This article on looking back at the past 45 years of exhibition poultry breeds is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. Many more breeds of poultry have improved over the last 3-4 decades than have regressed. That has been due to lots of dedicated effort by breeders who loved […]
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This article on looking back at the past 45 years of exhibition poultry, specifically ducks and geese, is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. When I began showing waterfowl in the last half of the 1960s, the big birds were where it was at both in terms of quantity
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This article on looking back at the past 45 years of exhibition poultry is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. 2012 was a trying year in our household. In late September, I got up in the morning to find my legs were wobbly and by nine o’clock that evening,
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This article on the importance of oyster shell and grit for waterfowl is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. Keepers of domestic waterfowl in particular have a greater tendency than keepers of land fowl do to forget that their birds have gizzards and that those gizzards play a vital
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This article on Call Ducks is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. I began judging Call ducks in 1970 and it is amazing how they have changed in the time between then and now. The number of Standard varieties has exploded. There are now a dozen or so varieties
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The successful care of poultry can be achieved by following the standard of daylight, ventilation and cleanliness. I have watered my chickens out of an old cooking pot. Fed them grain in a rubber pan. Set up nest boxes in milk crates. To solve certain care challenges, though, specific equipment has been designed. Here are
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This article on the Welsh Harlequin Duck is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. Please note image is of a Gold Welsh Harlequin which are not admitted to the APA Standard of Perfection. I have admired the Welsh Harlequin Duck ever since I first saw them at Dave Holderread’s
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This article on winter equipment maintenance for waterfowl is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. For many of us, winter brings a time where taking care of our birds can be both physically demanding and, at times, unpleasant. Hauling water by the bucket and breaking ice out of water
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Chiggers also are known as red bugs, jiggers, harvest mites and by other common names. More than 700 species are known, but only three or four are important parasites in the United States. The adults usually are covered with dense, feathered hairs that give them a velvety appearance. They are often bright red with a
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Red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, form tall, hardened mounds in clay-type soil in and around poultry operations. Imported fire ants can cause problems on poultry farms by attacking chickens and foraging on broken eggs. Fire ant stings cause blemishes that can reduce the quality of poultry. Their stings can cause medical problems or even
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