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1 Exhibition Poultry The #1 Internet Source For Information On Showing & Breeding Exhibition Poultry Volume 4, Number 10 October 2013 In this issue... APA News ABA News Pine Bluff, Arkansas Show Results Autosomal Pheomelanin: Part 1 Poultry Breed Clubs Listing APA & ABA Judges List Upcoming Shows, and more.... Cover Photo by Ann Charles

2 Exhibition Poultry Magazine Table of Contents Upcoming APA/ABA Shows APA News ABA Happenings ABA National Update Autosomal Pheomelanin: Part Pine Bluff, AR Show Results Poultry Breed Clubs APA/ABA Judges List Display Ad Rates Advertiser s Index Central Indiana Poultry Show...03 American Poultry Association.. 04 Natl. Call Breeders of America.. 04 The Rainmaker American Bantam Association. 05 Central Louisiana Pltry Club Smith Poultry Supplies State Fair Of Texas Egg Show. 07 APA/ABA Youth Poultry Club.. 07 SkyBlueEgg Araucana Brian Reeder Cindy Mansell Cackle Hatchery On The Cover... Pictured is a black bantam Wyandotte hen exhibited by Jerry Carter at the Pine Bluff, Arkansas SouthEast District Fair show on October 3, She was Grand Champion bird of the Show. Photo by Ann Charles Upcoming APA & ABA Shows LA - AR - OK -TX - MS October 2013 October 03, 2013 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Southeast Arkansas District Fair. Contact: Lewis Hinkle, , tootie9901@yahoo.com. Judges: Pat Malone, TX, open show and Peyton Igo, LA, Junior show. October 12, 2013 Dallas, Texas. State Fair of Texas, Pan-Am Poultry Show. Contact: Website: October 18, 2013 Little Rock, Arkansas, Arkansas State Fair, Arkansas State Fair grounds. Entries at: / ar kansasstatefair.com/l i vestocki ndex/ Statefair.html or contact: contact Dr. Keith Bramwell Judges: Matt Lhamon, Terry Britt, Eric Englesman, Tim Bowles October 19, 2013 (Special) Lebanon, Indiana, Central Indiana poultry Show, Boone County 4-H fairground. Entries at: For more information, please contact Doug Akers, Exhibition Poultry Magazine Advertising Rates and Deadline Ad Deadline is the 24th of each month. Please include an address if you would like a proof of your ad before publication. Columns are 2 3/8 wide. This is the size of a $ column inch display ad. Ann Charles Editor/Publisher contact@skyblueegg.com Phone: (318) Exhibition Poultry Magazine P.O. Box 1027, Winnfield, LA Display Ads Display ads are $6.25 per column inch. Please include an address if you would like a proof of your ad. Andrew S. Charles Technical Support admin@exhibitionpoultry.net Exhibition Poultry Magazine publishs upcoming show listings and show results from the South Central states (TX, AR, LA, MS, OK) plus those results supplied by our paid advertisers. *We reserve the right to refuse any advertisement or article that is deemed to be of inappropriate content by the Managing Editor of this Publication. Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 02 October 2013 November 2013 November 2-3, 2013 Fayetteville, Arkansas, Heart of The Ozarks Poultry Club annual Fall Double Show. Website: November 2, 2013 Shreveport, Louisiana, Louisiana State Fairgrounds, Louisiana State Fair Open Poultry Show hosted by the The Central Louisiana Poultry Club. APA/ ABA Sanctioned. Contact:Roxanne Si ms, , roxanneinia@yahoo.com November 9, 2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Parker Coliseum at the LSU Ag Center. DOUBLE SHOW. Gulf Coast Poultry Fanciers Association hosts the Gulf South Fall Classic. Website: Judges: Pat Malone, Steve Jones, James Cooper, and Chris Hawes. Contact: Rhonda Silva gcpfa01@gmail.com November 9, 2013 Atoka, Oklahoma OEG Bantam Bonanza hosted by The Atoka Bantam Club. Contact: Randy Daniel or Greg Garison Judge: Larry Denny.

