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Ameraucana Marketplace / North Central District Meet
« on: November 28, 2007, 12:10:58 AM »
Large fowl Show
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Ameraucana Marketplace / North Central District Meet
« on: November 28, 2007, 12:09:12 AM »
Large fowl Show
738
Ameraucana Marketplace / North Central District Meet
« on: November 28, 2007, 12:04:31 AM »
Large fowl show
739
Ameraucana Marketplace / North Central District Meet
« on: November 27, 2007, 11:51:33 PM »
North Central District Meet Iowa City, Iowa
November 24-25, 2007
Large Fowl Show
November 24-25, 2007
Large Fowl Show
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Ameraucana Marketplace / North Central District Meet
« on: November 27, 2007, 11:33:39 PM »
The North-Central District Meet was held Thanksgiving
week-end in Iowa City, Iowa at the Eastern Iowa Poultry Association Show. Four members showed 18 bantams, and four members showed 31 large fowl. Two members, John Blehm and Michael Muenks, showed both large fowl and bantams. Nathan Downey showed the only jr. bantam a white pullet. Matthew Smith showed 4 jr. large fowl. Matthew had BB on a blue pullet and RB on a black pullet. The blue pullet won jr. Champion Ameraucana and jr. Champion AOSB. The black pullet won jr. reserve AOSB. Gary Underwood judged the jr. show. The eight members showing were from 5 states.
The 18 open bantams were judged by James Konecny. John Blehm had BV Black on a pullet which also won BB. John also had RV black on a pullet. Michael Gilbert had BV blue on a cockerel and Al Nichols had RV on a pullet. Michael Muenks had BV blue-wheaten and Michael Gilbert had RV-both winners were pullets. Michael Gilbert had BV and RV
brown-red on two pullets. John Blehm had BV buff on a pullet and Michael Gilbert had RV on a cockerel. John\'s buff pullet won the reserve bantam. A special congratulations to John, for both BB and RB with some outstanding pullets, against tough competition! Al Nichols had the BV white on a hen and RV on a pullet. John Blehm had BV Lavender (self-blue) on a pullet and RV on a cockerel. A lot of progress has been made, in a short period of time with the development of the lavender Ameraucana!
The large fowl BV black was a pullet shown by Paul & Angela Smith. She also won BB and Champion Ameraucana, defeating our #15 black cockerel which had been BB at our last three shows. He took the RV and RB spots. Michael Muenks had BV blue on a hen and Paul & Angela Smith had RV on a pullet. Paul & Angela Smith had BV blue-wheaten on a pullet and RV on a cockerel. John Blehm had BV buff on a pullet and Michael Muenks had RV on a pullet. Michael Muenks had BV silver on a cock and RV on a hen. Micheal Muenks had BV wheaten on a hen and Paul & Angela Smith had RV on a pullet. Paul & Angela showed the only AOV a splash/blue pulllet.
The Large fowl were judged by Bob Carother.
Soon after the Ameraucanas were judged, most of the Ameraucana Gang met at the Old Country Buffet for an evening meal. Some had a hard time finding it as it was about 2 blocks South of I-80! LOL! Good food and a good time was enjoyed by all in attendance.
Sunday morning all were soon on their way home. We managed to leave by 11:00 AM and made it home by 1:00 AM Monday-814 miles.
week-end in Iowa City, Iowa at the Eastern Iowa Poultry Association Show. Four members showed 18 bantams, and four members showed 31 large fowl. Two members, John Blehm and Michael Muenks, showed both large fowl and bantams. Nathan Downey showed the only jr. bantam a white pullet. Matthew Smith showed 4 jr. large fowl. Matthew had BB on a blue pullet and RB on a black pullet. The blue pullet won jr. Champion Ameraucana and jr. Champion AOSB. The black pullet won jr. reserve AOSB. Gary Underwood judged the jr. show. The eight members showing were from 5 states.
The 18 open bantams were judged by James Konecny. John Blehm had BV Black on a pullet which also won BB. John also had RV black on a pullet. Michael Gilbert had BV blue on a cockerel and Al Nichols had RV on a pullet. Michael Muenks had BV blue-wheaten and Michael Gilbert had RV-both winners were pullets. Michael Gilbert had BV and RV
brown-red on two pullets. John Blehm had BV buff on a pullet and Michael Gilbert had RV on a cockerel. John\'s buff pullet won the reserve bantam. A special congratulations to John, for both BB and RB with some outstanding pullets, against tough competition! Al Nichols had the BV white on a hen and RV on a pullet. John Blehm had BV Lavender (self-blue) on a pullet and RV on a cockerel. A lot of progress has been made, in a short period of time with the development of the lavender Ameraucana!
