other of the best USA breeders. We have get togethers at the shows, so it will be great to meet even more from other parts of the country.

 

[sjarvis00]

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Betsy, note the following for qualifying meets:
ABA: 25 birds, 5 exhibitors, annual or semi-annual
APA: 50 birds, 5 exhibitors, 5 breeders breeding for 5 years or more, breeder statements, must breed true, must have been shown as a variety for 2 years, prominant show.

Thanks, this is what we've been working for, and we've been showing them in prominant shows for at least the five years. Over 60 self blue (lavender) birds have been entered in the Shawnee show. Both the president and vice president of the American Silkie Bantam Club have been among the very first to work with this color and have been diligent in seeing that all the requirements have been met.

Both have shown for several years at Shawnee, as have a several other of the best USA breeders. We have get togethers at the shows, so it will be great to meet even more from other parts of the country.

since the silkie is a bantam and Self blue is a recognized color you can just submit and get them recognized through the ABA, APA is not required. Not ethe requirements below, and Contact information for the APA standards appliaction is as follows.
APA fee is $200 , ABA is $100
Send your request for an application to:
Judge Walt Leonard, Chairman
APA Standard of Perfection Committee
4721 Occidental Road
Santa Rosa, California 95401

AMERICAN BANTAM ASSOCIATION
REQUIREMENTS OF ADMISSION OF NEW BREEDS AND VARIETIES
The Standard Committee makes rules and sets fees.
All proposed changes in Bantam Standard are to be published in the Quarterly to all comment by members.
Qualifying meets for both new breeds and new varieties must be held at each of the shows hosting the ABA Annual or
Semi-Annual Meets.
NEW BREED:
There must be a minimum of 25 birds in each variety to be qualified within the new breed, exhibited in 4 classes (cock,
hen, cockerel, pullet) by a minimum of 5 breeders.
NEW VARIETY:
There must be a minimum of 25 birds exhibited in 4 classes (cock, hen, cockerel, pullet) by a minimum of 5 breeders.
NO CHANGES are final until recommended by the Standard Committee and approved by a majority vote of the Board
of Directors at an Annual or Semi-Annual Meeting.
AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATON
ADMISSION OF NEW BREEDS AND VARIETIES
A petition for recognition of any breed or variety must be sent to the Secretary giving the history of it’s origin, breeding
background & facts of an educational nature.
Must include proposed name of breed or variety with the standard for shape, color and weight. Applications to both
associations (ABA & APA) must be of the same description, etc.
Affidavits need be included from not less than five breeders that they have bred the breed or variety for not less than
five years and it produces not less than 50% of all specimens reasonably true to type, color, size & comb.
Breeds or Varieties need to have been exhibited for two years prior at a show officiated by a licensed APA judge. The
secretary will contact these judges for his or her confidential opinion of the quality and uniformity.
A $$ deposit of a sum sufficient to defray the actual cost of placing the text in the Standard shall be received with the
petition to be returned if this case is rejected.
The petition will then be referred to the Standard committee who shall name a qualifying meet at a prominent show to be
judged by a licensed APA judge.
This meet shall consist of not less than fifty (50) specimens exhibited by five (5) exhibitors in all classes of cock, hen,
cockerel, pullet.
When satisfied the committee shall then recommend it’s acceptance by the Board of Directors, upon which it becomes a
recognized breed or variety.

 

[TheBarnSwallow]

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Well, our GP Baby is about to drop a litter. We are about 90% sure they are from The Bear, our big GP/Anatolian mix. Baby is half Australian Shepherd, but looks GP. So, the pups should be 1/2 Great Pyr, 1/4 Anatolian, 1/4 Aussie.

Unless she snuck out and mingled with the neighbor's Rott. But we don't think so. She hates him. May make for an interesting mix, though. It will be pretty obvious if she did.

You can have the pick of the litter if you like, free, if you're not too picky about the "reputable person" part.

LOL

Actually we are in contacts with two different folks who have GP's available at the moment... But I did chuckle at your "reputable person" bit ... you know you are a good person.. stop trying to play humble.. HA HA HA ...


Jeannie

I better make like a plane and jet I hear crashing noises in the boys room... ahhh life of a mother... caring for others.. HA HA HA HA

 

[freezefamilyfarm]

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That sounds right except if I were coming from the east I would just stay on 40 and use exit 181 onto 177 then go south to independence.


The directions for from the east are kind of silly, you can turn directly onto Indpendence from Kickapoo, there is no need to use Kickapoo spur and get onto 177 if you come that way, unless you want to go to Atwoods, LOL!

Kickapoo (exit 185) would be the road you find fast food restaurants on if you need breakfast. Ihop is at exit 185 also.

 

[Kwartel]

I've been playing catch-up trying to get things done around the homestead before it gets even colder. The peacocks like the new shack I built for them, I've seen them jumping up and down on it all day. It isn't the Taj Mahal, but it was the best I could do by myself and it should give them something to roost on and a place to hide out from inclement weather. The chickens tried to help me by attacking my tape measure, stealing the drillbit and screws, and launching an assault on my pencil when I dropped it on the ground. I don't know what I would have done without them there to supervise.

I'm going to try to make it to Shawnee, but my plans are contingent on getting a babysitter. It is too bad that they don't offer a cooping area for small children with lots of energy.

 

[Kwartel]

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Bil asked for a digital picture frame loaded with pics of home. If Doc has a home base or office somewhere, something like that might work out.