A&C Exhibition Poultry

09/01/2025

Black leghorn bantam male. There's still a lot of work yet too meet the proper exhibition standard for black males. They've come close to being jet black with correct undercolour but they still need more character and type.

04/01/2025

White bantam cockerel, puller breeder line. one of the favourite bantams this year.

03/01/2025

Large cuckoo cockerel. 5 months old. As nice as I’ve bred this year

01/01/2025

Quackers out on the grass

26/12/2024

Cuckoo leghorn pullet

25/12/2024

I would to wish all followers a Merry Christmas, the great comments throughout the year on the birds are very very pleasing. All the best

24/12/2024

Rosecombs

I’ve had a few messages recently regarding the correct rosecomb for a leghorn. Im not saying this comb is perfect but in UK we have a lot of issues where the rosecomb can be forgotten about. The common issue is the leader of the rosecomb on a Leghorn should follow the curve of the scull.

-The texture (workings) on the comb varies as the standard in UK is actually very vague on how fine or extreme these workings should be.

-The comb should be firm, evenly set on the head. Square at the front and gradually tapering towards the back with a well defined spike or ‘leader’.

-It should be balanced,so if you look at the front of the comb, it shouldnt be bigger on one side or other.

Below I’ve added photos of two young males for comparison. I find the faults always come from the F1 males which are only 50:50 split, after 2 generations I’ve got the combs near enough to how I want them, usually a full brother sister cross, although I dont recommend this in general but it’s one way I can breed a true rosecomb without breeding back to the father or mother who may be carrying a fault I don’t want to continue breeding from.

Far from maturity as yet but both examples showing the pros and cons of the head. The first being a F2 bird and the second being a F1 bird

21/12/2024

Pile leghorn bantam pullets, rosecombs for all you lovers... A lot of people say you can't breed a clean pile, you've got too bleach them for showing...
Well here's a product of a blue red x pile on left, pure bred pile on right. Using blue based bird, will always dilute the colour it's crossed onto, with this cross in particular as you can see the white is much cleaner and not as rusty as the pure bred on the right

12/12/2024

Always a good sight

08/12/2024

White leghorn bantam. Pullet breeding strain

26/11/2024

Large Crele leghorns. German standard

24/11/2024

Brown leghorn cockerel, 15 weeks old

23/11/2024

Large cuckoos

19/11/2024

Latest podcast out and a good one regarding The Poultry Club of Great Britain.

Fantastic listen, definitely makes the morning faster.

Here’s hoping for further promotion of our breeds since the fall during Covid and the bird flu.

Good job again Jed and Ollie, keep them coming

🎙️‘The BirdBoys chat with new Poultry Club President Lee Grant!’

In this latest episode Jed and Ollie chat with new Poultry Club President Lee Grant about his 40+ years keeping and breeding poultry plus, of course, the work of The Poultry Club covering a whole range of topics!

And you guessed it, Duckwings get a mention! 😂

Listen wherever you get your podcasts NOW! 👇

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17/11/2024

Dutch type blue-red leghorns

12/11/2024

4 month old youngsters coming on now