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News and Information / Re: Spring 2015 Bulletin
« on: March 04, 2015, 05:37:35 PM »
Nice bulletin, Susan! The spring flowers almost made me feel all warm inside 
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News and Information / Re: Ameraucana Breeders Club - Statement from the Board of Directors
« on: March 04, 2015, 03:49:30 PM »
I would like to take a few minutes to try and clear up a few things. All of the posts and e-mails being sent out seem to be leaning towards me having some kind of a hostile vendetta against John and that I somehow set out to discredit him and ruin his reputation. This is SO far from the truth. As a board member, he and I starting butting heads in December of 2013 regarding the 2014 National Meet that was to be held in the Eastern District that I was in charge of and had been working non-stop on. After sending him an e-mail regarding one of the awards I had gotten, he informed me that “he” had already (a year in advance) decided how he wanted the club’s portion to be awarded and that I was to coordinate around that.
Throughout the entire year, John had dictated to all of the board members how he wanted things done, like…all board members were to go onto the forum and introduce the new members who were new to their district and told us that we also needed to type out our own show reports (a specific way) and submit them with our bulletin reports. Both of these jobs were previously the secretary’s responsibility and no one on the board would have thought twice about it and would gladly have done it had he “asked” if we would take those jobs over to lighten his load. We all know how big the secretary’s job is, but the secretary is part of the board, not the boss.
In 2014, John was going through every aspect of the club in an attempt to change things, like: awards that were to be handed out at each meet (which he did without telling anyone), membership prices, constitution wording, forms, points, and even district boundaries. It wasn’t until after he had publicaly mentioned on the forum that once he had his new board in place, he would get things passed (things that had already been voted down) and that he would also take Ohio out of the Eastern District and put it into his district…it was then that I felt the ABC would be harmfully affected with him in the leadership role, especially with 2 votes on the board.
I am not the only one who felt this way, but I guess am the only one who will admit to talking to others about the upcoming vote. There were many who did not want to see John win that election. If you want to call it a campaign, okay. I also realize it is much easier for John to put his lack of support onto me as the cause of his loss. I'm pretty sure everyone is well aware that I'm not the cause of it. And there were no votes bought. That is totally absurd to even suggest.
I never talked John down, I just talked Clif up to about 10-12 people and I have shared e-mails and texts to some people in an attempt to prove that. The only person I said anything negative to was the on-coming board member who would be taking my place, not wanting her to be blind sighted by what she might have to deal with. And like John, I am not going to try to discredit her, either…but I will say, my remembrance of our phone call is no where near how she describes it and I just want all of my friends to know that if anyone were to ever call me and start talking bad things about you, the conversation would be over in minutes. It is only my “guess” that her hostility and accusations against me are a result of John confronting all who voted against him. Again, that is only a guess.
I just want to conclude that I know how some of my forum post may have come across in my frustration and I apologize for the drama that they may have created. I only want what’s best for the club and have tried to stay clear of the forum for a while, but I don’t want anyone thinking I have evil thoughts about John or anyone else. A month after the National Meet, (where John decided to appoint others to do his job) I even sent the below e-mail to him. I guess you can decide for yourself where you think my heart is toward John. Just because I can’t stand him as a board member does not mean I don’t pray for him as a person. This is the exact e-mail…word-for-word.
John,
I had heard you were having some kind of a procedure on your heart soon. For some reason I was thinking it's tomorrow. Putting all ABC stuff aside, I sincerely hope all goes well for you and that you have peace about it.
Thanks for sticking up for me, DeWayne. I appreciate it very much.
Throughout the entire year, John had dictated to all of the board members how he wanted things done, like…all board members were to go onto the forum and introduce the new members who were new to their district and told us that we also needed to type out our own show reports (a specific way) and submit them with our bulletin reports. Both of these jobs were previously the secretary’s responsibility and no one on the board would have thought twice about it and would gladly have done it had he “asked” if we would take those jobs over to lighten his load. We all know how big the secretary’s job is, but the secretary is part of the board, not the boss.
In 2014, John was going through every aspect of the club in an attempt to change things, like: awards that were to be handed out at each meet (which he did without telling anyone), membership prices, constitution wording, forms, points, and even district boundaries. It wasn’t until after he had publicaly mentioned on the forum that once he had his new board in place, he would get things passed (things that had already been voted down) and that he would also take Ohio out of the Eastern District and put it into his district…it was then that I felt the ABC would be harmfully affected with him in the leadership role, especially with 2 votes on the board.
I am not the only one who felt this way, but I guess am the only one who will admit to talking to others about the upcoming vote. There were many who did not want to see John win that election. If you want to call it a campaign, okay. I also realize it is much easier for John to put his lack of support onto me as the cause of his loss. I'm pretty sure everyone is well aware that I'm not the cause of it. And there were no votes bought. That is totally absurd to even suggest.
