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News and Information / APA and ABA ads
« on: March 18, 2024, 07:46:16 PM »
Every year, the ABC advertises in the APA and ABA yearbooks, and we offer a discount on advertising via our club pages to our members. Advertising in the ABA and APA yearbooks is a great way to promote your farm and the Ameraucana breed! The rates to advertise with the ABC in the APA and ABA yearbooks for 2023 are listed below.

American Bantam Association:

Full page (below the header), black & white - 4.375" x 5.7" - $95
Half page, black & white - 4.375" x 2.85" - $47.50
Quarter page, black & white - 2.188" x 2.85" - $23.75
Eighth page, black & white - 2.188" x 1.425" - $12

Full page (below the header), color - 4.375" x 5.7" - $195
Half page, color - 4.375" x 2.85" - $97.50
Quarter page, color - 2.188" x 2.85" - $48.75
Eighth page, color - 2.188" x 1.425" - $24.50

American Poultry Association:

Full:
(9 x 2.8125)
B&W: $90
Color: $195

Half:
(4.5 x 2.8125)
B&W: $45
Color: $97.50

Quarter:
(2.25 x 2.8125)
B&W: $22.50
Color: $48.75

Sixth:
(2.25 x 1.875)
B&W: $11.25
Color: $32.50

Please send me an email at abcsecretaryhelton@gmail.com if you would like to be featured on one of our club pages this year. Please include what size advertisement you would like to have and whether you would like the advertisement to be in black & white or in color. We will be happy to design an ad for you from scratch if needed!

Please respond by Friday, April 13th to be included on our club pages!

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News and Information / Rosettes for qualifying wins
« on: March 13, 2024, 12:58:15 PM »
Several rosettes are going out in the mail today for qualifying wins! Rosettes awarded to club members for qualifying wins are current at this time.

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News and Information / Farm ads for the bulletin
« on: March 06, 2024, 01:00:56 PM »
I am currently piecing together our Spring bulletin. If members would like to include a farm ad in it please reach out via email to abcsecretaryhelton@gmail.com.

$4 per bulletin
$12 for a set of four bulletins
$5 if they need me to create the advertisement for them

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News and Information / Processing of marketplace shipments
« on: March 01, 2024, 10:30:53 PM »
General reminder that our marketplace states to allow up to two weeks for processing of orders. I am trying to make it to the PO weekly or biweekly if I am in town and my schedule permits it. This is our peak shipping time as folks prepare for the Spring and it is easiest to mail orders out in batches. I have mailed out over 100 shipments just since Feb 12th. Many thanks for your patience as we get your orders out to you!

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I am going to have surgery on March 14th. I plan to have everything current for the club prior to being admitted to the hospital and will need to step away for a few days. If members of the club need anything from March 14th - March 17th please contact Jean Ribbeck via email.

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News and Information / Egg cards are restocked again!
« on: February 15, 2024, 11:02:53 PM »
Our egg color reference card was restocked today! Reviews have all been positive so far!

http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/abc_store/index.php?route=product/product&path=65&product_id=57

The colors for our new egg color reference card were derived from Ameraucana eggshells and the samples are roughly 4x the size of the samples on our previous card. It is double-sided and printed on 5x7 cardstock!

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News and Information / New handbooks are stocked
« on: February 09, 2024, 10:38:29 AM »
Our 2024 handbook has been released!

Are you a collector? This limited edition handbook features a cover that spotlights the recently approved splash variety in large fowl. It contains 90 pages of material about breeding Ameraucana!

Order yours today before it sells out!

http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/abc_store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=74

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Breeding / Transverse pigment bars on lavender plumage: What causes it?
« on: February 07, 2024, 10:54:16 AM »
Here are two articles if you want to read about what is happening from a scientific standpoint.

There is defective peripheral accumulation of melanosomes to the dendrites. This results in the patchy transfer of melanosomes into the keratinocytes of the growing feather. The dilution effect is essentially the result of a mixture of pigmented and unpigmented regions within the feather barbs.

