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Dixie Classic

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Lindsay Helton:
We really enjoyed showing birds at the Dixie Classic. It was great to meet several fellow ABC members. I thought Ameraucanas were represented very well at the show. It was nice to see a large class of them. The only corrections I see from above are that the blue wheaten pullet we received RV on was from Susan Mouw, and the self blue hen and pullet were from our line that we created by crossing bloodlines. The pullet that received RV was hatched 12-17-16 and just barely made the cut off as a pullet. I raised that group of chicks in my basement for the first 2 months due to the cold weather because I’m the crazy chicken lady. I thought I learned my lesson about hatching in winter, but here I am again, with chicks scheduled to hatch tomorrow and another batch going in the incubator. Many of the hens we used in our initial crosses were from Paul Smith. Paul has excellent quality birds. We crossed his hens with a cockerel from another bloodline and had good results. We got an additional line of self blues from another breeder that was selling off their breeding stock of Ameraucanas 2 years ago and had good luck incorporating those birds in our breeding program. I have been pleased with the hens and pullets created from the crosses, but the cockerels are still a work in progress. That seems to be the consensus across the board with self blue cockerels. Lol. I think with time we can get the self blue cockerels to the same level as the pullets and hens. I narrowed my black splits and kept two split cockerels and two split hens from last seasons hatches that I think will help. This split cockerel is not in very good condition and has several shredded feathers from being in a grow out pen with other cockerels for the last few months, but he has several attributes that I hope to carry forward next year. Congratulations to all of the winners! We look forward to showing again next year!

Birdcrazy:
Thank you Paul and Angela for the detailed report on the Dixie Classic. I can't wait to see the pictures!

Susan Mouw:
I was so proud to see the line up of Ameraucanas at this show!  The depth of quality was nothing less than amazing and pure eye candy. :)

Of course, it was great to see everyone there, too.  As exhausting as these shows can be, I wish there were more where we could get together - such great times!

I was so thrilled when Pat Duke's little self-blue pullet was discovered and will be returned to her - what a relief!

And the bantams!  Oh my gosh - a brown red bantam!  Again, the depth of quality was nothing short of amazing and I was really pleased to see that every variety in bantams were represented.

I can't say enough about the self-blues.  The hen of Lindsay's that took Best AOV was just beautiful - in type, in color, just overall a great representative of the breed and the variety.  Heck...when self-blues are accepted, that hen is going to give anyone a run for their money for BB.

Til next year! :)

Susan Mouw:
I do not have Paul's skill with a camera, but here are the two birds that placed BB, CH AOSB - Jan Geis Black Cockerel and RB - Tom Kernan's Black Pullet

Ernie Haire:
Thanks, Susan for the pictures. Paul is great at taking pictures of chickens. I always enjoy looking at the pictures that anyone takes at shows. I cant get chickens to work with me when it is picture time. Once I get pictures, I don't know how to get them to load on the computer. This is why I usually don't take pictures at shows. I just wait until we are at a show with Paul and Angela.

Thanks Again,
Ernie

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