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9/13/2008 - 9/14/2008

This is my home show. I will not be exhibiting this year as I will be judging waterfowl. The show is held in Belvidere, IL


11/29/2008 - 11/30/2008

Iowa City, IA.-  The Friday and Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend

This show always features a first class Wyan

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Basics of Keeping Waterfowl

  1. Album of Exhibition Waterfowl
  2. Judging Waterfowl in the U.K.
  3. Common Flaws in Popular Breeds of Exhibition Ducks
  4. Waterfowl Ailments and Treatments
  5. Raising Ducklings and Goslings Step-By-Step
  6. Calls and East Indies: What You Should Know Before You Buy
  7. More Frequently Asked Questions About Keeping Waterfowl
  8. Waterfowl Housing Requirements
  9. Book Review
  10. Standard Description for the Butterscotch Call
  11. What Every 4Her Should Know About Getting Started in Waterfowl
  12. Frequently Asked Questions About Getting Started in Waterfowl
  13. Feeding Waterfowl
  14. The Importance of Oyster Shell and Grit for Waterfowl
  15. Conditioning Calls and East Indies for the Showroom
  16. Waterfowl and West Nile Virus

Album of Exhibition Waterfowl

Brown China gander

 

This Brown China gander displays the refined type and style of a Champion.

Black Muscovy Champion

 

Black Muscovy drake with the massive size, color and caruncling desired in today's exhibition Muscovy. This male was overall Champion at a major waterfowl show.

 

 

 

5 month old Toulouse gander

 

This Toulouse gander was five months old at the time of this photo.

 

African gander

This African gander is near the ideal in type, size, and color.

 

 

White Runner

 

 

This White Runner exhibits almost flawless type and carriage

Wood Duck mutations

This group of Wood Duck mutations was exhibited by the Mahlums of Oregon at an All Waterfowl Show.

Corbett Call

This was perhaps the finest White Call drake I ever judged. He was bred and owned by Jeff Corbett of CA.

 

2007 East Indie female

2007 East Indie female from Acorn Hollow- Twice named Champion or Reserve Champion Bantam Duck.

 

 

 

 

Sebastopol gander

This was the best Sebastopol I ever saw. It was a gander shown at the Ohio National by the late Bill Garber of Canada.

 

Embden flock2

This flock of Embdens exhibits the clean underlines and rangy type typical of authentic Embdens.

2001 hatch Buff Toulouse female

This was the finest female Toulouse ever raised at Acorn Hollow. She was less than six months of age when this picture was taken.

 

 

Aylesburys from Garmany

These excellent Aylesburys were raised by Mark Hoppe of Germany

 

This was a small part of the Toulouse flock owned by Mrs. Sarah Holcomb of Canada. This picture was taken in 2001

Part of Toulouse flock of Sarah Holcomb

Originally published: 04-01-2008
Last updated: 04-15-2008