I never talked John down, I just talked Clif up to about 10-12 people and I have shared e-mails and texts to some people in an attempt to prove that. The only person I said anything negative to was the on-coming board member who would be taking my place, not wanting her to be blind sighted by what she might have to deal with. And like John, I am not going to try to discredit her, either…but I will say, my remembrance of our phone call is no where near how she describes it and I just want all of my friends to know that if anyone were to ever call me and start talking bad things about you, the conversation would be over in minutes. It is only my “guess” that her hostility and accusations against me are a result of John confronting all who voted against him. Again, that is only a guess.
I just want to conclude that I know how some of my forum post may have come across in my frustration and I apologize for the drama that they may have created. I only want what’s best for the club and have tried to stay clear of the forum for a while, but I don’t want anyone thinking I have evil thoughts about John or anyone else. A month after the National Meet, (where John decided to appoint others to do his job) I even sent the below e-mail to him. I guess you can decide for yourself where you think my heart is toward John. Just because I can’t stand him as a board member does not mean I don’t pray for him as a person. This is the exact e-mail…word-for-word.
John,
I had heard you were having some kind of a procedure on your heart soon. For some reason I was thinking it's tomorrow. Putting all ABC stuff aside, I sincerely hope all goes well for you and that you have peace about it.
Thanks for sticking up for me, DeWayne. I appreciate it very much.
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Ameraucana Marketplace / Re: I am interested in hatching eggs
« on: February 18, 2015, 08:22:00 PM »
Okay great! I also have some chicks hatching that week. Just sayin 
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Ameraucana Marketplace / Re: I am interested in hatching eggs
« on: February 04, 2015, 10:40:31 PM »
Todd - I just sent you a PM message. I have hatching eggs available.
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Exhibiting & Promoting / Re: NE Poultry Congress
« on: January 20, 2015, 05:10:41 PM »
Congratulations to Will! That's awesome!
John...Are the Ameraucanas you're selling now crossed with Australorps, and if so, how many generations back?
Using Australorps, instead of Orpingtons, to create the blacks put them out front of the other LF varieties and then outcrossing blacks with whites, blues, brown reds and silvers improved them. The original Australorps were hatchery chicks, but later I obtained a quality Australorp male, from Jim Fegan, to cross in.
John...Are the Ameraucanas you're selling now crossed with Australorps, and if so, how many generations back?
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Housing, Health & Hatching / Re: Cold Antibiotics
« on: January 18, 2015, 08:59:59 PM »I don't think there is a good antibody for the cold. I am working on vaccines for random poultry viruses. We will keep in touch.
-Connor
Connor...Are you working on "creating" a vaccines or trying to experiment with which ones to use for different poultry viruses? Please explain.
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Website Changes / Re: Website and Forum
« on: January 07, 2015, 01:59:43 PM »
Looks great, Susan! I'm just now taking the time to look around the site at all the new pages. I love the new color scheme and layout. And yes, the Gallery is much nicer this way.
I just noticed the: http://www.ameraucana.org/docs/MembershipForm.pdf link on the "Club Membership" page has an error screen (Object Not Found). Would you like for us to point stuff like this out?
I just noticed the: http://www.ameraucana.org/docs/MembershipForm.pdf link on the "Club Membership" page has an error screen (Object Not Found). Would you like for us to point stuff like this out?
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Exhibiting & Promoting / Re: Re: Points
« on: December 20, 2014, 04:23:47 PM »
One thing that a person needs to keep in mind, (and an issue that needs to be discussed) is that there is the potential for a big mix-up when using a farm name. Let's say I join the Ameraucana Breeders Club under an individual membership, but I have 3 other family members who decide to show at one of the shows that aren't ABC members but enter the show under our farm name? I personally think everyone should enter under their own name (mainly for the points keeper's sake), but I am only one opinion and am interested in other views and thoughts on this.
Jan...does your husband also show Ameraucanas? I'm not seeing him on our membership list.
Jan...does your husband also show Ameraucanas? I'm not seeing him on our membership list.
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Exhibiting & Promoting / Re: The Ohio National - Meet Report - Nov 7-9, 2014
« on: November 27, 2014, 12:14:08 AM »
Junior LF & Bantam...
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Exhibiting & Promoting / Re: The Ohio National - Meet Report - Nov 7-9, 2014
« on: November 26, 2014, 11:38:36 PM »
More Open Bantams...
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Exhibiting & Promoting / Re: The Ohio National - Meet Report - Nov 7-9, 2014
« on: November 26, 2014, 11:36:41 PM »
Here are some Open Bantam pictures...
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Exhibiting & Promoting / Re: Greetings from the Master Cup show!
« on: November 22, 2014, 08:57:45 PM »
That is so awesome, Max! I am SO happy for you! Thanks for taking such good care of Clubber and for taking him on to more shows so he could compete. I knew I named that bird right!!!
