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1 The All-Orp The Official Publication of The United Orpington Club Spring 2013 Dedicated to all Orpingtons large fowl and bantam and to the breeders if this fine fowl Presidents Message Thought I would drop a line for the All-Orp, I have had a change in my life for 3 months. I have moved back to Newport, TN to finish the school year. I started the last of Feb. They had one of the Ag teachers quit and was in a fix. I found a place to keep my buffs there in Oklahoma and I brought my bantams with me. I had chicken pens at the school when I left so it worked out. My chicken raising will be on hold till I get back to Oklahoma around the first of June. Won t have any early birds to show, bantams will be OK but you can t show the big guys hatched so late. My at school is chandlerd@mail.cocke.k12.tn.us if you want to get in a hold of me. We have placed the Orp National for 2014 at the APA National at Knoxville, TN. In December. It will be good for the folks in that part of the country. Hope all have hatched a lot of good ones for this year. I miss raising those babies. The ones I had hatched I gave away cause I didn t have a way to keep them. It will all work out, just be late on some. I have talked to much. Don Chandler Vice Presidents Message Hey Folks Well now let's talk about our breeding plans for the season. If you have not done so already, it is time to get your breeding pens set up. I recommend putting your best male bird in a pen with your 3 best pullets or hens. Some people will place up to 6 females with a male bird but I have always used 3 for maximum fertility. A cock bird can handle up to 5 females where the younger male may be maxed out at 3. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Presidents Message 1 Vice Presidents Message 1-2 Secretary Message 2 Recording secretary 3 Treasurer Report 5 Director Updates 5&7 Member ads 8 Members write 9 For Sale Items 10 Keep in mind that this is strictly my opinion so your individual situation might call for a different approach. Keep plenty of fresh water available and maintain artificial lighting if necessary to have 14 hours of available light in the breeding pens. If you keep constant feed out for your birds it may cause the hens to get too fat and then they won't lay as well. So if you can, limit the feed to 5 ounces twice per day. It is also a good idea to let the birds have access to an exercise area where they can forge in the grass and weeds for insects if possible. I also feed oats soaked in water for 72 hours. Gather your eggs twice per day if possible and let them "rest" in a dry cool area for 12 hours before placing them in your incubator. In my operation, I use the Cock birds on pullets and the younger males on hens. It just seems to work well for my operation. If your birds are closely relatated, you can switch your male birds out every 3 days to give them "new territory" to work on. The male birds seem to work a little harder in this situation. But, if you need to keep closer control on your genetics as in for example-- you are using a new outcross

2 Page 2 All- Orp Vice President Message cont. bird to get some hybrid vigor, then switching males would not work. Enjoy your new chicks and keep working on getting young people and old alike interested in Poultry and Orpingtons. Thanks, Roy J. Autrey Secretary Message Hello UOC members, This year has seemed to start off with a bang. I have been kept so busy with the birds, my family and the farm. I barely have time for myself. It has been alot warmer here than normal. We usually still have snow. It has all melted off and we have gotten most of the spring cleaning done in the barns. I have started hatching my Large Orpingtons. It has been a weird year because we are warm one day and the next we are cold. It seems to keep the birds from laying consistently. So, much for hatching my birds early. Alas, there is always next year. We continue to have a steady growth in membership. There is alot of interest in the Orpington breed. I get several calls a week inquiring about where to buy Orpington chicks. If you have, or plan to have Orpington chicks. Please contact me and let me now. We also have available our membership advertisement in this publication and on the website. It is that time of year again to take out our APA and ABA ads. If you are interested please see page five for rates. The 2013 United Orpington Club National was held in Stockton, CA. Last time we had our national there were 84 bantam and Large Fowl Orpingtons total. Show report 2013 UOC National as follows: Large Fowl 17 total; Best of Breed- BV Buff Cock : Jim Sallee RV Buff Hen: Jim Sallee 15 buffs BV Black Hen : Christina Korfus RV Black Hen: Christina Korfus 2 Blacks Bantam Orpingtons 10 Total: Best of Breed & BV Buff cock : Josh Simon RV buff hen: Josh Simon Reserve of Breed & BV black pullet : Zach Rose RV black cock : Zach Rose BV blue cockerel : Zach Rose RV blue pullet : Zach Rose For a grand total of 27 Orpingtons. We would like to see the numbers larger. All in all it is always a very nice show. Jim Sallee LF cock bird was overall best Orpington. Also, his Orpingtons won best English Trio. Thanks to everyone that showed up! I also, wanted to clarify the web address of TheFancyChick.com The last newsletter I mistakenly put the wrong website for where I had gotten my German white male. Thanks again Nellie! Until next time, Christina Korfus UOC Secretary Members, if anyone has any ideas on projects etc. that might help better our club, please to get involved, we d love to have you participate in helping to make the United Orpington Club a great successful club!

