The Poultry Keeper

mojo · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: Aviculture Expos (chicken shows)

Thoaurs Nationale Aviculture Expo.......Samedi 15 nov open 9 till7 Dimanche 16th nov open9 to 4.30.........................Poultry of all types on show and for sale plus pigeons and rabbits...........held in the Orangery (on top of hill in town by chateau)........lots of parking.......see if you can recognize me...............if you want to enter pm me before 6pm this friday

Debbie · Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 113 Location: Moncoutant

I have put it in my diary, mojo.,
I'm sure the boys will want to go. Do they do rabbits as well?

mojo · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:18 am Post subject:

poultry/pigeons and rabbits .....do come and say hello

mojo · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject:

3 euros to get in KIDS go FREE...........lots of exhibitors confirmed as entries now closed

mojo · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:47 am Post subject: hi

here is the poster I designed

mojo · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject:

latest news.............58 exhibitors...........672 cages approx 800 animals.............breeders showing from 10 depts.86/17/49/79/85/37/35/44/72 and 87 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,new web site ata79.forumactif.net

Gilly C · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 2671 Location: South Cumbria

love your poster Very Happy

here is the link you need the http bit too!
http://ata79.forumactif.net/

mojo · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:14 am Post subject: hi

from a very tired old fool ..........4 x 3rds .....3x 2nds in show .......got 5 birds less to bring home ........... a very successfull weekend.........to anyone who came and i missed .......sorry

Sylvia · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:04 am Post subject:

Sorry a bit late Mojo but well done on your show successes and hope you are now recovered from what must have seemed a very long weekend. What breeds did you get placed? Any chance of some photos?

mojo · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:22 am Post subject:

sorry no piccys but marks for golden cuckoo maran/silver cucko maran and jap bantams.......... a judge bought the gold maran so i was quite chuffed with that.also got japs..........so only got blue orp and jap coqs to exchange for a bottle of wine if i can .........if not culled in 10 days time

mojo · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:12 am Post subject: Niort Expo

NIORT POULTRY SHOW..........24th and 25th jan at salle de expo in niort...........special show of old french breeds as well as normal show

petal · Joined: 02 Nov 2008 Posts: 10

Hi all, there is a show i am hoping to get to at Blond[87] sometime early ithink in Dec.I will be looking for 2 hens that lay blue or green eggs. Could anyone help by telling me , i know the Cream Legbar lays blue, but what other breed of chooks am i likely to see that lay these colours, also any additional info, like looks, mixing with other breeds etc, thanks.
Oh and what sort of prices.
Petal

mojo · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject:

Hi Petal..most shows do not sell POL hens ...expos in france are basically competition shows with some stock for sale .....all of it pure breeds .....not hybrids..........your best bet for coloured egg hens is to visit french poultry websites choose the birds then contact your local aviculture club or leboncoin website(animal section)...........there is not as many different breeds available over here.....most egg providers are marans plus many assorted farmyard fowl...........post in the birds wanted section stating where you live...pure bred fowl start at about 20 euros and after that sky is the limit but farmyarders cost about 6/8 euros in the market......good luck

tuzo2k · Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 216 Location: charente sw france

Hi - for blue egg-laying 'pure' breeds you need to look for araucanas. Not sure what these are called in France but there may be some breeders over here. The Cream Legbar is another 'pure' breed laying the blue eggs. Numerous hybrids exist and dare I say it but a lot of the Cream Legbars are not entirely pure. Admittedly they look like the 'pure' fowl but invariable are not. The only sure way of proving their reliability is to breed them yourself and breed their progeny for a couple of years plus. If they breed true to type then fine but if they produce chickens different in type etc to the parents then you have a mixture somewhere along the line. Might be worth obtaining eggs in the Spring from a reliable source and hatch some chicks. Best of luck. Jan OH Richard.

petal · Joined: 02 Nov 2008 Posts: 10

Thanks both for replying. Quite a lot to think about there. Mojo, excuse my ignorance, if they aren't POL, do you mean they are selling old birds?[this must be what you mean i came home once with 2 Brahmas for the occaisional egg, when i checked the leg rings they were 4 years old!] It d
idn't matter they are lovely anyway, no eggs though!
tuzo2k, i dont want really to try hatching eggs, the cockeral problem, i already have too many! I have looked at both breeds and like the look of both. Also, i am addicted to getting new chooks, so will come back with something, normally something no-one worth their salt would touch with a barge pole, hence the above story and a Silkie cockeral! How can anyone fall for that!
Thanks both, again any advice always appreciated.