Clubber... the big black dude who kicked butt in the ring...(Rocky 3)
I'm a huge Rocky fan!
Congratulations to John, too! Thanks for posting, Mike.
Clubber... the big black dude who kicked butt in the ring...(Rocky 3)
I'm a huge Rocky fan!
Congratulations to John, too! Thanks for posting, Mike.
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Exhibiting & Promoting / Re: The Ohio National - Meet Report - Nov 7-9, 2014
« on: November 13, 2014, 10:26:58 PM »
Your blue pullet was really not a hassle. I thought it was kind of funny, really. I'm used to dealing with that kind of behavior because many of mine act the same way. Pets! 
Your splash was very nice and its a shame should couldn't keep the RB title cause she had the body and was conditioned to win it. But, you know, rules are rules. What are you gonna do? Uh...get the splashes recognized!!! We're trying
Your splash was very nice and its a shame should couldn't keep the RB title cause she had the body and was conditioned to win it. But, you know, rules are rules. What are you gonna do? Uh...get the splashes recognized!!! We're trying
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Exhibiting & Promoting / Re: The Eastern Ohio Poultry Association (EOPA) Sept. 20-21, 2014
« on: November 13, 2014, 08:43:31 PM »
Congratulations to new ABC junior member Lillian Cooper for her great double win in the junior show!
(Sorry to be so late posting this.)
Eastern Ohio Poultry Association – OH
Tallmadge, OH Special Meet, September 20-21, 2014
3 Open Bantams by 2 exhibitors, judged by Phil Bartz
BB - BV – wheaten P by Jill Besida, out of 3
RB - RV – wheaten K by Donna Townsend
12 Open LF by 4 exhibitors, judged by Phil Bartz
BB - BV – black K by Mindy Best, out of 3 B-AOSB – Res LF
RV – black K by Colton Brush
BV – blue P by Mindy Best, out of 3
RV – blue P by Jamie Corey
BV – wheaten P by Mindy Best, out of 1
RB - BV – white P by Hannah Brush, out of 1
BV – splash K by Mindy Best, out of 4
RV – splash K by Mindy Best
No Junior Bantams
8 Junior LF by 5 exhibitors, judged by Gary Overton
BB – BV black K by Lillian Cooper, out of 5 – B-AOSB
RB – RV – black P by Lillian Cooper – R-AOSB
BV – blue P by Lillian Cooper, out of 1
BV – white H by Colton Brush, out of 1
BV – splash H by Xander Meeks, out of 1
(Sorry to be so late posting this.)
Eastern Ohio Poultry Association – OH
Tallmadge, OH Special Meet, September 20-21, 2014
3 Open Bantams by 2 exhibitors, judged by Phil Bartz
BB - BV – wheaten P by Jill Besida, out of 3
RB - RV – wheaten K by Donna Townsend
12 Open LF by 4 exhibitors, judged by Phil Bartz
BB - BV – black K by Mindy Best, out of 3 B-AOSB – Res LF
RV – black K by Colton Brush
BV – blue P by Mindy Best, out of 3
RV – blue P by Jamie Corey
BV – wheaten P by Mindy Best, out of 1
RB - BV – white P by Hannah Brush, out of 1
BV – splash K by Mindy Best, out of 4
RV – splash K by Mindy Best
No Junior Bantams
8 Junior LF by 5 exhibitors, judged by Gary Overton
BB – BV black K by Lillian Cooper, out of 5 – B-AOSB
RB – RV – black P by Lillian Cooper – R-AOSB
BV – blue P by Lillian Cooper, out of 1
BV – white H by Colton Brush, out of 1
BV – splash H by Xander Meeks, out of 1
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Exhibiting & Promoting / Re: The Ohio National - Meet Report - Nov 7-9, 2014
« on: November 13, 2014, 03:13:01 PM »
I wasn't able to stay long, but did have a nice time while I was there. I was able to meet (for the first time) one of our junior members, Keesha Ivins, and enjoyed visiting with her (pictured below). It's always fun meeting ABC members at the shows. Keesha is holding a blue pullet she had bought from Paul as a baby chick. The pullet was giving me a very hard time trying to get a good picture of her because she was such a pet and every time I opened the door, she wanted to come out. I finally did get a decent picture of her with Keesha's help, though. Her splash pullet (hatch mate to the blue) was very nice, too. The judge had even marked it RB. I went to him with my concerns of him awarding a non-recognized variety with a RB. He stated that as long as it was not awarded a BB (so it couldn't go any further up the ladder) that it was okay. Instead of arguing, I just asked him to please choose a 3rd place, which was Lillian Cooper's black cockerel.
Jerry did do very well there. He even won two drawings for a couple of nice wooden trucks. He and Jake are always a blast to be around.
Jerry did do very well there. He even won two drawings for a couple of nice wooden trucks. He and Jake are always a blast to be around.