3 All-Orp Page 3 Recording Secretary Message Hello from Northern Minnesota, We had our first chicks hatch February 18, the same day our first grandchild was born! Natalie Joy is doing well and so are the chicks. We already explained to her that she can't have any chicks from the first hatch but some will be coming later this spring. Our son and his wife explained that they can't have chickens in town. We may send her a none chick gift in a chick box. That ought to get their attention. We have had a long, cold winter with lots of snow to move. We've been getting lots of eggs but they sure haven't been very fertile. Even with a heated barn and lights it still seems like the males need longer days of natural light. We will have the 2012 points added up for the next newsletter. Hope your hatching is going well. Best Orpington 2013 UOC National: Jim Sallee Buff Orpington cock bird Vern and Sandy Holzhueter, My Brothers Peeps, fit and showing their Large Fowl blue and black Orpingtons Jake and Zayne Cotton Wood AZ RB, blue Orpington hen by Amy Kovich (pictured) Washington Feather Fanciers Spring show. Monroe, WA.

4 Page 4 Is experience in poultry keeping Necessary? by William H Cook Pg 70 The poultry Keepers Journal 9/15/1922 I am sure there are more failures in poultrykeeping that are attributable to lack of experience than I m gained to any other cause. From this it must not be imagined that anyone cannot be a poultry-keeper until he has under-gone a course of study in this branch of agriculture, and that if he does commence the work without training, failure is the inevitable end. Frequently it is largely a matter of individual capacity, and I have known very successful poultry-keepers who have never had a day s training, but have depended entirely upon their own commonsense. On the other hand I have known those who have been trained, but who, by the want of commonsense, have failed. Speaking generally, however, want of experience is a fruitful cause of failure, and it is invariably found that when a man rashly starts on a large scale, without having had the least experience or knowledge of the subject, utter failure is almost sure to follow. The man who starts in a very modest way, and has only a limited number of birds, will probably succeed beyond his best hopes, since he will gain experience day by day, until he ultimately becomes master of the solution. When the time arrives for expanding his establishment he is well equipped for doing, and to face any emergency that may arise, and to overcome difficulties that would completely overwhelm the man who made a start on a large scale with but only a small amount of experience. It must be remembered any type poultry-keeping is a definite business, requiring much hard work and observation to make it a success. The general desire of many beginners is to launch out in a large way from the commencement, but these are those who have only gained some theoretical knowledge of poultry farming, and not the man who has had a proper training. His start is very different in every respect the choosing of All- Orp the right neighborhood, the position, the soil, the plant and stock are all carefully weighed over first, whilst his plan from the begging are already made and workable, and he can count on making a good living and saving money, because he has the practical knowledge and ability to start right and make it a success. Anyone wishing to embark into the poultry business as a sure means of livelihood should certainly go as a pupil or student on to a good poultry farm where he can be taught the whole system in a thoroughly practical manner, and place himself under the care of those who do know and have proved that poultry-keeping can be made to pay, and have done it. The pupil must gain his knowledge by actual practical experience in order to enable him to do everything with his own hands, so that whether he commences in business on his own behalf or takes over the management of some other person s farm, he must be efficient in every detail of the work so necessary to the carrying of a poultry business in a successful manner. Naturally, some pupils learn much quicker than others, but for one to become thoroughly efficient in every branch of poultry-keeping it is usual to work and study for two years, as in the second year one is able to thoroughly master all the detail master all the detail work that occurred in the first year, and also to put to practical test so much of the various methods of management to obtain the best results. Every symptom of each disease to which poultry are liable, the various remedies; the feeding qualities of different meals and grains, with their weight and prices, the values of various breeds and their breeding qualities, artificial and natural incubation and the raising of chickens, are no minor details, and take mouths of hard work and study to thoroughly master. cont on pg 6...