The large fowl BV black was a pullet shown by Paul & Angela Smith. She also won BB and Champion Ameraucana, defeating our #15 black cockerel which had been BB at our last three shows. He took the RV and RB spots. Michael Muenks had BV blue on a hen and Paul & Angela Smith had RV on a pullet. Paul & Angela Smith had BV blue-wheaten on a pullet and RV on a cockerel. John Blehm had BV buff on a pullet and Michael Muenks had RV on a pullet. Michael Muenks had BV silver on a cock and RV on a hen. Micheal Muenks had BV wheaten on a hen and Paul & Angela Smith had RV on a pullet. Paul & Angela showed the only AOV a splash/blue pulllet.
The Large fowl were judged by Bob Carother.
Soon after the Ameraucanas were judged, most of the Ameraucana Gang met at the Old Country Buffet for an evening meal. Some had a hard time finding it as it was about 2 blocks South of I-80! LOL! Good food and a good time was enjoyed by all in attendance.
Sunday morning all were soon on their way home. We managed to leave by 11:00 AM and made it home by 1:00 AM Monday-814 miles.
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Ameraucana Marketplace / Wanted: Bantam and/or full sz chicks
« on: November 27, 2007, 11:05:53 PM »
We will start hatching and shipping potential show quality large fowl day old Ameraucana chicks in February. Varieties available: black, blue, blue-wheaten, wheaten and splash.
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Ameraucana Marketplace / Iowa City available birds?
« on: November 21, 2007, 09:23:37 AM »
The low 20\'s and high 30\'s are going to be a big change from the low 60\'s and low 80\'s that we have had for the past several days.
Thanks John for sharing this chilling info. Looking forward to seeing and showing with you and the rest of the Ameraucana gang that are coming.
Paul
Thanks John for sharing this chilling info. Looking forward to seeing and showing with you and the rest of the Ameraucana gang that are coming.
Paul
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Ameraucana Marketplace / Rooster with Hens?
« on: November 18, 2007, 11:26:17 PM »
Several years ago we sold some wheatens to a neighbor. While there delivering their birds we saw & heard some silver phoenix pullets crow. A closer look at them revealed that they also had spurs! These cock like pullets were purchased at a local flea market. I bet they were a real joke of an egg layer, but I never checked back with their owners to find out how they did at laying.
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Ameraucana Marketplace / North Central District Meet
« on: November 12, 2007, 10:34:51 PM »
We have decided to procrastinate all the work that we are doing on our house project and attend the NC district show. It looks like this may be the most attended Ameraucana meet in 2007. Looking forward to seeing the gang.
If anyone needs some breeding Ameraucanas or a few layers we still have some for sale. We have some of the best black males that we have ever raised. There is still a full brother to the national champion for sale. If interested we may be reached at sw_psmith@swmail.net
If anyone needs some breeding Ameraucanas or a few layers we still have some for sale. We have some of the best black males that we have ever raised. There is still a full brother to the national champion for sale. If interested we may be reached at sw_psmith@swmail.net
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Ameraucana Marketplace / new kind of duck
« on: November 04, 2007, 09:22:11 AM »
Instead of \"as cute as a bug\" it is \"as cute as a duck\"!
A grandchild?
A grandchild?
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Ameraucana Marketplace / Wanted: Blue LF
« on: November 04, 2007, 09:20:41 AM »
If you have a fence that the fox is going through you may try setting some snares. I have used them in the past for coyotes and bobcats. If you don\'t have any or access to any, I\'d be willing to get some from our local hardware store and send them to you.
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Ameraucana Marketplace / New Shipping Requirements
« on: November 04, 2007, 09:18:03 AM »
We no longer have to call the regional PO to get prior approval to ship express mail lives.
