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[samidodamage]

Northeast Georgia Poultry Fanciers Association

Poultry Show 2014
All Breed - Double Show
January 18, 2014
Jefferson, GA
at the Jefferson County High School Agricultural Building


*********Anyone attending?********

I've been the past 2 years, but won't be sure about this year until tomorrow. Went back to work part-time and that usually includes Saturdays now, but I'm pretty sure they'll let me off. I don't show birds, and have no real interest in showing my own, but I love to look. Plus, there's always some for sale and I've gotten good at chicken math....

 

[carcar80]

Does anyone know if they ever do candling classes further north? All the ones I ever see are south- my friend and I were looking today and saw Macon, Tifton, Appling (?) Co... What about us up here- Calhoun, Cartersville, Rome..

 

[abmaddox1981]

Does anyone know if they ever do candling classes further north? All the ones I ever see are south- my friend and I were looking today and saw Macon, Tifton, Appling (?) Co... What about us up here- Calhoun, Cartersville, Rome..

you can calk your exchange office. I keep wanting to go to one as well but I can't justify driving 40+ miles one way.

 

[carcar80]

Okay thanks. That's what I told her, maybe if we call and ask they'll do one. I'll let y'all know what we find out.

 

[CookFarms]

Would anyone else be interested in starting a poultry show in Valdosta, Ga

 

[swampturkey]

i would be interested in that. i know some locals who raise show bantams that may be interested in participating.

 

[Flowerbh]

you can calk your exchange office. I keep wanting to go to one as well but I can't justify driving 40+ miles one way.

The department of Agriculture in Gainsville has a candling license you can get. It's free. You have to register and go and take a class. The class is kind of a joke, in that they just expect you to read all the material before you get there and as soon as you get there, they give you a test. They do teach you how to candle eggs and you and a partner have to correctly candle 100 eggs. You get a license that enables you to sell eggs away from your property.

 

[abmaddox1981]

The department of Agriculture in Gainsville has a candling license you can get.  It's free.  You have to register and go and take a class.  The class is kind of a joke, in that they just expect you to read all the material before you get there and as soon as you get there, they give you a test.  They do teach you how to candle eggs and you and a partner have to correctly candle 100 eggs.  You get a license that enables you to sell eggs away from your property.

They do the same in Newnan and a few other places. Gainesville is too far for me though, I'm in Griffin. and with my car issues here lately, the 30ish miles to Newnan is too far. Bah! I hate being poor and in the sticks! Lol

 

[LTygress]

Your "Welsummer" was probably a brown Leghorn.

Actually, she turned out to be a game hen. She doesn't have the heavy breast like a leghorn. And her comb was single, but relatively small. She sat closer to the ground and had more of a game hen shape.

 

[LTygress]

Now that's something I have yet to do- I have wanted to give a few a bath but didn't know if they would like the idea. Was it easy? Did they seem to like it or no?   With all the extra dark soil and red clay here I think I shall get the black ones.

Let's just say there is no way in hell I would give my alpha roo, a large fowl ameraucana, a bath. The small ones already kick and scream and hate it. Add his size, weight, spurs, and the fact that a mere flapping of his wing has broken a nose... and there's just no way!

I kinda have to do it with silkies, because they just seem to COLLECT mud in their feathers! But they are much smaller, and don't cause bruising or bad scratches!

When I do it, I use lukewarm water, and a cat flea and tick shampoo (it helps with mite problems, and enough will rinse away to be safe). And I use a VERY generous amount of soap, because somehow, only a tiny fraction ends up on the bird. The rest ends up on the ceiling, walls, and in my own hair, before ever getting close to the chicken.

Pretty sure my head is permanently free of fleas and ticks now!

And I use the kitchen sink because it has the sprayer so I can rinse their belly without flipping them upside down. But that's pretty redundant, since they'll flip themselves upside down a few times as they realize there is nothing to grab in a sink to get away....

.... except you.

And try as best as you can to keep most of your body away from them as you bathe them. No, not for the drench factor, since you will end up wetter than the chicken no matter what you do. But rather because a chicken trying to climb out of water with no grip on their feet WILL try to pull themselves out using their mouth and neck muscles.

Oh, and make sure you actually LET GO of the button on the sink sprayer when it gets kicked. Then again, you'll probably need that extra water flying across the room to rinse off the soap that made it there first!