5 All-Orp The ABA rates are as follows, they will also be offering colored ads. Black and White Full Color Rates FULL PAGE-$95.00 FULL PAGE COLOR-$ /2 PAGE-$ /2 PAGE COLOR-$ /4 PAGE-$ /4 PAGE COLOR-$ /8 PAGE-$ /8 PAGE COLOR- $35.00 Judges Ad (1/4 page with photo) $35.00 Judges section - Black and White only FULL PAGE CLUB - $ (Full page club ad is made up of 6 individual 1/8 page ads at $20 per square The Top 1/4 page goes to the sponsoring club at no charge) FULL PAGE CLUB AD COLOR - $ (Full page color club ad is made up of 6 individual 1/8 page ads at $30 per square The Top 1/4 page goes to the sponsoring club at no charge) Treasury Report Beginning balance National Poultry Press Postage, Donation youth UOC District Director#3 IN, MI, OH- Doug Akers Page 5 The Spring show season got underway in District 3 with the West Central Ohio Poultry Show on March 9 & 10 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Here are other UOC meets confirmed this Spring Memberships Misc (Patch) Ending Balance Please me you ads by April 25th at korfuskluckers@aol.com. I will get them sent in all together. Makes it alot easier for the club to put together the yearbook. The ABA rates are as follows : The cost is $96 per page for club ads. Each page contains six individual ads ($16/each) or three double ads (32.00) each. The club banner will be on the top of the page. The deadline is soon. April 1st. So please call or me if you decide you want one. I have requests for three ads so far. April 13, Gateway Poultry Show; Bloomington, Indiana. Special Meet. Judges: Clell Agler and Lewis Cunningham April 27 & 28, Dayton Fancy Feather Club; Greenville, Ohio. Special Meet Info: Bill Sherwin, May 4, Michigan Spring Fowl Fest, Alma, Michigan. Special Meet. Judges: Terry Britt and Lewis Cunningham United Orpington Club has a forum; it is only open for members to participate. Anyone member or not can read it. Please join other Orpington club members on the forum! May 4, Top of Ohio Poultry Show, Bellefontaine, Ohio. Special Meet. May 25 & 26, Southern Ohio Spring Poultry Show; Lucasville, Ohio. State Meet. David Adkins, , evenings

6 Page 6 All- Orp cont. from pg. 4 I myself have had pupils who, in six months, have made themselves efficient enough to commence in a small way, and then by keeping in touch with them they have made their farm successful and a paying concern. It is only by obtaining such experience on a wellequipped and up-to-date poultry farm, under the tuition of practical experts, who can impart their knowledge in a manner that is easily understood, can a pupil ever expect to become efficient and able to make a success of poultry farming. To succeed in any form of poultry keeping, it is necessary to economies whenever it is practicable, but to purchase cheap appliances, stock and food is a very great mistake. To apply common sense, purchase what is necessary, and pay a fair price for a good article, is sound advice to every beginner who contemplates keeping a few or a large number of fowls. William H. Cook Mark your calendars and save the date!!!!! The 2014 United Orpington Club National will be held Tennessee Valley Poultry Club Chilhowee Park-Knoxville, TN Contact Eddie Dunlap kimtone@att.net December This is also an American Poultry Assn Annual Meet!! (Above) Reserve LF- black Orpington hen by Sylvia Bland- Pensacola Fl 2nd show 1st show best of breed. Below Champion Row with Orpington pictured above.

7 All-Orp Page 7 District Director#12 AL, FL, GA, SC, PR- Julie Batchelor United Orpington Club Membership Application Hi from District 12. Well Winter is all but gone here in this neck of the Woods. I am sure there are probably a few in this district still experiencing the cold weather. It has been a slow start for me this Fall and Winter. I thought for sure I would have had lots of chicks hatched. I did not know I would experience the longest molt season I have ever had. My girls went into a molt in early Sept and never layed another egg until early Jan. I had just a few pullets that were not on the same cycle. I still have a few girls not laying yet. Just wondering if anyone else had this happen this year. Hoping everyone has a productive year hatching and showing if you show. There are quite a few new colors folks are working on and they are looking pretty good. The Blacks and Blues are making some head way in shows on the East coast. I have seen a lot more interest in Bantam Orps also. It would be nice to see more of these shown. I am hoping to see more young folks getting in on the hobby. Looking forward to seeing more of you on the forum and pictures of your Orps. Julie This space is reserved for those who did not write in for this newsletter. Please share your show wins, or stories you have about your Orpingtons! Members will receive four newsletters per year and an annual breeders list. Dues are $10/year or $25/3 year individual, 15/year or $40/3 year family, or $5/year junior.* Please print clearly. Date of Application: Name: Address: City: State: Zip Code: Phone: ( ) Website Please list varieties you raise and indicate large fowl or bantam: Please mail completed application and check payable to: United Orpington Club Send to: Christina Korfus PO Box 681 Cle Elum, Wa korfuskluckers@aol.com Application can also be found on our website The UOC now has the PayPal feature! *NSF will be charged a $15.00 Service Fee