3 November 23, 2013 Haynesville, Louisiana - Pelican State Classic hosted by the North Louisiana Poultry Club - Contact: Jim Crain, jacrain@chilitech.com. Judges: Anthony Ashley and Jacob Bates December 2013 December 7, 2013 Atoka, Oklahoma Southeast Bantam Game Show - Double Show - hosted by The Atoka Bantam Club. Contact: Randy Daniel or Greg Garison Judges: Tracy Hill and pending judge. December 7-8, 2013 Knoxville, Tennessee, the 2013 ABA National Show, hosted by Tennessee Valley Poultr y Club. Website: tnvpoultryclub.com December 14, 2013 Shawnee, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Poultry Federation 97th Annual Show. Website: / One day show. Judges: Steve Jones, Monty Fitzgerald, James Cooper, Dave Anderson and Erik Kutch. January 2014 January 4, 2014 College Station, Texas, Brazo County Poultry Club Show. Contact: Claudia Choate, Claudia@bluebonnetclassic.com, January 17 - Feb. 8, 2014 Fort Worth, Texas, Southwestern Exposition & Livestock Show. Contact: website: February 2014 February 22, 2014 Newcastle, Oklahoma, The Great Plains Game Bantam Spectacular. One day-double show. Contact: Andy Barnes, , ouchickencrazy@pldi.net; RR 2 Box 450, Comanche, OK, March 2014 March 1, 2014 Rison, Arkansas, Cleveland County Fairgrounds. Contact: Frankie Harper, PO Box 552, Rison, AR 71665; Phone: (870) March 1, 2014 Pryor, Oklahoma, Mayes County Fairgrounds. Bantams Only. Contact: Kenneth Kvittum, PO Box 991, C houteau, OK 74337, kennethkvittum@yahoo.com March 4-23, 2014 Houston, Texas, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Contact: Website: /rodeohouston.com/ March 22, 2014 (Tentative) Leesville, Louisiana, Vernon Parish Fairgrounds. The Magnolia Classic Poultry Show. For entries an information go to: March 21, 2014 Beaumont, Texas, South Texas State Fair. Contact: Phone (409) , info@ymbl.org, Website: September 2014 September 5-14 Abeline, Texas, West Texas Fair and Rodeo. Contact: Website: w w w. ta y l o r c o u n ty e xp o c e n t er. c o m/ taylorexpo_wtfr.html Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 03 October 2013

4 APA NEWS - October 2013 Things are still humming along in the office. I am putting together the fall issue of the News & Views, you should have it in about 2 weeks. I want to thank those of you who are accepting the News & Views via the internet. I am able to keep printing and postage costs down by using this method. As you are all aware postage costs increase often and it seems the service doesn t get any better. In business there are two things to watch, income and expenses. The APA has done a good job in the last few years in increasing sales, but we have to find ways to cut expenses also. This is the last announcement about the upcoming election. If you are interested in running for office, you must let me know before December 15 if you would like to put an article in the January News & Views. The closing date to notify me of your intent to run is December 31, One reason the APA has been a viable organization since 1873 is that they have always had members willing to give of their time and talents to help, maybe now it is your turn! I just returned from the Mother Earth Website: Contact: APA Secretary PO Box 306, Burgettstown, PA Phone: secretaryapa@yahoo.com Ne ws Fair held in Pennsylvania. The Uniontown Poultry Club put together a display of about 150 birds, concentrating on the large fowl dual purpose breeds. The weather was cold and rainy, but the poultry tent was full most of the time. People came from as far away as Massachusetts and Virginia. There was a good interest in poultry in general and many of the backyard poultry people are interested in preserving the purebred birds. I distributed about 500 of the APA tri-folds and sold a few standards. Many of these people weren t aware of the APA and were glad to find a source of purebred birds. As a promotional event for the APA, I think it was a huge success. Hope everyone has a good month, show season is starting here in the northeast, good luck everyone. Pat Horstman National Call Breeders of America A club formed for the promotion of breeding and exhibition of Call Ducks, offering National, District and Special Meets. Quarterly newsletters and annual yearbook. Memberships: Junior (under 16) $8/year; Individual $15/year or $29/2 years; Family $17/year or $33/2 years; Lifetime membership $200. Visit our website at to join online or purchase club merchandise, such as t-shirts, pins, patches, posters, etc. For more information contact secretary Dennis Fuller, 1729 Otterville Blvd., Independence, Iowa 50644; , wapsiwaterfowl@aol.com (12-13) JOIN NOW Individual Membership: $20 per year / $50 for 3 years Outside USA & Canada: $40 per year Junior Membership: $15 per year / $40 for 3 years Soy Protein and Your Flock s Fertility ~Some Current Studies ~ Phytoestrogen is a term for the non-steroidal estrogens that are produced by a variety of plants... Legumes such as soybeans are known to produce phytoestrogens. Isoflavones are the phytoestrogens that are produced in the highest amount within the soybean. The major isoflavone phytoestrogens are genistein and daidzein. Both of these compounds are found in raw soybeans and in the soy-based products that are made from them. Isoflavones are temperature stable and are not extracted with traditional processing methods. The es trogenic properties of phytoestrogens were first discovered in the 1940 s with sheep grazing on clover in Australia. It was found that sheep were suffering from permanent infertility after grazing on a specific type of clover. Since then, there has been much interest in the phytoestrogens and their effects on both humans and animals. Typically, broiler chickens grown to 14 days will have consumed approximately 500g of feed with 35% being soybean meal. In commercial practices, defatted soybean meals