It is time to start requesting ABC club meets! I had an e-mail from the Red River Bantam Club show secretary asking us (the ABC) to place a meet. The show catalog goes to the printers July 15. Angela and I have requested the RRBC meet several times in the past years, as this is our local poultry club. This year it is the same weekend Oct. 6, 2018, as our ABC national meet in Ohio. Angela and I plan to go to the ABC national, so we need a Texas ABC member to request this meet if ABC members want to have a meet at it. There are several shows in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Colorado that have been set as ABC meets in the past. Any show that ABC members plan to show can be requested as an ABC club meet. Our SC district meet is set for the special APA national meet in Shawnee, OK. On November 17 & 18, 2018. This show will be our first qualifying meet for large fowl Self blue Ameraucanas! We must have a minimum of 5 exhibitors in each of the four classes (C, H, K, P) and a minimum of 25 head shown. The 5 exhibitors must be APA members to be counted. The Oklahoma State Poultry Federation show will be Dec. 8 in Shawnee, OK.
We need request from ABC members to set meets! This is ABC policy so the meet reports will not report none shown, as the ABC member requesting the meet is expected to show. I know sometimes things happen that can prevent an exhibitor from showing, especially when the meets need to be requested several months in advance of the show to be listed in the show catalog.
Thanks in advance for your participation and help in making the Ameraucana breed and ABC great!
Paul Smith