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NEXT MEETING:8:00 PM SHARP Friday, August 24 at the Pavilion in the garden behind the Mounts Building located at 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach - directly across from Palm Beach International Airport approximately 1/4 mile north of Southern Blvd. |
Hi Poultry Fanciers Since our last meeting was almost exclusively about our upcoming Seminar I think I'll go straight to the report about the event.
Wow and double wow is just about all you can say about this incredible day. For those of you who missed it you really lost out big time. It was great with a capital G. By far the best Seminar we have ever had. We covered everything you ever wanted to know about poultry and then some.
We owe a lot of thanks to a lot of people who worked so hard to make this event very special. First and foremost, a HUGE thanks to Cindy Kinard our spearhead speaker, Darlene Metzger, chick expert, Danny Padgett, A.P.A. v.p., and Anna Clausing who brought all those great Poultry supplies with her.
From our club we owe special Thanks to Kim Belvin for cooking that great lunch of Brunswick stew, beans, burgers and franks. We accepted donations for lunch and I am proud to report that we made back our food investment of $80.00 and cleared $30.00 to boot.
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Seminar Teachers: lr: Anna Clausing, Darlene Metzger, Larry
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We need to thank Mike Schmidt for getting the printing done, Susie Robinson in charge of sign-ups, Pam Marietta and Arvis Okerson for signs, flyers and newspaper advertising.
We thank Mike Robinson for arranging all those tables and Jeanette for acting treasurer and helping serve lunch. I spent Friday night putting 150 pounds of feed into baggies to give away as free samples of Purina, for this we owe thanks to Richard Fore the Purina Rep who thoughtfully donated the feed for our Seminar.
Everyone worked hard and we all had a good time. I really enjoyed the aggressive Rooster training and intend to try it on Big Red the next time he comes after me. I got my little Rooster dubbed and he looks much better and is recovering just fine. The Artificial Insemination and Caponizing demonstrations were excellent. Everyone got the opportunity to pick up needed supplies from Anna Clausing.
A GREAT big Poultry Fanciers THANKS to Bridgett, our 4-h agent, without whose help none of this could have happened.
A quick note before I sign off to let you know that next meeting we will
entertain nominations for club officers and that our in-Club Poultry show
is coming up in Oct. We want to thank our Judge Dale Porcher, for coming
to the Seminar and agreeing to Judge our in-club show. See you all soon.
"We Are Crowing For YOU!"
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Malays
by Barry Koffler & Dennis Hawkins
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This hard-feathered old breed arrived in England from Asia, possibly as early as 1830. It was a very popular fowl in England until it lost favor due to the popularity of the newly introduced Cochins.
Black-breasted Red Malays were admitted to the APA's Standard in 1883. At present, Black, White, Spangled, and Red Pyle are also recognized, as well as Wheaten females.
Cocks should weigh 9 pounds and hens 7. These birds are very long-legged, and the broad skull and projecting eyebrows give them a sinister expression. Malays have a strawberry comb.
The outline of the back, from head to tip of tail, should describe 3 convex curves. They have yellow skin and lay dark brown eggs quite infrequently.
One of the Game Fowl, originally used for cock-fighting, the Malay is quite pugnacious. The male is intolerant of other roosters and may attack anyone who goes near his hens.
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| Black-breasted Red Malay cockerel (Cock shown above) |
Malays by Dennis Hawkins
The Malay originated in Southeastern Asia. It is regarded as one of the pure breeds of poultry from which other breeds are derived. It was first imported into England around 1830, but was mainly unnoticed by the poultry breeders of the time.
From an economic standpoint, it is of little value. It is primarily used for exhibition purposes. The Malay has long legs and a wide head which make it stand tall with a devious stare.
This breed is very rare in America and only a few birds can be found both in America and England. The Black Breasted Red (or Wheaten) variety of this breed was admitted to the standard in 1883, but not until 1981 were the Spangled, Black, White, and Red Pyle varieties admitted. The Malay has yellow skin and lays dark brown eggs.
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From the American Standard of Perfection, 1985 edition
The Malay, as its name implies, originated in Asia, and it came to England as early as 1830. A giant among other breeds of poultry, it was given considerable prominence by early writers who regarded it as one of the old pure breeds of poultry. Its chief characteristics are great length of leg, and the sinister expression caused by a broad skull and projecting beetle eyebrows, also three regular downward curves in outline from top of head to tip of tail.
Malay Breed club:
The Asian Gamefowl Society: Julia Keeling, British Representative Ballashee, Staarvey Road, German Isle of Man, IM5 2AJ
Email: malayclub AT geocities.com.
Website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/9549/
See also the Palm Beach County Poultry Fanciers Association's Malay page
(http://www.afn.org/~poultry).
"We Are Crowing For YOU!"
Darlene & Cindy teach Poultry Terminology & Anatomy
Cindy & Darlene explain the process of washing a chicken in preparation for a poultry show.
Everyone enjoyed the food prepared by Kim Belvin, and the fellowship of other poultry fanciers. Hope you didn't miss it!
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2001 A.P.A. Poultry Seminarby Dennis Hawkins; Photos by Pam MariettaThere were about 100 or so people at he seminar and we were all pretty happy with the turnout. Cindy Kinard came down with Danny Padgett (APA V.P.) and did a really nice job teaching everybody all kinds of chicken stuff. We got to see two actual birds get dubbed. There were demonstrations on how to caponize your roosters and how to use artificial insemination to assist birds who can't breed naturally. We learned the proper way to hold a bird and the proper way to train roosters not to be violent. We also learned what a Uropygial Gland was and how to pronounce it. Then we learned how to bathe birds properly so they can be shown in a sanctioned show. Thanks Cindy for a really great presentation! The Clausing's came down and set up a booth at the show. We got to purchase several chicken items without having to pay shipping charges. Meanwhile, during the breaks we all enjoyed all the free food. There were 1/2 pound hamburgers, hot dogs, beans, stew, chips, lemonade and all the soda you could hold. Speaking of free food, Purina donated a bunch of feed to be given away as samples. Apparently people didn't realize it was free and didn't take that much. This was good for me because I got to take about 20 little bags of game bird feed home with me.
All in all this was a very good show and if you missed it then you missed
a good one.
Larry Metzger brought a fine Malay cockerel for all to see.
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"We Are Crowing For YOU!"
2001 Meeting Meal Schedule
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