2024 Semi-Annual Meet Winners
Congratulations to the 2024 Semi-Annual Meet winners at the Delmarva Poultry Fanciers show:
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Richard Stevens Scholarship 2024
Applications are open for the American Poultry Association Richard Stevens Scholarship. Two scholarships in the amount of $1,000.00 will be awarded in 2024. The Richard Stevens scholarship is available to anyone who wishes to pursue any type of educational program beyond a traditional high school education. This could include study at a traditional four-year college,
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Congratulations 2023 Points Level Awards Winners!
The American Poultry Association is pleased to congratulate the following members on their achievements in breeding and exhibiting poultry. There is so much hard work behind these prestigious achievements, and we want to recognize you for your accomplishment. Congratulations to all of you for your hard work throughout this past year! This is a well-deserved
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Kansas turkey breeder aims to protect rare breeds
By Sheridan Wimmer, courtesy Kansas Living magazine https://kansaslivingmagazine.com/articles/2023/11/20/kansas-turkey-breeder-aims-to-protect-rare-breeds Reese’s ‘fringe flocks’ in Kansas nurture heritage turkeys For Frank Reese in McPherson County, protecting his turkey flock has been his life’s mission, passion and livelihood. The Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch in Lindsborg is Reese’s avian sanctuary – protecting heritage turkey breeds. “Those white turkeys over there
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Congratulations to our 2022 APA Points Awards Winners!
The American Poultry Association is pleased to congratulate the following members on their achievements in breeding and exhibiting poultry. There is so much hard work behind these prestigious achievements and we want to recognize you for your accomplishment. Congratulations to all of you for your hard work throughout this past year! This is a well-deserved
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Best of Breed: Real test of a breeder
This article is about how winning best of breed and variety are the true test of an exceptional breeder, and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. Many of today’s exhibitors do not believe that they have had a good day at the show unless they win one of the
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Coop Training
This article is about coop training and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. The critical moment for every exhibitor at any show is when the judge is in the process of handling and evaluating their birds. How the bird behaves at that moment may well determine the final result
Incubator Management: Key to Waterfowl Success
This article is about incubator management and how it is key to waterfowl hatching success, and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. Some breeders never seem to master the art (and it is an art) of incubator management. As a result, they seldom hatch a satisfactory number of youngsters
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Breeding Priorities: Set Your Own
This article is about setting your breeding priorities and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. I believe that one of the most basic mistakes new breeders of any type of fowl can make is to not take the time and effort to interpret the Standard of Perfection description of
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Giving Young Birds a Chance
This article is giving young birds a chance to finish growing before deciding if they are breeding quality or not, and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. A common mistake made even by experienced breeders is to rush the selection process in the late summer/fall of the year. Maybe
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