Texas

[rubenmarquez23]

Do you have pictures? Not that I have can take them (I have nowhere to put them) I have just eant tomake see them?

I'll post pics up when I get home, one is a hatchery silver duckwing and the other is a brown red

 

[rubenmarquez23]

I'll post pics up when I get home, one is a hatchery silver duckwing and the other is a brown red

 

[orumpoultry]

Cute boys! Wish I had bantam hens to put them with.

 

[orumpoultry]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK.

My new quail laid an egg. Just one egg. It's so tiny!

 

[Areolyn]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK.

My new quail laid an egg. Just one egg. It's so tiny!

Holy cuteness! That is such a cute little pretty egg!

 

[TherryChicken]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK. My new quail laid an egg. Just one egg. It's so tiny!

Tiny is correct, BUT they are SOO good hard boiled. They just take a while to peel. I'm also not a big fan of eggs

 

[orumpoultry]

Well, number one started a thing. Now almost all of my quail are laying. I think its time to turn on the incubators.

 

[batchhatchin]

Wish mine would start laying. I've got about 50 chickens hatched and another 50 eggs in the incubator. Really wanting some quail soon!!

 

[Areolyn]

Anyone have experience with poultry shows? Was looking to find one near me and was wondering if I could enter as an adult(I'm 19).

 

[bnjrob]

Anyone have experience with poultry shows? Was looking to find one near me and was wondering if I could enter as an adult(I'm 19).

Poultry Show Central keeps lists of lots of poultry shows.

Many shows are sanctioned by the APA and have serious breeders that exhibit birds. If you want to enter APA sanctioned shows, you'll need to get a copy of the Standard of Perfection and learn all about your breed, breeding to the SOP, etc., so that you can be competitive with the other exhibitors. Here is where to get the SOP: http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/store.htm

Generally you don't have to belong to the APA to enter APA sanctioned shows, but I can tell you that if you are not raising birds that closely resemble the SOP for your breed, your birds don't have much of a chance of winning much of anything. And if they have traits considered DQs (disqualifications), you're automatically out of the running, and if they have serious problems with things like their body type, the judges will see it and not even bother to get them out of the cage for hands-on examinations. If you're raising birds from the feed store/hatchery, you may as well not even bother entering an APA sanctioned show unless you just want some experience with the exhibiting process and are not looking to win anything.

Non-APA sanctioned shows like county fairs and such are often more lenient with judging and you can have "pretty" birds that are clean and spiffed up that can win but not necessarily be Standard-bred birds. But for most other shows, you'll need to look into getting birds from breeders and continue to breed your own flock to the SOP so that you can maintain/improve your birds so they continue to have the uniform look that the SOP calls for.

If you don't have your NPIP, you'll also need to call the typhoid/pullorum tester for your area to come out and test, because they generally want a copy of your testing certificate when you send in the application for the show. http://tvmdl.tamu.edu/products-services/testing/texas-pullorum-typhoid-program/

The next ones coming up in TX that I know about are the Bluebonnet Classic and the Ft Worth Stock Show.

Someone on Amazon sells a pretty good DVD all about how to exhibit birds at poultry shows.