I have 8 birds selected:

2 greens

1 blue

1 grey green

1 opaline

1 DF Spangle

1 dom pied

1 violet

Here are some of them, I was unlucky with the df spangle as 3 are only 8 weeks old but their ceres are changing and a cinnamon violet opaline was plucked on the back of her neck the night before the selection so she misses out too.

 

Violet, I hope to do well with him if his tail stays put

 

Cobalt opaline

 

Dom Pied

 

Green

 

DF Spangle

 

These 3 are better and not a suffused and only 8 weeks old but are capping in the way their cere is changing

You have some gorgeous babies

Thanks Kaz but so do you

Oh Splat I DO like your selections!

 

All the Very Best at the Show!

They are looking good Splat.

I hope to see you there Sunday,

Beauties Splat. They are gorgeous!

 

Best of Luck at the show.

Thanks Renee and Nubbly, yes you should see me there Macka on my little lonesome if I don't pull out. How many birds from your club are selected Macka

o wow

Thanks Renee and Nubbly, yes you should see me there Macka on my little lonesome if I don't pull out. How many birds from your club are selected Macka

We did't get a full team,no greywing or clearwings,only 1 doublefactor spangle & another class

with only 2 in it,We are not to excited,about our chances.

Splat, do you have a separate class for Normal Violets at the UBC Shield? Your Violet should go okay.

Yes I think this will be the first show,

were you will get points.We have

a good one but I like the look of the ones

of splats,wil be good to compare them.

gorgeous as every , good luck! I am sure you will do very well.

Macka it's hardly worth our team going not many birds at all

That sounds really interesting Splat & Macka - can you explain what happens?

 

How many clubs? How are the selections run? What criteria do you use for determination between UBC & BC?

Macka would be better at this than me,

Well there are about 17 or so teams clubs each club selects at least 3 birds of each variety which means sometimes their are over 1000 birds at the shield. The selection are done the weekend bfore the shield our club was Tuesday night 5 days before.

unbroken caps should be the same as your state. Any sign of them capping like ring eye , pin feathers, cere changing and adult feathers showing are out. My df spangles are 8 weeks old and have slightly brown ceres so they were out.

Macka please help me out

love the pied and the df spangles

All the best for the show .

they are lovely birds

Ross

Macka would be better at this than me,Well there are about 17 or so teams clubs each club selects at least 3 birds of each variety which means sometimes their are over 1000 birds at the shield. The selection are done the weekend bfore the shield our club was Tuesday night 5 days before.unbroken caps should be the same as your state. Any sign of them capping like ring eye , pin feathers, cere changing and adult feathers showing are out. My df spangles are 8 weeks old and have slightly brown ceres so they were out.Macka please help me out

There are clubs from all over Victoria,each club entrer 3 birds in each class & you can gain points with 2birds,there is 22 or 23 classes.The club can gain a maxuim of 39 point,20 birds score pointsie 1st 20,2nd 19 & so on. There is 3 sheild shows each year.The UBC show is the hardest to get a full team,because there isonly a small window of opatunity to show the UBC,before they breakthere caps,you have to try to hatch them at the right time,about 6 to 8 weeksold.As Splat said,some of the small clubs,struggle to get a full team to the UBC Sheild.I would thinkthere will only be 12 nto 14 teams showing,United club,was beaten for first spot ,this year by Melton.the first time, in a lot of years,so will be interesting to see what happens at this show,if Melton can roll them again.

That sounds really interesting Splat & Macka - can you explain what happens?How many clubs? How are the selections run? What criteria do you use for determination between UBC & BC?

Nubb,Hope we explained it fot you how theshow works & the difference between UBC& Broken cap.I am not much good at puting it down on paper.But it is a very well contesteds show.Usely2nd to 8th these are the points from the Adult show.!st to 16th.628, 472 432,393,369,360,345,340,321,& they drop away after that.

Wow! It sounds pretty full on!

i am with you renee

Well our club has pulled out my violet lost hid tail feather today so I am not going. We didn't have enough birds in anyway so it is probably better this way.

Well our club has pulled out my violet lost hid tail feather today so I am not going. We didn't have enough birds in anyway so it is probably better this way.

 

 

thats unfortunate, you had some good birds, loved the dom pied

Thanks NitsuD he is the best one I have bred so far the opaline conalt is his sister

Well our club has pulled out my violet lost hid tail feather today so I am not going. We didn't have enough birds in anyway so it is probably better this way.

 

I'm so sorry Splat, this is such a disappointment. And your birds are really gorgeous.

For what it's worth, Melton will struggle this time. A few of us have had a slow start to this breeding season and a number waited for the new ring issue to pair up. I am sure this will be the case for many clubs. Sunday will reveal all.

Splat - does that mean that Ky won't be fielding a team this year?

Cheers

PT

Edited September 11, 200915 yr by chookbreeder9