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Self-blue Pre-Qualifying Meet at Shawnee, 12-10-16

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HarryS:
I thought that you needed 5 breeders who have bred the qualifying birds for at least 5 years and had to be members of the APA for 5 years and signed an affidavit that is what they had done.  Plus it had to be those 5 breeders to exhibit to be qualifying.  Did I read something incorrect?

Ernie Haire:
I think that you have to have breeders who have been members of the APA for five years sign the paperwork that they have been breeding that specific breed and variety to get the ball rolling. Those five breeders are not the only ones who can show in the 4-4-4-4 shows, Pre-Qualifying Meet, or Qualifying Meet. This is the way that I understood it and the way it was when we worked on gaining the acceptance of the Black Copper, Wheaten, and White Marans. We helped the Marans Chicken Club USA last year by taking Blue Wheaten Marans to a 4-4-4-4. We have breed them for years, but we have never signed anything for the APA on that variety. Someone who has seen the latest  requirements can correct me if I am not correct.

Be Blessed,
Ernie Haire

Paul:
Ernie,
  It was a relief to meet the quota, and a bigger one to find out we only need 25 at the two qualifying meets!  This will be doable, of course depending on where the APA sets it!

Paul:
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.

Paul:
Harry,
  You are partially correct.  We already have the 5 ABC members who have signed the affidavits that they have bred self blues for at least 5 years and have been a member of the APA for the five years.  These same five self blue breeders are not required to be the 5 APA members who show at the two qualifying meets.  I checked on this several months ago.  If it was that the five of us had to be the same five-it would never happen as the five are scattered from Washington, California, Texas and Ontario, Canada.

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