JUDGES Softfeather - GUY WAILES  Hardfeather - ALLAN JOHNSON  Once again I am pleased to be able to say that our Annual Show was a great success and very popular with the public.  Hundreds of people came through to look at the birds on show which, I think, is indicative of a...

Major Awards   CHAMPION BIRD OF SHOW       Brian Bennett               Bantam OEG (black) CHAMPION RARE VARIETY         Brian...

The Faverolles is a star of the chook world.  A supreme all-rounder, the charismatic 'fav' is a top-notch exhibition bird, table-bird, layer and backyarder.      The Faverolles is named after the French town where they originated.  They are thought to have...

The history of the naked neck is not well known, although they are documented to have existed in Europe since the beginning of the 18th century, having been mentioned in an Austrian poultry book dated from 1701.Winkler and Bakoss presume that the ancestors were brought into the Carpanthian...

  The Dorking is a heavy soft feather, available in large and bantam.  If you want a piece of history in your backyard you would be hard-pressed to do better.  Although their specific  origins remain unclear, records suggest they have been around for about...

The phoenix is a breed that was developed in Europe from crosses with the Japanese ‘onigidori’ long-tailed fowl back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is one of the very rare poultry breeds in Australia, with an estimated remaining population of less than 50 pure pairs sprinkled...

  "WHATS THAT? A PREHISTORIC CHOOK?" This is what I hear quite often when people come to buy or look at the poultry. The asil (Asil, or Aseel, which is an Arabic word meaning “pure” or” thoroughbred”) is indeed an old breed, in fact it has graced the earth for some three and a half...