will contain essentially all of the isoflavones or isoflavone glycosides present in the starting soybeans. (Eldridge et al., 1983) One gram of soy protein has approximately 150 mg of daidzein and 250 mg of genistein. (Dixon et al., 2002). This would be equivalent to the average broiler chicken consuming about 0.036mg of estradiol over the 14 days. This level of estrogen exposure has been reported to produce significant effects on reproductive development in mammals (Levy et al., 2000)... Based on the results of this experiment, it can be concluded that genistein functions as a weak estrogen agonist in the chick oviduct...more research is needed to quantify the effects of genistein, alone and in combination with other soy phytoestrogens, on the reproductive development of breeding poultry. (1) References (1)... Exerpt from Soy phytoestrogen effects on progesterone receptor and ovalbumin synthesis in the chick oviduct. L.M. STEVENSON*, S.H. OATES, A.L. DOERNTE, J.B. HESS and W.D. BERRY. Poultry Science Department, Auburn University, Auburn AL 36849, USA. *Corresponding author: stevelm@auburn.edu Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 04 October 2013

5 ABA Happenings ABA Happenings Octobber 2013 Greetings from the ABA. The ABA 2013 National is in Knoxville, Tennessee this year, December For more information, contact John Thomas at We are accepting donations for the Silent Auction which has quickly become a favorite at our National meet. We can accept birds as well as collectibles. You may contact Karen at fancybantams@embarqmail or contact your district director with your donation; The other BIG event coming up is our centennial. We will be 100 years young and ready to celebrate in We are very excited to offer our first Centennial product which is a beautiful, Made in the USA, it is a 48" x 60" Centennial Afghan (blanket). Take a look on the website. These are available in limited numbers, so don't wait. Cost is $ 60 plus $15 shipping. Proceeds will go towards the production of a new color standard which will feature photographs of birds. This is an ABA first and we will do our best to make it wonderful. We are offering sponsorships at the following levels. These are general sponsorships (not per bird). They can be sent in under an individual or a Club name. * Golden Sponsorship - $500 - you will receive a numbered standard signed by officers, starting with the #2 standard. ( numbers will be assigned as sponsorships are received). You will also be listed in the standard and future printings under the GOLD LEVEL. * Silver Sponsorship - $250 - You will receive a Hardcopy version of the standard signed by Officers, Secretary, and Centennial committee plus you will be listed in the standard for this and future printings under the SILVER LEVEL. * Bronze Sponsorship -$100 - You will receive a Pocket Sized Standard, plus you will be listed in the standard on this and future printings under the Bronze Level. * $50 - A Gift of $50 is also appreciated. You will receive a Centennial Patch. These sponsorships will ONLY be accepted through December 31, I want to give a few moments to talk here to the show secretaries and exhibitors. SHOW REPORTS. Yes - it is hard enough to find the time, energy, money and manpower to put on a show, and when the last cage is taken down, there is nothing like that feeling of "we are done". Alas, in most cases, there is still a bit of work to do and that is to fill out and send in the show report. If this is put aside, it often becomes a bigger task. If the ABA report is not sent in, the ABA may choose not to sanction with that club. We do our best to encourage you to send it in with reminders and patience, but you must understand that the show report is what drives the award programs, which according to many ABA members, drives them to continue to show. Master Exhibitor and Master Breeder programs are goals for many and showing at a show that does not turn in the report is not going to get you there. So please, be prepared to finish the job, after that last cage is packed away. It is so vitally important to our ABA members and to your show! The Fall Newsletter is scheduled to mail in October. Please watch your mailboxes for this. (of course you need to be an ABA member, and if you are not, then your mailbox will not get the newsletter) Ask your fellow poultry friends if they are a member, and then ask why. In most cases, I think you will be inspired to join the ABA and enjoy your membership as many others do. To join the ABA, simply send in $20 for one year ($30 outside USA) or $50 for three years ($80 outside USA) to ABA, PO Box 127, Augusta, NJ or visit Sincerely, Karen Unrath Transforming Agriculture In America For Crops, Poultry, Dairy, Livestock, Greenhouses and more... Bigger Chickens E nhanced Coloration Finer Feather Quality Reduce Need For Meds Eliminate Ammonia Odor Happier & Healthier Birds! - Toll Free: Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 05 October 2013

6 The Central Lousiana Poultry Club presents the... State Fair of Louisiana Open Poultry Show Saturday, November 2, 2013 Shreveport, Louisiana APA/ABA Sanctioned Large Fowl, Bantam Chickens & Bantam Ducks 500 bird limit Open Judge: Monty Fitzgerald, Texas Junior Judge: Jim Crain, Louisiana Club Meets: Modern Game Bantam Club of America, The Old English Game Bantam Club, International Cornish Breeders Association, Cochins International Show Address: Fairgounds, 3701 Hudson Ave., Shreveport, LA Exhibitors will need to purchase and parking pass ($10) and a livestock pass ($10) from the State Fair of Louisiana. Open Awards: Wooden Plaques to Grand Champion and Reserve Champion of Show. Framed Certificates to Class winnders. Juniors: 1st-3rd place ribbons. Entry Fees: $4 per bird - Open & $2 per bird- Junior. Entries close October 19th NEW! - 30 day health certificate (ICVI) plus usual NPIP paperwork required to exhibit. For show info contact: C.L.P.C. Maddi Aguillard, Vice President ( ) MaddiWilliams@yahoo.com Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 06 October 2013

