It’s wintertime. The Temperature is hovering in the single digits, and the wind chill factor is several degrees below zero. The alarm clock rings at 6 a.m. and I go through my same routine. While others are lying in bed or warming up their cars, I am dressing and “schlepping” buckets of warm water to by bantam […]
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The crests and beards on some breeds are the perfect environment for poultry lice and mites. Raising healthy poultry means keeping a healthy flock, and managing pests, including lice and mites. Below we have a picture of poultry lice and their egg casings. The top arrow (purple) shows the egg casings around the shaft
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Understanding poultry nutrition, especially when it comes to feeding our birds requires some basic knowledge about the discipline that many people lack. In this article, I hope to cover the basics so that you can have a better understanding about the subject. Nutrition is the study of nutrients that are in feedstuffs and how they
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Black Tom Turkey bred by Christopher McCary If you like beautiful, responsive animals, then the world of “Exhibition Poultry” may be what you have been looking for. Poultry comes in all sizes, shapes, colors and personalities. There are nearly 400 breeds and varieties of poultry that offer something for young and old alike The term
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Scaly leg Mites are relatively easy to treat. This is caused by a tiny mite that burrows under the scales of the legs and toes. The buildup of it’s colony and excrement cause the scales to raise away form the feet. In this first picture we see a few scales that have begun to raise.
Here are some tips on how pack your poultry showbox to ensure you have everything you need before your first show. Some of the many things in my box; STANDARD apron paperwork mite spray bath in a bottle all the leg bands baby oil vet rx baby wipes nail files Silk cloth The “Bath in
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Many of you are going to be showing for the first time this fall. Here are a few words of advice from a former newbie now a show superintendent. Entry forms Please write clearly, often we have non poultry friends helping us out. If you write orpthinten that will be on your cage card. variety
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When washing dark colored chickens, or dark colored hard feathered breed of bantams to prepare them for show, I do things a little different from washing white birds. I use about half as much shampoo and if you can find it, Hartz Mountain Black Dog shampoo is great; otherwise I use a mild baby shampoo.
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New Approved Standard for Bearded Self Blue Silkie Bantams. Standard shape requirements the same as for the breed description of Bearded Silkie Bantams. DISQUALIFICATIONS Red, yellow, orange or positive white in any section of plumage. (See General Disqualifications and Cutting for Defects). COLOR – MALE AND FEMALE COMB, FACE AND WATTLES: Deep mulberry. EAR-LOBES:
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Color – Male COMB, FACE AND WATTLES: Bright Red BEAK: Light bluish horn EYES: Reddish Bay EAR-LOBES: White HEAD: Plumage, lustrous, rich, dark reddish orange NECK: Hackle—Lustrous, rich reddish orange with a nar- row black strip extending down the middle of each lower hackle feather, tapering to a point just short of the tip,. Front
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The APA works to support the community breeding and raising Standard Bred Poultry in all its phases with a goal on breeding to the Standard of Perfection.