8 Page 8 United Orpington Club Officers and Directors President - Don Chandler chandlerd@mail.cocke.k12.tn.us Vice President - Roy Autrey cowboygourmet@earthlink.net Secretary - Christina Korfus korfuskluckers@aol.com Recording Secretary - Vern & Sandy Holzhueter pinegrov@yahoo.com Don Chandler LF Buff Orpington s Bantam in Black & Chocolate chandlerd@mail.cocke.k12.tn.us Vern & Sandy Holzhueter Large Fowl Buff Orpington's Bantam Orpington's in blue, black, buff & white. pinegrov@yahoo.com No Chicks. Eggs & Adults Only All- Orp Webmaster s - Jon Alden - jonald93@rocketmail.com District #1 CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT- OPEN District #2 DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA- John Rebhahn rebhahng@aol.com District #3 IN, MI, OH- Doug Akers dakers@purdue.edu District #4 KY, NC, TN, VA, WV- Joel Gilman District #5 IA, IL, MN, ND, SD, WI- Butch (Airling) Gunderson amgund@verizon.net District #6 CO, KS, MO, NE- Jack Gilliland Jackgilliland2@aol.com District #7 AR, LA, MS, OK, TX- Kassandra Price iamannsleesmom@yahoo.com Raising: Orpingtons, Buff, Black and blue, Rhode Island Red both Single and Rose comb, Barred Plymouth Rock, Black Java, Dominiques, Buckeyes, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Gold Laced Wyandottes, Black Langshans and many more. Visit us at or call and Roy J. Autrey District #8 AZ, CA, NM, NV, UT- Warren Tye orps@juno.com District #9 AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, HI- Terra Pfingston TerrasCritters@aol.com District #10 Canada NS, ON, PQ- OPEN District #11 Canada AB, SK, BC- Bryan Roblin bryanroblin@hotmail.com District #12 AL, FL, GA, SC, PR, - Julie Batchelor keener@centurytel.net Eggs in the spring and adults in the fall, when available.

9 All-Orp Page 9 Members Write Christina, Just wanted to let you know I received The All- Orp and the 2012 year book today, thank you. I've only been raising poultry for 3 years, but I love it. In that time I've raised everything from orpingtons to cornish rocks to naked necks. I guess over a dozen different breeds. The Orpingtons just stand out. I'm excited about being a member in this club and look forward to making new friends who share the same interest. After reading through the year book and The All-Orp I see the club is very driven towards exhibiting. My wife and I are both veterinarians, with our own practice, so I know I won't have the time required to enter any shows (ours birds are out of hatchery lines anyway). Hopefully, through this membership, I will be able to acquire birds with better genetics and improve what I have now. Who knows maybe in a few years people will be trying to get orps from me. According to her little envelopes, Amy received the following awards: Best Orpington by Youth (thanks to Christina Korfus) Reserve Orpington by Youth (thanks to Christina Korfus) Champion English by Youth (thanks to Pam Watson) Reserve Champion English by Youth (thanks to Pam Watson) Thanks again, Beth Kovich ***** Way to go Amy, you did a fantastic job raising the Orpingtons you showed. Keep up the great job. We are proud of you!!***** just wanted to say thanks, Will Hi Christina: Oh my goodness, what a weekend for Amy! Thank you, thank you, thank you for helping her get started in Orpingtons. You can tell she loves them! Here are a few of the photos I took on Saturday. If you need more information, please let me know. I tried to label each photo in a descriptive way, but I did not crop them at all. I wasn't sure how you needed them for the newsletter or your site. Reserve of Breed-Blue Orpington hen by Amy Kovich- WFF Cascade spring show Monroe, WA. Amy Kovich left - Christina Korfus right

10 Page 10 All- Orp Club Items for Sale Shoulder Patches: $5 3 ½ & 3" patches, sky blue background, Buff Orpington male, black border and black lettering UNITED ORPINGTON CLUB. UOC Patch. Patches are 3 inches in diameter. Advertise with the UOC. You ad will be put on the website, in all four All-Orps, and the yearbook/breeders directory. $20.00 per year. Orpingtons From The Early 1900 s: 137 pp. booklet, $10 Parts of three books on Orpingtons and their origins. (1) 1 st 78 pp. Standard Bred Orpingtons J.H. Devenstedt editor, 1910 by Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company of Quincy, Illinois and American Poultry Publishing Company of Buffalo, New York. Gives in depth look at how Orpingtons were developed, raised and exhibited at that time. The American White Orpington Club Book of 1913 lists this book as a must for all serious Orpington Breeders. (2) 41 pp. from The Orpington and its Varieties By E. Campbell and published in This is some more interesting information on the raising, care and exhibition of Orpingtons. (3) The Poultry Book by Harrison Weir, edited by Willis Grant Johnson and assisted by George O. Brown. Published by Doubleday, Page and Co. in Hubbards Poultry Secrets $5 By Charles Henry Hubbard, published in pp. Collection of the authors experience in charge of the Black Orpington Standards at Foxhurst Farms and their undisputed leadership throughout the world for the 12 years before he wrote the book. It is mostly on the care and exhibition of poultry. Champion English-Sylvia Bland's Central Florida Poultry Association Show February 2013 The American White Orpington Club Book of 1913 $3 This is 18 pages and contains their by-laws, dues payments, available awards and a few articles by some of their members.

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