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You have a wonderful voice, like that of a whiperwill on the window sill at first mornings light..............
The nationals will be held in Shawnee Ok at the Ag expo center on Saturday, Dec 11th, cooping starts on Friday, judging Sat, and awards on sunday along with coop-out. They are also holding the national pigeon show on the same dates at the same place but in another bldg over. There is always a huge sale room full of birds for sale and more in the parking lot if you know where to look hehehe. I rarely see shamo's & asil's for sale at these events, but sometimes if you spend alot of time on the coop room floor you can sometimes track the owners down and make a deal for delivery after the show.
I only attend on Saturday but I get there at 7:00am and normaly stay till 7 or 8:00pm, it is my time to reconnect with my show bird friends and see whats shaken in the show world and the upcoming breeding trends to come. You know what they say.......... you breed next year for what will win 5 yrs down the road. I do however try to buy as much good stock as I can when I go depending on what I need at the time, this year I have to bring a few birds up that have been spoken for a few months back. I do have Cornish deals in the works but won't count on anything till I see them.
I expect to see the best birds in the country there this year and they already have a 7500 bird consignment already and 4500 in pigeons. I too have been on the lookout for a decent Shamo Rooster and would even settle for a good Asil or a white Tuzo rooster.
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Tuzo Roosters.............. You can see all the influence these birds contributed to Cornish especialy the head, neck, eyes, back, chest, stance. I would love to have that leg length on my birds. Here's the deal you can't keep these roosters anywhere near each other or even in adjoining pen's where they can see each other, but they are great breeders.
