NORTHERN NEW YORK POULTRY FANCIERS OCTOBER 2004
3RD QUARTER NEWSLETTER

IMPORTANT DATES:

Christmas Dinner: December 4th, 2004, 6 p.m. at the Madrid Library. Ham, turkey, and table setting will be provided by the Club. . Everyone please bring a covered dish and our monthly meeting will follow dinner. At this meeting we will be taking nominations for Secretary and Treasurer.

There will be NO January or February 2005 meetings for our Club. Meetings will start again on March 5. 2005.

OUR SHOW

From The Show People

Gary and I would like to say Thanks to all who had anything big or small to do with our Show this year. Without all the help it would be impossible to put on a Show.

Again this year our Show was a success story, even with the numbers being down. When the smoke had cleared, our treasury was still money ahead of when we started. We pushed right to the limit this year on large fowl cages, so we plan to order some before the first of the year when prices go up.

Hope everyone who attended our Show enjoyed the day and had a good time. Hope to see everyone in Syracuse on September 23 and 24th at the National. This is the last Show fairly close to home of the season. Our Club is running the Sale Bird Area. So stop over and say hello.      Floyd Rood

NNYPF SHOW RESULTS.

Open Show Best Large Fowl was an exceptionally nice Rhode Island Red Pullet owned by Bill Whitney. Best Water Fowl was a nice White Call Drake owned by Evy Avery. Best Bantam was a real sharp Black Old English pullet owned by Gary Wells. Reserve of Show was Bill Whitney's Rhode Island Red pullet. Grand Champion of the Show was Evy Avery's White Call Cock. Congratulations to everyone.

OUR JUNIORS

The winners of our Junior Show this year were: Sara Orlowski, Youth Champion, Clayton Lounsbery, Reserve Champion Youth. Congratulations to all our Juniors.

Keep up the good work. The birds get better every year.

Our Judge of the Junior Show also held Showmanship Awards. The winners of the Showmanship Awards were: Hannah Watkins - Senior; Sara Orlowski - Junior and Leah Watkins - Novice.

What is Showmanship?

(Written by Deb Porter, Dutch Bantams in Montana)www.dutchbantams.com

Showmanship is the ability of a competitor to show and exhibit a fowl and his or her knowledge to the best of their ability. Exhibitors are judged and awarded points for their ability to exhibit and define the qualities not only of their fowl of choice but general knowledge of all fowl.

Classes of showmanship range in divisions of age and experience covering the novice to the advanced. Depending on the program a child is involved in from Open shows to 4-H participants, the divisions are normally Junior, Intermediate to Senior with a novice rank in each division. These divisions rank a child not only by his or her age but also by the experience he or she has had working within a program.

The ranking also indicates to a judge and clerk the expected amount of knowledge and ability a competitor should be able to exhibit at his or her division. Styles of exhibiting a fowl may vary according to programs and specific criteria. In general though an exhibitor will display when called upon all body parts, general knowledge of breed and defining qualities of the breed they are exhibiting. Exhibitor's will with graceful movements and a reflection of confidence, display head, wings, legs, width of body, under color, breastbone and most importantly be able to pose the fowl. Knowledge of each part and either quality or defects is required. Posing the fowl shows that an exhibitor has taken the time to train and work with his or her particular bird. It must remain stationary on the table in an upright station, alert and responsive to its 'owner. During the competition the fowl must not fly, roam the table or attack another competitors fowl. The mark of a quality showman and showmanship fowl is shown in the ability of the showman to exhibit a fellow competitors fowl with the fowl as responsive as with owner. Showing a well trained fowl and an experienced showman.

During the competition an exhibitor will show his ability' to carry and cage a fowl with out injury or stress. Always maintaining eye contact with the judge, exhibiting confidence in the moves and knowledge of requirements. General knowledge pertaining to his or her fowl or fowl in: general is required of all divisions. One should know all defects or disqualifications pertaining to his or her breed, along with brief history and all varieties found in that particular breed. This knowledge may be exposed by questions such as proper tail angulations to knowing all the breeds exhibited in the particular class his or her fowl is shown in. Terminology and definitions related to the American standard will be put forth to an exhibitor and may be the final deciding factor for a competitor. Even though a competitor has met all the required criteria it will be the competitor that is confident and displays enjoyment in exhibiting fowl that will stand out above others.

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