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Ameraucana Marketplace / Wanted: Blue LF
« on: November 01, 2007, 11:58:36 AM »
We have at least 6 blue breeding show quality pullets, more than we need and 2 blue pullets for layers only-not recommended for breeding to produce show stock. I recommend you to put some vanishing powder on the fox before purchasing anymore chickens, or build a fox proof pen. I\'ve learned once a predator starts getting the birds they will continue to come get an easy delicious meal until chickens are all gone. We now have the bio-secure shipping boxes to be able to ship them.
Paul Smith
sw_psmith@swmail.net
Paul Smith
sw_psmith@swmail.net
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Ameraucana Marketplace / New Shipping Requirements
« on: October 26, 2007, 10:16:05 PM »
We have had to check with our regional PO for about two years to get prior approval to ship each box of birds. They know a week in advance if Express mail lives may be shipped to a zip code. They only need the first 3 digits. I was surprised that Susan didn\'t infom me about the required
bio-secure boxes, when I called her to check the three zip codes.
We have also been paying the 99ยข per pound surcharge for lives for about 2 years. Our birds have to be in our local PO by 3:00 PM to catch the first truck to Ft. Worth to get sent express mail \"lives\". There is a second truck at 5:00 PM but it is too late to carry the express mail lives. Shipping birds seems to continue to get more difficult and expensive.
bio-secure boxes, when I called her to check the three zip codes.
We have also been paying the 99ยข per pound surcharge for lives for about 2 years. Our birds have to be in our local PO by 3:00 PM to catch the first truck to Ft. Worth to get sent express mail \"lives\". There is a second truck at 5:00 PM but it is too late to carry the express mail lives. Shipping birds seems to continue to get more difficult and expensive.
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Ameraucana Marketplace / New Shipping Requirements
« on: October 25, 2007, 10:01:57 AM »
The past 10 years we have used paper towel boxes which have been customized to ship a trio. Cardboard partitions were cut and taped inside the paper towel box forming 3 compartments. This was done to prevent our customers from having to buy a shipping box which cost over $20 several years ago, and weighed seven pounds more than our lightweight customized towel boxes. There also was a period of time that we used a special trio shipper and had our customers to send the empty box back by priority mail. This was used for almost 2 years then retired, but it still weighed almost 11 pounds-7 pounds more than the cardboard boxes that we customized.
Monday Oct. 22, I hurriedly left the Cooke County Courthouse to go home, box five birds, take them to our local post office, eat lunch and be back at the courthouse for jury duty within 90 minutes. Just barely made it in time. Tuesday morning, I was already outside tending to our birds when the post office personnel called at 6:00 AM to come get the three boxes of birds that I mailed Monday. This sure created a very hurried rush to be able to tend to all the stock, make a trip to the post office, return home, put the birds up, then back to town to be in the juror\'s seat by 9:00 AM;but with Angela\'s help, I made it!
All of this could have been prevented if I had known that now the post office will only accept adult chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, doves, pigeons, pheasants, partridges, quail, ducks, geese and swans that are mailed in a special bio-secure box with 100% of the air vent holes covered with the bio-filter material. NO EXCEPTION. There is only one manufacturer-Horizon Micro Environments, LLC in the U.S. The day old chicks may still be mailed without a bio-secure box at this time. A paper with this info was taped to each of the three boxes they returned to us. Wednesday morning we ordered some bio-secure shipping boxes.
Monday Oct. 22, I hurriedly left the Cooke County Courthouse to go home, box five birds, take them to our local post office, eat lunch and be back at the courthouse for jury duty within 90 minutes. Just barely made it in time. Tuesday morning, I was already outside tending to our birds when the post office personnel called at 6:00 AM to come get the three boxes of birds that I mailed Monday. This sure created a very hurried rush to be able to tend to all the stock, make a trip to the post office, return home, put the birds up, then back to town to be in the juror\'s seat by 9:00 AM;but with Angela\'s help, I made it!
All of this could have been prevented if I had known that now the post office will only accept adult chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, doves, pigeons, pheasants, partridges, quail, ducks, geese and swans that are mailed in a special bio-secure box with 100% of the air vent holes covered with the bio-filter material. NO EXCEPTION. There is only one manufacturer-Horizon Micro Environments, LLC in the U.S. The day old chicks may still be mailed without a bio-secure box at this time. A paper with this info was taped to each of the three boxes they returned to us. Wednesday morning we ordered some bio-secure shipping boxes.