SALE OF GRADED TRADITIONAL PURE & RARE BREEDS POULTRY & WATERFOWL SATURDAY 10 th SEPTEMBER 2016 Auctions start at 9.30am Melton Mowbray Cattle Market Grading Consultants Dean Kay Catalogue 1.50
PLEASE NOTE AUCTION CHANGES 1) Birds must be in place by 8.30am. Grading commences at 9am. 2) Auction start times to be confirmed. 3) The upset price will now be either NO upset price, 15 default or specified by vendor. 4) Please note the catalogue price is 1.50 and.50p will be charged for postage 5) Commission rate has been reduced to 10% for any lot making over 80. 6) All buyers will be asked to examine their purchases carefully before leaving the market site. I hope you find these changes to be beneficial in the running of our Pure & Rare Breed show and sale.
MELTON MOWBRAY MARKET PURE BREEDS SALE SATURDAY 10 th September 2016 Entries are accepted and sold in the order in which they are received. To ensure a balance is maintained entries will be subject to restriction if too many birds are entered in any category. EGGS must be pre-booked on the separate Hatching Eggs Entry Form at 1 per Lot. We are pleased to announce that the entry fee for Poultry & Waterfowl remains at 3 per Lot. Please include cheque, payable to Melton Mowbray Market, for the cost of the entry fee and include 2 for a catalogue should you wish one to be sent out prior to the sale. PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to accept cash or postal orders for entries. Payment must be by CHEQUE and received with entry form. To conform with legislation please read and sign the declaration at the bottom of this form before it is returned. Failure to correctly complete any part of the entry form will result in the form being returned for correction and may thereby MISS THE CLOSING DATE ENTRIES CLOSE: FRIDAY 5 th AUGUST 2016 Name of Vendor (Mr/Mrs/Miss, etc) and Initial...Customer No... Address (in block capitals)...... POSTCODE...Tel No(s)... DECLARATION: By signing this form you confirm that any bird entered has been lawfully bred in captivity by captive bred parents. Vendor s Signature. Date:.. I have read and agree to abide by the conditions of the sale (attached). Vendor s Signature...Date... This form, duly completed, together with the correct fees to be returned to Melton Mowbray Market, Fur & Feather Division, Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1JY
Class No. (DO NOT LEAVE BLANK) Breed/Description PLEASE Use Capital Letters (Vendors are limited to a maximum of five entries of any one colour per class) Year Hatched (DO NOT LEAVE BLANK) Pair Trio 2 Fem 3 Fem ONLY Please enter your chosen Reserve NO RESERVE 15 Office Use Only Fee 3 Per Lot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Please include a catalogue (Delete if not required) If necessary, continue on a copy of this sheet. TOTAL DUE Please Note No Single Birds will be accepted in the Poultry classes and Cockerels will only be accepted as part of a Pair or Trio. 2
CLASSES MINIATURE FOWL & BANTAMS LARGE FOWL 1 Peafowl/Rhea 30 Ancona 64 Guinea Fowl 2 Turkeys 31 Araucana 65 Pheasant 3 Domestic Geese 32 Asian Hard Feather 66 Ancona 4 Ornamental Geese 33 Australorp 67 Appenzeller 5 Appleyard 34 Barnevelder 68 Araucana 35 Belgian 69 Asian Hard Feather MINIATURE & BANTAM 36 Brahma 70 Australorp WATERFOWL 37 Dutch 71 Barnevelder 6 Black East Indian 38 Faverolle 72 Brahma 7 Call 39 Frizzle 73 Cochin 8 Crested 40 Hamburgh 74 Croad Langshan 9 Silver 41 Indian Game 75 Derbyshire Redcap 10 Ornamental Waterfowl 42 Japanese 76 Dorking 43 Leghorn 77 Faverolle LARGE WATERFOWL 44 Maran 78 Frizzle 11 Abacot Ranger 45 Minorca 79 Hamburgh 12 Appleyard 46 Modern Game 80 Indian Game 13 Aylesbury 47 Nankin 81 Jersey Giant 14 Blue Swedish 48 New Hampshire 82 Leghorn 15 Campbell 49 Old English Game 83 Legbar 16 Cayuga 50 Orpington 84 Lincolnshire Buff 17 Crested 51 Pekin 85 Maran 18 Magpie 52 Plymouth Rock 86 Minorca 19 Mallard 53 Poland 87 Modern Game 20 Muscovy 54 Rhode Island Red 88 New Hampshire 21 Orpington 55 Rosecomb 89 Norfolk Grey 22 Pekin 56 Sebright 90 Old English Game 23 Rouen 57 Silkie 91 Orpington 24 Rouen Claire 58 Sumatra 92 Plymouth Rock 25 Runner 59 Sussex 93 Poland 26 Crested Runner (Bali) 60 Welsummer 94 Rhode Island Red 27 Saxony 61 Wyandotte 95 Silkie 28 Welsh Harlequin 62 Yokohama 96 Sumatra 29 All other breeds 63 All other breeds 97 Sussex 98 Vorwerk 99 Welsummer 100 Wyandotte Please Note: Class numbers 29, 63, and 102 are for breeds NOT listed in specific classes above. 101 Yokohama 102 All other breeds
Graded Sale of Poultry and Waterfowl Grading Cards will be awarded as follows: RED EXHIBITION SHOW QUALITY BLUE QUALITY BREEDERS The Grading of exhibits will be carried out by experienced poultry fanciers and judges to the best of their knowledge and ability. The cards awarded will indicate what in their opinion is the quality of the stock in the pen. However no guarantee can be given and the purchaser accepts the lots purchased with all faults and errors of any description. Red Cards indicate stock that with good management and show Preparation will be able to be shown at your local shows. Blue Cards indicate stock that is reasonably true to the standard and With good management should breed better quality stock. Pens with no card are regarded as garden stock and may contain at least one bird with a fault according to the standard but this will not be detrimental to the health of the stock or limit their laying ability.
