This is the third article in a series of four by Pat Malone, being republished from the 1989 APA Yearbook. This part focuses on tips for licensed poultry judges. 1. Maintain Absolute Honesty and Integrity Avoid anything and everything that is questionable. Give absolutely no appearance of being involved in cronyism, politics, etc. Criticism comes […]
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This is the second article in a series of four by Pat Malone, being republished from the 1989 APA Yearbook. This part focuses on tips for poultry exhibitors. Reflections on Poultry Exhibitors: 1. Be a Kind Winner and a Gracious Loser I will always be grateful to the late Ed Turpin who taught me this
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This is the first of a four part article series by Pat Malone, being republished from the 1989 APA Yearbook. This article focuses on judging poultry shows. I well remember how excited I was when I opened the mailbox April 7, 1984 and found an envelope addressed to JUDGE Pat Malone. I knew instantly I
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Are you working with a breed that calls for muffs and a beard? Would you like to learn more about the genetics of muffs and beard (Mb)? Muffs and beard (Mb) is known as an autosomal incomplete dominant trait. It is an observable physical characteristic involving elongated feathers that form on the side of the
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This is your first poultry show! How exciting, and how noisy it is. Notice that the birds are grouped by section: large fowl, bantams, waterfowl, turkeys and Guinea fowl. Within each of these areas there is also a Junior show section for those under the age of 18. Fall and Winter are the proper times
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White Minorcas were admitted to the American Standard of Perfection in 1888. In reality, they are a far older breed than the Barred Plymouth Rocks or any other American breed of poultry. Under the name of White Spanish, they were known as far back as the middle of the last century. In old pictures of
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Corrective mating of poultry is mating a bird that is weak in one area, to a bird that can offset that particular weakness. In some circles, this is referred to as “compensation mating.” Corrective Mating practices have been used for many years by a wide variety of animal breeders yielding amazing results. Lloyd Bracket, a
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I’m regularly asked about tools to evaluate birds for breeding programs. Here’s what I tell people: if you can’t do a good job evaluating your birds it will be far more difficult to make improvements each year. There are two tools that you have at your disposal that are invaluable. They are your eyes and
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Lowering stress in our birds is really important when traveling and being at the show, as it is quite an abnormal experience for them. Below I have provided 10 tips on lowering stress for your birds and a couple stories on what happens when that doesn’t happen. I had a hen on Champion Row that
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Many times a year, I see posts and questions about the shank color of wheaten, blue wheaten, and splash wheaten Ameraucanas. Posts like: “Why do my day old wheaten and blue wheaten chicks not have slate shanks?” “Why am I seeing variations in the amount of pigmentation on my wheaten and blue wheaten Ameraucana shanks?”
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