Disruption of a triprotein complex reduces the capacity for melanosome translocation to the periphery of the cell in readiness for transfer to the keratinocytes of the developing feather.

https://bmcgenomdata.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2156-9-7

Lavender melanocytes, both in vivo and in vitro, produce melanosomes normally but are defective in melanosome translocation. This defect results in a congestion of melanosomes perinuclearly and the absence of dendritic pigment.

In lavender melanocytes prominent pigmentless dendrites emanate from melanosome-congested perikarya. The apparent defect in lavender melanocytes in vivo involves aberrant melanosome distribution. In lavender, melanosomes migrate only as far as the region of dendrite initiation resulting in melanin-congested perikarya and pigment-less dendrites.

In lavender melanocytes, melanosomes fail to move beyond the region of dendrite initiation. Melanosomes are restricted to perinuclear regions in some lavender melanocytes while in others, melanosomes migrate as far as the bases of the dendrites.

In a wild-type melanocyte melanosomes are evenly distributed throughout the cell body and dendrite, and accumulate in the dendritic tip in preparation for melanosome transfer. In a lavender melanocyte melanosomes are restricted to perinuclear regions. The production of melanosomes is normal although their distribution is not.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?&title=Lavender%2C%20a%20chick%20melanocyte%20mutant%20with%20defective%20melanosome%20translocation%3A%20a%20possible%20role%20for%2010%20nm%20filaments%20and%20microfilaments%20but%20not%20microtubules&journal=J%20Cell%20Sci&volume=51&pages=25-51&publication_year=1981&author=Mayerson%2CPL&author=Brumbaugh%2CJA#d=gs_qabs&t=1707318319070&u=%23p%3DiAAMiky2i3oJ

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Upcoming Meets / 2/2/2024, Dixie Classic Spring Show, Knoxville, TN
« on: February 02, 2024, 12:01:34 PM »
Show Name:  Dixie Classic Spring Show
Meet Type: Club
Show Start - End Dates: 3/2/2024
Host Club:  Tennessee Valley Poultry Club
Show Facility:  Jacobs Building
Show Secretary:   Harry House
Show Secretary's Email:   hhouse30@hotmail.com
Show Location: Knoxville, TN

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Upcoming Meets / 3/16/2024 Cascade Spring Show, Monroe WA
« on: February 02, 2024, 11:56:38 AM »
Show Name:  Cascade Spring Show
Meet Type: Club
Show Start - End Dates: 3/16/2024
Show Facility:  Evergreen State Fairgrounds
Show Secretary:   Rachel Gatlin
Show Secretary's Email:   cascadespringshow@gmail.com
Location: Monroe, WA

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Breeding / LF Self Blue Ameraucana Progress
« on: February 02, 2024, 11:46:43 AM »
Looks like the following birds will be my breeding stock for 2024.

I kept two self blue cockerels, two self blue cocks, and 13 self blue and black split pullets/hens.

Cheers to making more progress with the self blue variety in 2024!

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News and Information / Paint/Ermine/Erminette
« on: January 23, 2024, 12:44:35 PM »
To meet the requests of all ABC members working with the project color, three variety names are being utilized on our meet reports for the popular paint/ermine/erminette project color for the time being. 

If an approval process is started and the APA approves a name for the variety, meet reports can be transitioned to whatever name they select.

Thanks!

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News and Information / Member handbooks
« on: January 22, 2024, 11:44:56 AM »
I believe I have found a publishing company for our member handbooks.

Our old publishing company went out of business.

I have submitted the handbook to the company for review and we should be able to get copies of it very soon.

There will be a brief delay in processing new member packets while we wait on them to arrive.

Thank you for your patience.

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News and Information / Honorary Vice President
« on: January 15, 2024, 11:20:50 PM »
The ABC would like to extend our congratulations to Larry Clionsky on being nominated as a Honorary Vice President of the club. Larry has been a member of the club since 1999, has served on the BOD, and has always been a big supporter of the ABC. Congratulations Larry.

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