7 ABA NATIONAL NEWS and Centennial The ABA 2013 National is in Knoxville, TN this year, December For more infor mati on, contact John Thomas at We are accepting donations for the Silent Auction which has quickly become a favorite at our National meet. We can accept birds as well as colle ctibles. You ma y contac t Ka ren at fancybantams@embarqmail or contact your district director with your donation; Here are the donations we have secured as of this writing. White American Seramas Christian Diaz, California Dark Cornish Anthony Ashley, South Carolina Ros ecomb White Leghorns Mike Johnson, Colorado Black Rosecombs Rick Hare, NY Light Brahmas Brian Knox, New Hampshire The other BIG event coming up is our centennial. We will be 100 years young and ready to celebrate in We are very excited to offer our first Centennial product which is a beautiful, Made in the USA, it is a 48" x 60" Centennial Afghan (blanket). These are available in limited numbers, so don't wait. Cost is $ 60 plus $15 shipping. Proceeds will go towards the production of a new color standard which will feature photographs of birds. This is an ABA first!. The club promotes opportunities to practice showmanship, cooperation and fellowship and to be involved with their home community and with the poultry fancy in general. For more info go to: or contact: Doris Robinson, National Director, 810 Sweetwater Rd., Philadelphia, TN ~ Phone: ~ nanamamabrahma@att.net W. 215th Street, Bucyrus, KS Ph :30 A. M. - 3 P. M. CST M-F 24-hour Fax: smithct@centurylink.cnet Web Our family-owned company has offered competitive prices & given fast, dependable service to our customers since page color catalog contains many items: bands, books, brooders, catch nets, coops, feeders, founts, incubators, medications, netting, pullorum antigen, Tek-Trol & Oxine disinfectants, vaccines, vitamins, etc. Call us & we ll deliver your order to the shows & swaps we attend in Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 07 October 2013

8 Early Fall 2013 Show Results... Congratulations to Cindy Mansell, Waterloo, New York! Buffalo & West NewYork Poultry Club Show, Bath, New York, September 7th, 2013 ~ Best of Breed & Reserve of Breed - Black Araucana Hens (LF)....Twin Tier Poultry Club Show, Bath, New York, September 8th, 2013 ~ Best of Breed - Black Araucana Hen (LF)....Eastern New York State Poultry Association, 50th Annual Fall Show September 29th, 2013, Cobleskill Fairgrounds, Cobleskill New York ~ Best of Breed & Reserve of Breed - Black Araucana Hens (LF). SouthEast District Fair Show Pine Bluff, Arkansas - October 3, Champion Large Fowl & RESERVE SHOW CHAMPION! Black Araucana Pullet Congratulations to Drexel Jordan, Little Rock, Arkansas! SouthEast District Fair Show, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, October 3, 2013 ~ Res. of Breed & Reserve Champion AOSB - Black Araucana Pullet. Congratulations to Angela Tuttle, Covington, Louisiana! St. Tamany Parish Fair Show, Covington, Louisiana, October 4, 2013 ~ Champion Large Fowl - Brown Red Araucana Cockerel & Reserve Champion Large Fowl - Red Araucana Cockerel. SouthEast District Fair Show Pine Bluff, Arkansas - October 3, Best of Variety - Mottled Araucana Hen (LF) Best of Variety - BB Red Araucana Pullet (LF) SkyBlueEgg Araucana SkyBlueEgg.com & Araucana.com Large Fowl Araucana in Black, Black Breasted Red, Golden Duckwing, Silver Duckwing & White Ann Charles, Winnfield, Louisiana contact@skyblueegg.com (318) (lv msg) Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 08 October 2013

9 Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder The Expression, Suppression and Brian Reeder Brian Reederrian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Interactions Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian of Autosomal Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Pheomelanin Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian (Aph) Reeder Brian in Reeder the Brian Domestic Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Fowl: Reeder Brian Part Reeder Brian 1 Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder Brian Reeder By Brian Reeder Reprinted From September 2012 issue of Exhibition Poultry. In this article I will outline my observations of the interaction of factors involved in the distribution and suppression of functionally non-sex-linked, visually pheomelanic pigment in the domestic fowl, which I refer to as Autosomal Pheomelanin (Aph). The many effects of the autosomal pheomelanin complex are of extreme importance to the creation of the various color varieties, especially the very dark, mahogany red varieties and the clean-white, silver varieties. In both of those extreme ends of pheomelanic saturation or suppression, we see homozygosity for the required factors, in order to achieve the color goals. To create these extremes of phenotype, there must be an understanding that we are looking at a multi-layered genotype, not just the action of one gene or one locus with two alleles. To begin, I will state that I strongly suspect that autosomal pheomelanin is present in all domestic fowl, and their precursors, the four species of jungle fowl. I suspect that the autosomal pheomelanic factor is as basic as sex-linked pheomelanin, eumelanin or the e- locus: i.e., all domestic fowl and jungle fowl have these basic factors. Those varieties of domestic fowl and one or two jungle fowl species, which do not express or only partially express autosomal pheomelanin, are the result of a mutation that removes the autosomal pheomelanin; inhibitor of autosomal pheomelanin (Aph^I). This factor seems to be a simple knockout