MELTON MOWBRAY MARKET PURE BREEDS SALE SATURDAY 10 th SEPTEMBER 2016 HATCHING EGGS ENTRY FORM Entries will be sold in the order in which they are received on the day. Entries will be restricted to 10 Lots per vendor All Eggs entered are presumed guaranteed on breed and to be fertile. The Auctioneer has the right to deduct any sums should a complaint be made regarding the breed or fertility. Eggs will NOT be included in the Sale Catalogue. PLEASE NOTE, SITTINGS OF HEN AND DUCK EGGS MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 12 EGGS Entry fees of 1 per lot will be deducted from the Vendor s cheque. ENTRIES CLOSE: Friday 5 th AUGUST 2016 Name of Vendor (Mr/Mrs/Miss, etc) and Initial...Customer No... Address (in block capitals)...... POSTCODE...Tel No(s)... I WISH TO ENTER...LOTS IN THIS SALE (BREEDS TO BE NOTIFIED ON THE DAY) Vendors Signature...Date... This form, duly completed, together with the correct fees to be returned to Melton Mowbray Market, Fur & Feather Division, Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1JY
REGULATIONS & CONDITIONS FOR THE SALE OF PURE AND RARE BREEDING STOCK 1. The Sale will be conducted under the Melton Mowbray Market (MMM) Rules which may be viewed in the Fur & Feather office. Entries will ONLY be accepted on the official entry form, which MUST be signed by the vendor. 2. All entries must be in place by 08.30 on the day of the sale. Grading will commence at 9.00am. 3. Neither the Auctioneers nor any of their officers or servants shall be in any way responsible or accountable for any loss or damage howsoever caused whilst on the market premises prior to, during or after the sale. Each vendor will be solely responsible for any consequential or other loss, injury or damage done to or occasioned by or arising from any bird entered by him and shall indemnify the Auctioneers against all legal or other proceedings in relation thereto. 4. The cost of any veterinary attendance or treatment before, during or after the sale shall be borne by the owner of the bird concerned. 5. Owners are responsible for the behaviour of their servants and for the consequences of any misbehaviour of such servants. 6. The Auctioneers reserve the right to refuse entry or to cancel any entry already accepted, and will do so in respect of any bird which in their opinion does not conform to the required health or breed standard. Entry Fees will be forfeited in such cases. 7. Method of sale. A Lot will be the contents of a cage, either pair or trio, and will be sold in s. Lots will be sold in catalogue order unless otherwise announced by the Auctioneer. 8. Upset price. A minimum starting bid of 15 will apply to selected Lots only (Eggs 5) the Auctioneer will announce when this applies, below which the Lot will not sell. If the upset price is not bid, the Auctioneer will pass on to the next Lot. 9. Reserve price. A reserve price may be placed on any Lot. Such reserves must be included on the Entry Form. 10. Sales may be made privately, providing the Lot has first been offered by auction and the sale is booked through MMM and commission paid. 11. Buyers Numbers. Potential purchasers are reminded to collect a Bidder s Number (in exchange for verifiable details of name & address) in the Fur & Feather office before making any bids. 12. Clearance. All Lots must be cleared from the market premises by 4pm on the day of the sale. Failure to do so will result in the Lot becoming the property of the Auctioneers. Purchasers may NOT remove Lots without first presenting proof of ownership (i.e. a receipted bill) to an official steward. Vendors with unsold Lots must also produce a PASS from the office before removing the Lots. 13. Animal Welfare. All birds must be transported in suitable containers. Sacks are unacceptable for this purpose. Supplies of water and bedding will be available but owners must provide their own containers. OWNERS MUST ENSURE THEIR BIRDS HAVE ACCESS TO WATER AT ALL TIMES. 14. Settlement is due to the Auctioneers immediately at the close of the Sale. Payment will be made to vendors by cheque within two weeks of the date of the Sale. 15. Commission. The Auctioneers will charge vendors 15% commission on the sale price of each lot making up to 80 dropping to 10% thereafter of each Lot. At the Auctioneer s discretion half commission may be charged on the reserve price of unsold Lots if, in his opinion, the reserve price was intentionally set at an unrealistic level in order to deter bidders. Buyers will be charged a premium of 10% of the Hammer Price of each Lot. 16. If Vendors wish to supply additional information about a Lot this may be written on a card showing the Lot Number and displayed on the cage. 17. Substitute Lots of a different class will NOT be accepted in place of any Lots which are withdrawn by the vendor on the day of the sale, neither will entry fees for such Lots be refunded.