Ameraucana Breeders Club
The Official Forum of the Ameraucana Breeders Club => Exhibiting & Promoting => Topic started by: Paul on December 20, 2014, 06:46:42 AM
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We recently completed the most productive SC District Ameraucana meet that has been held since I have been involved with Ameraucanas (1999)! We had 10 exhibitors from 4 states show 65 head of LF in the open class, one exhibitor showed 5 open bantams, one Jr. exhibitor showed 9 Jr. bantams, and 2 Jr. exhibitors showed 9 LF, for a total of 88 head by 13 exhibitors from 4 states.
The open large fowl were judged by Diana Dahir. There were 37 head of blacks shown by 8 exhibitors. The best variety, best of breed, best AOSB, Champion LF and reserve over all show champion (over 3,000 head entered) was the cockerel shown by M & J Farm (Mike Geis & Jan Geis). Congratulations to Mike and Jan on their outstanding cockerel! Also on their recent marriage! This is the second year in a row that a black Ameraucana cockerel has won the Champion LF and on to win higher honors in the over all awards in Shawnee at the Oklahoma State Poultry Federation Show. The RV black was a pullet also owned by M & J Farm. She was selected the RB.
The blue class had 15 head shown by 4 exhibitors. Max Strawn had the BV and RV on two pullets.
The blue wheaten class also had 4 head shown by 2 exhibitors. Peggy Taylor had the BV and RV on two pullets.
Max Strawn showed the only Lavenders, two pullets which received the BV and RV.
Jeffery & Cheryl Vance showed the only splash, a pair which won BV on their pullet and RV on their cockerel.
The wheaten class had 5 head shown by 2 exhibitors. Paul & Angela Smith won BV on a pullet and RV on a cockerel.
The open bantams were judged by either Jim Sallee or Anthony Ashley. Five very nice bantam Ameraucanas were shown by Gus Malcolm. Gus’s blue, splash, white and wheaten pullets won BV. His wheaten cockerel won RV. Best of breed was his wheaten pullet and Res. Breed was his white pullet. It was great to have bantam Ameraucanas this year at our district meet! Gus also showed and outstanding black LF cockerel in the open show which won second place in the impressive class! He was one of my top picks of the class for potential class winner before the judging began!
Gus’s older brother Walter Malcolm showed 9 bantams in the Jr. show. Jacob Bates judged the Jr. bantams. Walter’s white, silver, and buff pullets won BV. His blue cockerel won BV and one of his blue pullets won RV. His blue cockerel won BB and his buff pullet won RB.
The Jr. LF class had 9 head shown by two juniors and judged by Richard Peters. There were two blacks shown. Walter Malcolm had BV, BB and best AOSB on a very nice pullet. Matthew Smith had RV on a black cockerel. The remaining seven head were shown by Matthew. Matthew’s blue wheaten, lavender, and blue pullets won BV. His blue cockerel was RV. His wheaten cockerel won BV and RB. His wheaten pullet was RV.
A special thanks to everyone who participated in the SC district meet, to make it the best one held! Peggy Taylor requested a meet at the Texas State Fair, which will be set for a state meet. We briefly discussed other potential shows for our 2015 district meet, which is yet to be decided. We have had one at Fayetteville, Ark. and one at Sedalia, MO., all the others have been at Shawnee, OK. since I have been director.
Pictures will be posted ASAP
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The open large fowl were judged by Diana Darh.
Do you mean Diana Dahir? That would be Art Rieber's daughter.
Great report Paul, thanks for a comprehensive job as usual. With that kind of entry and participation I might have to re-think my winter travel plans next year.
Congratulations to all the winners. I was happy to see Walter did OK with that buff bantam pullet he won in the essay contest. With those kind of entry numbers the judges have to take notice of the breed.
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Thank you Paul for the report. The boys had a great time showing off their birds! Walter's LF black pullet and bantam blue cockerel were birds he hatched this year so he was very happy to have them do so well. The buff pullet from Mike is one of Walter's favorite birds. This is her 3rd show since we got her and she has several BB and RB to her credit! Thank you Mike! Gus's LF black cockerel and bantam Wheaten pullet were both purchased from Woodhaven this year. Both birds have shown very well with several BB and class wins to their credit since we started showing them. Thank you Jerry and Jake!
Thank you to everyone who has helped Walter and Gus get started in this breed!!
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Those are great numbers for a district meet. Congratulations to all.
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Would someone post some pictures from Shawnee, please? I find it very helpful looking at show photos to better understand our breed.
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Great post, Paul. Congrats to all those who showed. Sounds like a terrific meet. Look forward to seeing some pics!
God Bless,
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Junior Large fowl show
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Junior Bantam show
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Junior members Walter and Gus Malcom
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Open Bantam show
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Open Large Fowl show
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Open Large Fowl show
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Judges for the show
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Thanks for the photos, and all that you do for the ABC Paul. Exemplary servanthood - which is what we all should strive to be doing. I do have one question: the BV blue wheaten pullet - her tail coloring kinda looks like a splash wheaten's would. What was your impression?
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The photo may indicate that she is a splash wheaten instead of a blue wheaten, but she is a blue wheaten. Peggy purchased her from us in mid October. We only had one splash wheaten pullet from our 2014 hatch and she is in a breeding pen to produce (blue wheatens only) for 2015.
Our #+4-2014 wheaten breeding pen consist of a wheaten cock from John Blehm and three blue wheaten hens from a splash wheaten cock X wheaten hens that we raised. The three hens now all look like splash hens instead of blue wheaten. Any ideas as to why?
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three wheaten hens from a splash wheaten cock X wheaten hens that we raised. The three hens now all look like splash hens instead of blue wheaten.
I think you mean "Three blue wheaten hens" in the first line and "splash wheaten hens" in the 2nd.
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Our #+4-2014 wheaten breeding pen consist of a wheaten cock from John Blehm and three wheaten hens from a splash wheaten cock X wheaten hens that we raised. The three hens now all look like splash hens instead of blue wheaten. Any ideas as to why?
Paul, as you know, you couldn't get wheaten hens out of a splash wheaten cock, so I assume you meant a blue wheaten cock. So you must have meant the #4 breeding pen was a Blehm wheaten male over three blue wheaten females you raised? So the three blue wheaten females now look like splash wheaten?
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Sorry there was a typo it is suppose to be blue wheaten.
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I guess you will have to test mate those three females with a blue wheaten male to see if they are splash or blue wheaten. If you get any wheatens from that cross, you will know they are truly blue wheaten in spite of their current appearance.
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Thank you Paul for all the photos. It is great to see so many pictures in one place
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Your welcome!
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My apologies to Jeff and Cheryl Vance, the BV and RV splash pictures are Jeff & Cheryl Vance birds not Peggy Taylor.
Sorry for the mistake.
Angela corrected it.
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They are definitely blue wheatens. They had blue in both their tail and wing feathers, and their father is a splash and mothers are wheatens out of wheatens. Their new tail and wing feathers (after molt) are white!
The pen has been kept the same for 2015. If we come up with a good blue wheaten cockerel this fall we will mate them that way for 2016. We have two breeding pens of wheaten X splash wheaten for blue wheatens only, six breeding pens of wheaten to wheaten for wheaten only, and nine breeding pens of wheaten X blue wheaten for 50% of each. We didn't set-up any blue wheaten X blue wheaten or splash wheaten X blue wheaten so we will not have any splash wheaten in 2015. We increased our breeding flock in an attempt to keep the four GQF cabinet incubators filled! After a few years of laying back-we've gotten serious again about breeding Ameraucanas! LOL!