gene, showing partial dominance to Aph in the heterozygous state and total dominance to Aph in the homozygous state. It is probable that this mutation simply stops the developmental chain that forms the autosomal pheomelanin before it can complete its task, thus knocking-out the production of autosomal pheomelanin before the process is completed. Thus a heterozygote can express some small level of Aph while the homozygote expresses none at all. I suspect that a wild form/precursor of Aph^I is found in the Gray jungle fowl, though it seems to vary from population to population, as to whether they are pure for the gene. This may be a natural segregation of the trait due to locality origins, or it could indicate some level of hybridization with domestic fowl. The Green jungle fowl may also exhibit some effects of an Aph^I-like factor. However, I feel the Gray jungle fowl is the most likely source for the Aph^I genetic factor in domestic fowl, much as yellow skin likely entered the domestic fowl via hybridization with Gray jungle fowl. When Aph is not expressed due to Aph^I, those genes which require Aph in order to be expressed in the phenotype, specifically Mahogany (Mh), have no base upon which to express, and in the homozygote for Aph^I, even the Mh/Mh homozygote does not express Mahogany visually. A bird that is Aph^I/ aph^i, the heterozygote for the Autosomal Pheomelanin Inhibitor, can express some small amount of mahogany, but very little. This will hold true whether gold (s+) or silver (S) forms of sex-linked pheomelanin are present, though it is much more obvious when dealing with the silver based males (S/S or S/s+). Autosomal pheomelanin can be found in conjunction with s+/s+, S/s+ or S/S males and S or s+ females. As well, Aph^I can be found in conjunction with any of the s-allele combinations. Finally birds of any s-allele combination can be heterozygotes for Autosomal Pheomelanin Inhibitor. Thus can be produced a fairly confusing array of visual expressions. Many of the potential heterozygous expressions and combinations are merely mistaken for, or thought to be, either S/s+ heterozygosity or diluted forms of s+. I first introduced the term Autosomal pheomelanin from experiments with golden duckwing (the pure silver form of golden S/ S males that are creamy or blond in tone) and clean-white silver duckwing phoenix. The presence or absence of the salmon breast on the duckwing allele in the presence of S is Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 09 October 2013 dependant on the presence or absence of the Inhibitor of Autosomal pheomelanin (Aph^I), and those lines had no red enhancers (specifically Mh), which creates the so-called autosomal red visual effect. Autosomal red was originally described in the literature as the pigment causing the red shoulder on some sex-linked silver-based males. It was suggested it might be related to the salmon breast of silver duckwing hens, but nothing further than that. The visual effect being described as autosomal red is the interaction of more than one factor, specifi cally auto somal pheomelanin (Aph), mahogany and possibly (probably) other factors that enhance saturation of Mh on Aph. In my earlier work with Aph/S/e+, I chose at that time to describe the two major platform factors as ap and Ap+, or Autosomal pheome lanin and absence of autosomal pheomelanin, designating the later with a plus sing to signify wild type based on evidence that the factor derives from the Gray jungle fowl. However, further analysis of subsequent data shows that this is most likely not the case, but rather, that ap, now called Aph, and Ap+, now called Inhibitor of Autosomal Pheomelanin (Aph^I) are not alleles at the same locus, but are actually two different factors that may not even be found on the same chromosome. Now we will look at how these genes interact. To go in either extreme direction, either to dark red or clean-white silver, we need to stack certain factors, which will show the multi-gene nature of these phenotype effects. I will delineate the factors I would suggest are at work here. Aph and Aph^I - At the very base are the two major autosomal pheomelanin expressions. These are Autosomal Pheomelanin (Aph), which as described above is a factor found in all jungle fowl and domestic fowl, and Inhibitor of Autosomal pheomelanin (Aph^I), which as described above is found in a wild type form in the Gray Jungle Fowl and in many color varieties of domestic fowl.

10 My work suggests that these two factors operate as autosomal dominants, and seem to be co-dominant, and that while Aph is inherent to all jungle and domestic fowl, Aph^I is a knockout mutation that stops the production of Aph, thus also stopping the interaction genes that depend on Aph for expression (most notably Mh). The visual effect sometimes called autosomal red is the combination of those genes that enhance autosomal phe omel anin, ma king it deeper in tone and saturation. There is no gene autosomal red as such, because this visual effect is the composite of multiple genes. Of these genes, the only one that is known and thus fairly well documented i s Mahogany, which is often described as a eumelanic restrictor. However, its primary manifestation is to enhance the pigment sa tura tion in the pheomelanic areas, with the strongest effect occurring on those areas of the body that are saturated with Aph. In other words, Mahogany expresses most strongly and fully in autosomal pheomelanic areas, such as the shoulder or top of the head/outer ring of the hackle, where it shows very little interaction with pheomelanic diluters. However, pheomelanic diluters can have an effect on mahogany when it is saturating sex-linked pheomelanic areas, such as the hackle or saddle. When Aph and Mh are present on s+ homozygotes, very dark, saturated reds are created such as Rhode Island