Breeding Chickens For Show-Facts
The best way to start breeding chickens for show is to attend several poultry shows and become familiar with how the birds are judged and how they are handled by judges. Make sure you are experienced and familiar with the proper care of chickens. Carefully select the breed of chicken you want to show and familiarize yourself with the APA breed standard for the breed you plan to select so you will know what breed characteristics to look for. You will need to take extra care of show birds and keep them separate from other birds in your flock to prevent injuries or feather loss. Your show birds should be healthy, parasite, and disease free so you should take the birds you plan to show to your local veterinarian who is familiar with poultry care. Proper feather care and nail care are important. Handle your show birds daily and have other trustworthy family or friends handle them in the way a judge would, so your birds will not act flighty around judges. Be prepared.
Go to the American Poultry Association and familiarize yourself with all of the materials available.
Copy and paste the following URL to go to their website.
http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/
Go to the American Poultry Association and familiarize yourself with all of the materials available.
Copy and paste the following URL to go to their website.
http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/
