VARIOUSVARIOUS Part 1a October 2013 For next or previous screen: use the mouse wheel, or Pg Up and Pg Dn or ↑ and ↓ on your keyboard. A word from the editor……. Dear reader, A nice and thick autumn issue is ready for you to read. You see, we do not cut corners on the pages! Yet it is every time a considerable challenge to get it all online for you. And also in two languages! The name of the author and the photographer is always stated in an article, but there are also a number of 'silent workers' who help translate, and so-called 'native speakers' who then apply the finishing touch. Each in his profession, so the pigeons, poultry and waterfowl articles go to an expert in that field. We like to put these people in the spotlight by naming them here: In the Netherlands: Luuk Hans, Henk Meijers and Willem van Ballekom. In Germany: Mick Bassett, Thomas Hellmann and Arjan Warnshuis. In England: Denise Moss, Rinke Berkenbosch, Jim Mullan, Michael Hart and Frank Bridgland. In Australia: Greg Davies and Erik Berrevoets. In Romania: Bobo Athes and in de USA: Bill Burnside. Without their help Aviculture Europe could not exist! Moreover, there are always people welcome who occasionally want to help translate Dutch into English or vice versa, many hands make light work! Please contact the chief editor at [email protected] if you want to join the team. We wish you pleasant reading and for those who have not done it already: please subscribe to our newsletter by sending us your e-mail address, so that you will be automatically informed about the publishing of each new issue. With thanks to all contributors, sponsors and advertisers, on behalf of the team of Aviculture Europe, Nico van Benten CHICKEN OF THE WOODS? Text and photo: Johan Opsomer The sulphur shelf (Laetiporus sulphureus) is able to significantly 'pimp' an oak, or many other, preferably solitaire trees. Christmas decorations lose out against the colours of yellow and orange and sometimes there is even a pink sheen.The flat wavy fungi seem to grow from a single base and often form a significant mass weighing over 10 kg. Damage caused by a cracked off tree branch, carving your name or constriction by barbed wire can be sufficient to afford one of the millions of tracks the opportunity to become a sulfur fungus. Then you are right on time to plant a new tree, because the old one cannot be saved. The slow ‘killer’ disguised as a tiny chick will do its silent work. Growing, year after year, further and deeper with the hyphae penetrating the living tree so it weakens and finally falls. Photo: George Chernilevsky, Wikipedia. Sulphur shelf or chicken of the woods? When someone talks about 'chicken of the woods' (or in Italy: gallina dei boschi) instead of sulphur shelf, then it is a lover of culinary specialties. They are good to eat when they are young, assuming that you are not allergic and that you are sure you actually have picked sulphur shelf. And yes, they taste very nearly like fried chicken. This information was taken from the free online nature Magazine by Johan Opsomer http://www.natuurplakboek.be advertisement Welcome at the Gallinova Show! De Gallinova show will be held in the Mercuriushal, Mercuriusweg 41, 3771 NC Barneveld the Netherlands 8 - 9 November 2013 Over 1200 animals Poultry, waterfowl pigeons, rabbits, cavies THIS YEAR: EUROPEAN BARNEVELDER SHOW Opening hours: Friday 10.00 – 22.00 Saturday 9.00 – 16.00 www.gallinova.nl Free Entrance! press release EUROPEAN BARNEVELDER SHOW 8 and 9 November 2013 To all the breeders of Barnevelders and bantam Barnevelders 2013 has been declared ‘The year of the Barnevelder’ and several events will be held to promote the beautiful Poultry breed. The Barnevelder breed has existed for more than a century already and that is truly unique. The century anniversary gives the opportunity to put the Barnevelder in the spotlight. The Barnevelder has had an important role in the Dutch commercial poultry industry in the early 19- hundreds and obtained fame worldwide. In 2013 the Dutch Barnevelder Club therefore organises, besides several other events, the 1st European Championship for Barnevelders and ban- tam Barnevelders. This Championship will be held on 8 and 9 November in the Markthal in Barneveld. Can it be more beautiful to organise the 1st European show in the place of origin of this beautiful and truly unique Dutch breed: the Barnevelder. The European Championship will be organised at the Gallinova Show and proclaims to be a happening not to be missed by any Barnevelder fancier. Together with you we hope to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the Barnevelder. Entry forms and further information – also hotel booking and fanciers evening - can be found on the website of the Dutch Barnevelderclub: www.barnevelderclub.nl 100 YEARS BARNEVELDER ~VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFLAUmuzrKw&feature=em-share_video_user