Reds, BB Red Cubalaya, Dark Brown Leghorns, Speckled Sussex, etc. However, Aph and Mh can occur on S homozygotes and there they produce, as one example, cream-colored hackles/saddles and dark red shoulders in males with similar hackles and very dark red/brown breasts and shoulders in females on the duckwing allele, e+. Aph and/or Aph^I effects and interacts with all the e-alleles, and is not just an expression of the duckwing allele. The interactions of Aph and Aph^I with The many effects of the autosomal pheome lanin the e-alleles will be the topic complex are of extreme of a forthcoming article, as importance to the creation there is not space in this one of the various color varieties, especially the very do occur on all of the e-al- for that discussion. Suffice to say, Aph and Aph^I can and dark, mahogany red varieties and the clean-white, silseen due to full melanizaleles, even if they remain unver varieties. In both of tion, as is the case with black those extreme ends of varieties (which, by the way, can have any combination of pheomelanic saturation or Aph/Aph^I and S/s+ under suppression, we see homozygosity for the required On the opposite end of their melanization). factors, in order to achieve the spectrum from full saturation of Aph (the so-called the color goals. autosomal red ), what could then be called autosomal silver is the combination of genes that help to whiten the silver pigment. The most basic is Aph^I, which restricts the expression of Autosomal pheomelanin. I wish to stress the action of Aph^I here. It actively suppresses the expression of Aph and those genes dependant upon Aph for expression even when they are present. As with the autosomal red visual effect, other genes are layered on the Aph^I base to help in the whitening effect by suppressing the expression of any Aph interaction genes, thus allowing full expression of the (S) sex-linked silver allele. Now let s think about what that means for a moment in order to really get this point. Aph^I and its interaction factors tends to not just be absence of Aph, but are factors which seem to actively suppress Aph and its interaction factors even when they are present, creating a stark with to near white plumage in the pheomelanic zones (think of a true, clean silver of any variety and true, clean white-silver is rare in all varieties calling for it as most are brassy, which means that the entire set of dilution effects are not present and/or Aph^I is heterozygous while the s-allele is homozygous for S). Much as in the multigenic autosomal red visual effect, when in interaction with Aph^I other genes help to intensify the effect of pheomelanic reduction. There are several genes that interact with (S) silver to create a lighter phenotype. Dilute, cream and others help to suppress pheomelanic pigments, with the greatest effect of these genes being on sex-linked pheomelanin. As an example, this allows one to have a bird homozygous for cream but with a deep mahogany shoulder, as cream interacts with sex-linked pheomelanin, but not with autosomal pheomelanin. However, when cream is in recombination with Aph^I along with S/S, it helps to whiten the silver areas through further diluting them. Likely dilute has a similar effect. The genetic factors that work with Aph^I are in many ways an undiscovered country. Since Autosomal pheomelanin has been little studied or recognized for the last century, these genes remain to be discovered and understood. The same is true for those red saturating factors, beyond Mahogany, as clearly, all Mahogany expressing lines do not show the same shade. I suspect that some of the recessive black factors interact with Aph and Mahogany to create far darker shades of red, Introducing Brian Reeder s latest book... 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11 but there may be other genes that do this as well. Proposed Gene s and Definitions Here I will present a small list of the proposed factors involved in the autosomal pheomelanic complex. Aph Autosomal pheomelanin is a proposed autosomal dominant factor found in all chickens and all four species of jungle fowl, which distributes non- sex- linked pheomelanin within the target regions as determined by the e-allele (to be discussed further in a later article). Aph^I Inhibi tor of Autosomal pheomelanin is a proposed dominant factor, which restricts the distribution of non-sexlinked pheomelanin within the target regions as determined from the e-allele. I suggest that this is a simple knockout gene that turns off the expression of Aph at some point along the developmental chain of pigment formation. Autosomal red is the visual result of those factors, which layer onto Aph to make visually dark red plumage areas, most notably mahogany (Mh), but possibly other red intensifiers as well. Autosomal red is not itself a single gene, but is the visual expression of several genetic factors layered or stacked, interacting, to produce the dark red areas perceived by the naked eye. Mh Mahogany is an autosomal dominant gene that interacts with pheomelanin to darken the tone, creating deep red to reddishbrown tones. Mh is the best-known gene in the autosomal red complex and is reliant upon the Aph base for expression. On Aph^I homozygotes, even if they are s+/s+ (gold) homozygotes, Mh has little or no effect, due to the suppression on Aph. Autosomal silver is the visual result of those factors that interact with Aph^I to make clean white silver plumage by suppressing Aph and its additive factors, when in combination with the s-allele S (silver). S sex-linked silver, one of two alleles at the s-locus, the other being the alternate allele s+ or gold. Silver produces a dilution effect on the sex-linked pheomelanic areas, producing pigment color ranging from medium yellow/gold to cream to off white to clean white, depending upon interactions