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Self-blue Pre-Qualifying Meet at Shawnee, 12-10-16
DeWayne Edgin:
Thanks Harry and Paul! I got a Lavender Rooster from Cindy, three Lavender hens and a Black hen to. She said the Black hen came from John but I never used her. I sold the Black hen and I still have the Lavender Rooster. I bred from the Lavenders and kept a few pullets the following year and I still have them old girls. This year I bred them to a Black Rooster that I raised from Clif. I had 40 splits here but I lost a few and there are 30 some right now that I'm growing out. I never really knew the background on my birds till now and it is interesting to learn about it. So basically Harry's birds went to Texas from PA and I bought some from Cindy and they came back to PA to me. Kinda funny to look at it that way I guess. I have learned a ton of history on these Ameraucanas and I hope to make history on a few birds before I pass or sell for whatever reason may come up. Thanks again gentleman.
Don:
--- Quote from: Paul on December 13, 2016, 08:15:09 PM ---Don,
I plan to give Jean Ribbeck a chance to come up with the next pre-qualifying meet of 4444 which has to be between June 11, 2017 and early Jan. 2018. My safety net, for the acceptance of the self blue is "The Bluebonnet Classic" at College Station, Texas on Jan. 6, 2018 for the other 4444, if Jean doesn't manage to get it done first! I realize this will be a Texas only show. The four who showed self blue at the SC district meet in Shawnee, OK. were all from Texas. According to what I was told the 4444 pre-qualifying meets don't have a minimum number of exhibitors but the more the better! The qualifying meets have a requirement of a minimum of 5 and all 5 must be APA members before the show.
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Jean, What show do you think might work well for the next pre-qualifying meet?
I guess it couldn't hurt to have several shows where we had a large turn out of the Color to demonstrate their popularity, maybe even have a good number of bantams too. What shows do you think might work for your area Paul?
Paul:
Shawnee, OK.; College Station, Tex.; Ft. Worth, Tex.; and possibly Comanche, Tex. We will need it to be late in the year to get the cocks and hens in show shape. Shawnee is 2nd weekend in Dec.; College Station-first Saturday in Jan.; Ft. Worth,-2nd or 3rd weekend in Jan. (this one changes weekends due to splitting the show Jr. or open); Comanche 2nd weekend in Feb.
We must have one more successful 4444 meet between June 10, 2017 and early Jan. 2018 to meet APA requirements.
The date requirements only leave Shawnee, OK. and College Station, Tex. Since Shawnee was our first 4444 pre-qualifying meet, I don't know if it is eligible for the 2nd pre-qualifying meet. If not, that leaves only College Station!
DeWayne Edgin:
Here are a few pictures I took today of two of my 2014 hatch hens. They are still laying and it was a very windy day here today so their feathers where blowing around. These hens are ones that I hatched after I got my birds from Cindy. Give me your thoughts on them please.
Susan Mouw:
--- Quote from: DeWayne Edgin on December 30, 2016, 07:11:39 PM ---Here are a few pictures I took today of two of my 2014 hatch hens. They are still laying and it was a very windy day here today so their feathers where blowing around. These hens are ones that I hatched after I got my birds from Cindy. Give me your thoughts on them please.
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Very nice, DeWayne!
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