advertisement DELTA-SHOW in Equestrian Centre “Manege De Scheldestad” Gerbrandystraat 180 4384 NM Vlissingen (NL) 8, 9 and 10 November 2013 Secretary of the Delta-Show: J.D. van Doorn e-mail: [email protected] More info coming soon on www.delta-show.nl WELCOME IN VLISSINGEN, ZEELAND Plan your trip http://www.vvvzeeland.nl/en/ CALL TO ALL GERMAN MAGPIE CROPPER BREEDERS Logo Magpie Cropper Club Foto: Aviculture Europe. The German Specialty Club for the German Magpie Croppers (Elster Kröpfer) should like to make an appeal to all the 'Friends of the Magpie Croppers' and hopes that interested breeders abroad also want to connect with them. Membership information can be found on the website of the club, http://elsterkroepfer.funpic.de/hp31z/ With this call, they hope to reach the breeders abroad, especially in Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Scotland and more. Are you interested? Please contact Dieter Lieb, [email protected] This can be in German or English language. Source: VDT online, shared through Mick Bassett. CLUB’S BOOKLETS Both the chief editor and the publisher continuously received the most beautiful (special) club books, all of which exude great enthusiasm for the particular breed and the hobby in common. For things like this one can only have the greatest admiration. To name a few: EZHSV-News, Yearbook Wart Pigeons Special Club and The Newsbulletin of the Valenciana Cropper Breeders Association (VVF), the Damascene club, the Danish Tumblers Club and Marchenero Cropper Breeders (MKF). Also, club newsletters and booklets of various poultry breed clubs, such as the Wyandotte club, French Poultry Club, Orpington, Sussex and Dorking Club, Brahma Club (Belgium) etc. Often digital , especially the ones send from abroad. To us, these booklets are an important link with the clubs and breeders, and their news we will gladly pass on to our readers. Your club booklet or newsletter is welcome here too! advertisement 28 -29-30 November 2013 NATIONAL PIGEON SHOW NBS Championship of the province of Utrecht 2.000 fancy pigeons expected Participating Clubs: Location: •Antwerp Smerle Club Sporthal Zielhorst, Trompetstraat 3, •International Shortbeak Tumblers Cub 3822 CK Amersfoort , Netherlands •Damascener Club Netherlands •Breeders Club of the Dutch Tumblers ¾Excellent Accommodation •Oriental Roller Breeders’ Club ¾Heated Sports Hall •Indian Fantail Club ¾Centraly situated •National Voorburg Shield Cropper Club ¾Easily reached by Bus and Train •Old Dutch Tumbler Club ¾Excellent Prize Packet •Old Dutch Capuchine Club ¾1 of every 5 pigeons wins a prize •Old Dutch Owl Club ¾Good money prizes •Fancy Pigeon Club Amersfoort e.o. ¾Separate Pigeon Sales market •Steiger & Steller Cropperc Cub ¾Entrance Money 5€ •Special club for Vienna Tumbler and Vienna ¾Central Transport for your Pigeons Whiteshield throughout the Land •Show Tippler Club •Holle Cropper Breeders’ Club Netherlands •Friends of the Flying Pigeons Club Opening hours: Thursday 28 November 16:00 – 22:00 Friday 29 November 10:00 – 22:00 Saturday 30 November 09:30 – 16:00 Information & Show Schedule: http://keistadshow.sierduif.nl P.J.M. van Kaam [email protected] Entries close: 1 November 2013 How much would YOU pay for a chicken? Greenfire Farms, Florida USA once more offers something special for sale: the rare Ayam Cemani – a fully black chicken – selling for $2,500...per chicken or $4,999 for a cockerel & a pullet. Greenfire Farms personally imported the breed from Indonesia, being the country of origin. They are very expensive there as well and in high demand, due to the meat's alleged medicinal properties. Read all about it at http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/rare-2-500-chicken-lamborghini-poultry-163825389.html# In Europe, the Ayam Cemani has already been known for quite some time, although it is always an unusual sight, such a completely black bird. It was the Dutch breeder Jan Steverink who firstly imported the Ayam Cemani in the Netherlands, about 13 years ago. He also effected their recognition in the Dutch Standard Poultry in 2003. See also http://home.planet.nl/~stev7596/index.htm Now they are also kept by breeders in other European countries, but it is something for fanciers. Not only the feathers and skin are black, but also the bone and viscera, even the blood is remarkably dark. This genetic trait is called 'fibromelanosis' and also occurs in a number of Chinese poultry breeds, the Indian Kadaknath and the Swedish Black Chicken. Right: Head study Ayam Cemani cockerel. Photo: Archives AE. Below: Black Swedish hens. Photo: Dirk de Jong. advertisement FRIESCHE SIERDUIVEN CLUB 8, 9 and 10 November 2013 - 73st National Show for Fancy Pigeons - Provincial Championship N.B.S. - Many money prizes to win and low entry fees - Pigeon Sales during the Show - FREE parking Information: Wierd de Boer, Brêgeleane 22, 9051 PM Stiens Tel.