with Aph, Aph^I and other dilution factors (such as dilute, cream, etc). s+ - sex-linked gold, the other allele at the s-locus, which is an orange tone by nature, only becoming darker when combined with Mahogany or other red intensifying factors, or lighter (yellow/gold) when interacting with dilution factors It should be noted, that as of this writing, no linkage or pleiotropy has been noted in any of the above-listed genes or factors. Thus, any and all of these factors can segregate and interact, creating a broad range of segregations and phenotypes that requires a separate writing to begin to explain and illustrate. Suffice to say for now that there is a broad range of segregations possible and that they run the gambit from the cleanest, pure, white silver, to the darkest, deep red mahogany, with many possibilities in between. A full description is beyond the scope of this article, but will be the focus of articles to follow. My intent herein has been to offer an overview of the factors involved in the phenomena of autosomal pheomelanin, and thereby to clarify my limited writings of the past on the subject and express some of my deeper understanding based upon over fifteen years of observation and test mating of these factors. Eastern New York State Poultry Association 50th Annual Fall Show September 29, 2013 Cobleskill, New York Best of Breed - Black Araucana Hen Res.of Breed - Black Araucana Hen Best of Variety - White Araucana K Best of Variety - GDW Araucana C Best of Variety - GDW Araucana K Champion Turkey - Royal Palm P Res. Champ. Tukey - Royal Palm H West New York Poultry Club Show September 7, 2013 Bath, New York Best of Breed - Black Araucana Hen Res.of Breed - Black Araucana Hen Best of Variety - White Araucana K Best of Variety - GDW Araucana C Best of Variety - GDW Araucana K Champion Turkey - Bourbon Red H Twin Tier Poultry Club s 31st Annual Show September 8, 2013 Bath, New York Best of Breed - Black Araucana Hen Res.of Breed - White Araucana K Best of Variety - GDW Araucana k Champion Turkey - Royal Palm P Res. Champ. Tukey - Bourbon Red H A BIG THANK YOU to the New York Clubs for three fun & well run shows!!! CINDY MANSELL Waterlooo, New York crzybluechick@yahoo.com Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 11 September 2013

12 2013 S.E. Arkansas District Fair Poultry Show October 3, 2013 Pine Bluff, Arkansas Results by Lewis Hinkle Photos by Ann Charles Thanks exhibitors for a great show! Let's plan now for an even greater show next year! Our Judges this year were: Open Show - Pat Malone, Fort Worth, Texas. Clerk - Will Bryles. Junior Show - Peyton Igo, Ruston, LA. Clerk - Frankie Harper. Here are the results according to the clerk sheets. OPEN BANTAMS Best Open Bantam - Black Wyandotte Hen, Shown by Jerry Carter, Ashley County, AR. Reserve Open Bantam - Rhode Island Red Cockerel, Shown by Chuck Sindle, Union County, AR. Best Modern Class - Black Pullet, Shown by Jim Crain, Minden, LA.. Reserve Open Modern Class Black Pullet, Shown by Jim Crain, Minden, LA. Best Old English Class - Black Cockerel, Shown by Jim Crain, Minden, LA. Reserve Old English Class Blue Cock, Shown by Theresa McConnell, Ouachita County, AR. Best RCCL Class - Black Wyandotte Hen, Shown by Jerry Carter, Ashley County, AR. Reserve RCCL Open Class - White Wyandotte Pullet. Shown by Jerry Carter, Ashley County, AR. Best SCCL Open Class Rhode Island Red Cockerel. Shown by Chuck Sindle, Union OPEN SHOW CHAMPION & CHAMPION BANTAM was a Black Wyandotte Hen exhibited by Jerry Carter, Ashley County, Arkansas. County. Reserve RCCL Open Class - Black Australorp Pullet. Shown by Jim Crain, Minden, LA Best FL Open Class - White Silkie Hen, Shown by Randy Cherry, Cleveland County, AR. Reserve FL Open Class - Blue Silkie Coc k, Shown by Ther esa McConnel l, Ouachita County, AR. Best Open Bantam Duck - Grey Call Pullet - Shown by Theresa McConnell, Ouachita County. Reserve Open Bantam Duck - Grey Call Pullet - Shown by Theresa McConnell, Ouachita County, AR. Champion Modern Game was a Black Pullet, exhibited by Jim Crain, Minden, Louisiana. Champion Old English Game was a Black Cockerel, exhibited by Jim Crain, Minden, Louisiana. Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 12 October 2013 Champion Feather Leg was a White Silkie Hen, exhibited by Randy Cherry, Arkansas.

13 Champion SCCL and Reserve Champion Bantam - Rhode Island Red Cockerel, Shown by Chuck Sindle, Arkansas. Champion Bantam Duck - Grey Call Pullet - Shown by Theresa McConnell, Arkansas. OPEN LARGE FOWL Best Open Large Fowl - Black Arauca na Pulle t - Show n by Ann Charle s, Winnfield, LA. Reserve Open Large Fowl - Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerel - Shown by Hubert McKeown, Drew County, AR. Best American Open Class - Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerel - Shown by Hubert McKeown, Drew County, AR. Reserve American Open Class - New Hampshire Pullet - Shown by Rebecca Boudra, Jefferson County, AR. Best Asiatic Open Class - Black Cochin Hen - Shown by Drexel Jordan, Pulaski County, AR. Reserve Asiatic Open Class - Dark Brahma Cock - Shown by Frankie Harper, Cleveland County, AR. Bes t Continenta l Open Class - Welsummer Pullet - Shown by Drexel Jordan, Pulaski County, AR. Reserve Continental Open Class - Cuckoo Maran - Shown by Clara Carter, Ashley County, AR. Best All Other Standard Breed - Black Araucana Pullet - Shown by Ann Charles, Reserve Open Show Champion & Champion Large Fowl was a Black Araucana Pullet exhibited by Ann Charles (SkyBlueEgg), Winnfield, Louisiana.. Reserve Champion Large Fowl and Champion American was a Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerel exhibited by Hubert McKeown, Arkansas. Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 13 October 2013 Champion Asiatic was a Black Cochin Hen exibited by Drexel Jordan, Arkansas.

