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philipu:

--- Quote from: Kathy ---Hi, Phil!

I just want to ask/mention as to your altitude there in Jerome? We\'re at 7,000 ft. elevation here in Flagstaff and most any buff color will bleach out tremendously due to the sun effects at this altitude. When I did have buffs (Ameraucanas and Orpingtons) I did have to use a shade cloth indeed to keep them at their best for showing.
We even get sunburns through t-shirts here and have to be careful in the sun.

Good luck with your new birds. I ordered from John as well and love the birds I received!

Take care,
Kathy
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Hi Kathy,

Thanks, that\'s what I was thinking on the bleaching of the feathers, I\'ve got Buckeye Bantams, and I have my shed in the trees which keeps most of the hot sun off the birds, except when
they want to take a sunbath.
We are desert here, just at just a little over 4200 feet, wind usually always from west and east.  The air movement helps with the heat, at least
its moving and helps one feel a little cooler.
I have shade cloth on the sides of the pen and now need to finish with the top, I have my pen covered with flight net, we have the Great Horned Owl, Hawks, large and small, coyote, fox, raccoon, feral cats, and dogs that come through once in a while and are worse than any of the others. They even grab the wire and try to tear it,
Not good...
But this year I haven\'t lost any to any of these...
Iappreciate your input, I am waiting for the weather to cool,
then John will be sending me birds...
later, phil

philipu:
I haven\'t been able to get to the board, have been busy here.
I am fortunate to been able to place an order with John and Paul,  I am going to concentrate on the Buffs alone.
I have large black and whites, and three blue....I am going to donate at the shows, first one first weekn end of October,
Great Falls, a trio of Blacks and a trio of Whites, large fowl.
I will do the same at the Utah and Idaho show, these are going up for raffle and auction.
What is left I will  put in the auction for raising more money for our clubs out here...
Thanks John for the buffs I have received, phil




--- Quote from: John ---I think I\'ve mentioned it somewhere here before that several years ago Arne Schmidt and I sold LF buffs to Jay Horn, of CA, at a big joint ABA/APA meet in Ohio.  He has done well breeding them and even had some wins at shows.  A few weeks ago Paul Smith, of TX, was looking for LF buffs (they seem to be few and far between) and I recommended he contact Jay.  He did and is buying a trio from him.  Jay is cutting back to work on a masters degree and I am buying the rest of his LF buffs, except for a few that are very young.  Jay called tonight to say they are in the mail and on their way.  If all goes well I should be able to double my breeding flock of buffs by adding his birds.  If anyone is interested in ordering LF buff chicks for next spring, please don\'t wait to place an order.  The Order Forms are on my website.  Phil has already put in an order.  Paul may be offering them too.

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Guest:
 I shipped a number of birds out this past fall, (both Dutch and Ameraucanas) and found it best to drive directly to the Cincinnati airport (47 miles one way) and ship them from the Air Mail Facility there, rather than try to ship them from my local (very rural) post office.

The folks at the airport are very experienced with shipping \"lives\" and all my birds arrived safe and sound within one day. I sent birds out to Staten Island (hi Ron), Dallas, two places in Colorado, and two places in Missouri (hi Mike.) The only time I had trouble this year was last spring when a breeder in the UP of Michigan tried to ship me birds who wound up coming here by truck. :(

I think using your nearest large airport is the way to go, if it\'s not too far to drive to.

John:
Philip Urrutia, from Idaho, asked me to post these photos of a couple of his LF cockerels.  Please feel frre to critique them.

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