14 Champion Continental was a Welsummer Pullet exibited by Drexel Jordan, Arkansas. Winnfield, LA. Reserve All Other Standard Breed Open Class Black Araucana Pullet - Shown by Drexel Jordan, Pulaski County, AR. Best and Reserve Open Turkey Class - Bronze Tom - Shown by Rebecca Boudra, Jefferson County, AR OPEN SHOW CHAMPION - Black Wyandotte Hen - Shown by Jerry Carter, Ashley County, AR. RES. OPEN SHOW CHAMPION - Black Araucana Pullet - Shown by Ann Charles, Winnfield, LA. JUNIOR SHOW RESULTS Bantams Best of Junior Show - Brown Red Modern Pullet - Shown by Ethan Graves, Drew County, AR. Rese rve of Junior Show - White Call Hen - Shown by Addie Bryles, Prairie County. Best Junior Bantam - Brown Red Modern Pullet - Shown by Ethan Graves, Drew County. Reserve Junior Bantam - Birchen Modern Pullet - Shown by Ethan Graves, Drew County Best Mode rn Class Junior Bantam - Brown Red Pullet - Shown by Ethan Graves. Reserve Modern Class Junior Bantam - Birchen Pullet - Shown by Ethan Graves Best Old English Class Junior Bantam - Crele Hen - Shown by Jennifer Sneed, Drew County. Reserve Old English Class Junior Bantam - Black Cock - Shown by Sy Lanthrip, Lincoln County. Best SCCL Class Junior Bantam - White Faced Spanish Pullet - Shown by Jordan Wilcox, Faulkner County. Reserve SCCL Class Junior Bantam - Rhode Island Red Pullet - Shown by Jordan Wilcox. Best RCCL Class Junior Bantam - White Wyandotte Hen - Shown by Rachel Mills, Faulkner County. Reserve RCCL Class Junior Bantam - White Wyandotte Cockerel - Shown by Rachel Mills, Faulkner County Best FL Class Junior Bantam - Black Cochin Hen - Shown by Will Bryles, Prairie County. Reserve FL Class Junior Bantam - Splash Silkie Pullet - Shown by Ethan Graves, Drew County. Best AOCCL Class Junior Bantam - Dark Cornish Hen - Shown by Will Bryles, Prairie County. Reserve AOCCL Class Junior Bantam Dark Cornish Cock - Shown by Will Bryles, Prairie County. Best Bantam Duck - White Call Hen - Shown by Addie Bryles, Prairie Count, Arkansas. Reserve Bantam Duck - Grey Call Pullet - Shown by Will Bryles, Prairie County, Arkansas. Large Fowl Best Junior Large Fowl - Light Brown Leghorn Hen - Shown by Will Bryles, Prairie County. Reserve Junior Large Fowl - Black Sumatra Cock. Shown by Patrick Owen, Lincoln County. Best Large Fowl Duck - White Runner Cock - Shown by Jennifer Sneed, Drew County. Reserve Large Fowl Duck - White Runner Hen - Shown by Jennifer Sneed, Drew County Best American Class Rock Pullet - Shown by Griffin Sparks, Grant County. Reserve American Class Barred Plymouth Rock Pullet - Shown by Gracie Sparks, Grant County. Best English Class Buff Orpington Cock Shown by Gunnar Donaldson, Lincoln County. Reserve English Class - Black Australorp Pullet - Shown by Jordan Wilcox, Faulkner County Be st Conti nental Class White Crested Blue Polish Hen - Shown by Ethny As hcra ft, Jefferson County. Reserve Continental Class - White Crested Black Polish Hen - Shown by Rebecca Reed, Jefferson County Best Mediterranean Class - Light Brown Leghorn Hen - Shown by Will Bryles, Prairie County. Reserve Mediterranean Class - Light Brown Leghorn Hen - Shown by Will Bryles, - White Plymouth Exhibition Poultry Magazine Page 14 October 2013 Prairie County Best All Other Standard Breed Class Black Sumatra Cock - Shown by Patrick Owen, Lincoln County - Reserve All Other Standard Breed Class - Black Sumatra Hen - Shown by Jordan Wilcox, Faulkner County. Best Goose - White Chinese Hen - Shown by Josh Belcourt, Cleveland County. JUNIOR POULTRY SHOWMANSHIP RESULTS & SCORES Beginner Division (Ages 5-8) Addies Bryles - (72) Zachary Roberts - (69) Primary Division (Ages 9-11) Ethan Graves (78) Sy Lanthrip (59) Junior Division (Ages 12-14) Will Bryles (100) Jennifer Sneed (83) Aaron Stone (71) Nathan Reed (59) Senior Division (Ages 15-18) Bree Lanthrip (92) Gunnar Donaldson (79) Josh Belcourt (74) Top 4 Showmanship Over-All 1) Will Bryles, Prairie County (100) 2) Bree Lanthrip, Lincoln County (92) 3) Jennifer Sneed, Drew County (83) 4) Gunnar Donaldson, Lincoln County (79) Again, Thanks for A Great Show! Junior Show Champion - Brown Red Modern Pullet - Shown by Ethan Graves, Drew County, Arkansas.

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