January 2011 newsletter

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Our first newsletter is finished. If I have not personally emailed it to you please remember to send me your email to add to the list. I have also posted it at the Java Yahoo group. You can also Click here to view the first newsletter. Please give feedback, remember it takes a village to save a breed and it takes that to make a breed club work. I am quite sure you will like the content....

• There is a delicious recipe for a breakfast casserole dish made from eggs
• And an article with suggestions for breeding Javas
• letters from our president and vice president
• And an article from one of our members about her beloved Javas and her old rooster 

Let us know how you like it

Also thanks to all the writers and remember you too can contribute to the next newsletter.

GOT JAVA?

We officially have a link on the American Poultry Associations website. I thank you all for all the hard work and concern for the Java. Now we will move forward and enter some in shows this year. Please let me know if you are showing. There will be very few if any Javas at most poultry shows. That's what fueled this website and this club. As a child my dad raised them. In the 60's, 70's and the 80's there were quite a few. Now they are hidden away on small farms and in backyards.We now have a director for district 3. The position will be  filled by American Poultry Association Vice President, Airling (Butch) Gunderson. District #3 covers Kentucky, Illinois. Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconson. Mr. Gunderson is a well known poultry judge who will keep his eye open for Javas and let us know if he sees them at the upcoming shows that he will be judging. Thank you Mr. Gunderson. And lastly Tacey Perkins our Vice President will be the district director to the California, Arizona and Nevada regions.

Thanks to David Moore and Christine Heinrichs

David Moore will be our Area Director for District #4. He comes with a lot of poultry experience.  Mr. Moore raises Javas and has been for many years. District 4 covers the Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas area. Welcome Mr. Moore to the Java Breeders of America Poultry Club. Also Christine Heinrichs a well known author of several poultry books, How to Raise Chickens and How to Raise Poultry and who is the historian for the Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities has offered to write articles for us. I posted her Java article under the standard of perfection tab. You must read it. Roy our president has asked me to fill the secretary position because he said I'm basically doing it now. Hes basically right. So I am your secretary. Looks like we have an egg-ceptional bird club and we could not do it without all of you.

Welcome Tacey Perkins as our Vice President

I would like to welcome Tacey Perkins as The Java Breeders Club, Vice President. Tacey has been wanting to start a Java breeders club for a long time so she will be a great Vice President for this club and for Javas. I will keep you all informed as we fill other positions, If you are interested in filling a position in this club please contact our club President Roy J. Autrey. We also have other things that need to be done such as writing articles. If anyone has a great idea for the future of the club, once again contact the President and Vice President.

I have a good idea, is there someone out there who will create a  Java Breeders of America facebook group and keep it up to par? Facebook groups are  pretty easy. Let me know and I will help you out if you need it. I will assist you with logos, pictures, etc. We will also place a link to it from the club.

We also have our own forum right here on this site. Feel free to participate and start your own topics.
Other great news ...we have a link at The American Bantam Association's website.

District #6 Area position filled

More good news today, Duane Urch is our area director for District #6. Welcome aboard Mr. Urch. As you all know Mr. Urch is a District Director in his area for the American Poultry Association and has been breeding Javas for many years.

Also I have the Java Breeders of America poultry club listed at the The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. The Java is listed as a threatened breed on their list. Threatened: means fewer than 1,000 breeding birds in the United States, with seven or fewer primary breeding flocks, and estimated global population less than 5,000.

  

What is the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy? The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is a clearing-house for information on livestock and genetic diversity. These breeds are threatened because agriculture has changed. Modern food production now favors the use of a few highly specialized breeds selected for maximum output in a controlled environment. Many traditional livestock breeds have lost popularity and are threatened with extinction. These traditional breeds are an essential part of the American agricultural inheritance. Not only do they evoke our past, they are also an important resource for our future.The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, founded in 1977, is the only organization in the U.S. working to conserve rare breeds and genetic diversity in livestock. 

What is their mission? The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy protects genetic diversity in livestock and poultry species through the conservation and promotion of endangered breeds. These rare breeds are part of our national heritage and represent a unique piece of the earth's bio-diversity. The loss of these breeds would impoverish agriculture and diminish the human spirit. We have inherited a rich variety of livestock breeds. For the sake of future generations we must work together to safeguard these treasures.
 
What do they do? The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy's programs include research on breed population size, distribution and genetic health; research on breed characteristics; gene banks to preserve genetic material from endangered breeds; rescues of threatened populations; education about genetic diversity and the role of livestock in sustainable agriculture; and technical support to a network of breeders, breed associations, and farmers. The need for livestock conservation is urgent. Throughout agricultural history, each generation has taken its turn as steward of the genetic trust. Our generation is now in danger of bankrupting this trust and leaving little for the future. Each day, some breeds move closer to extinction. Each extinction reduces the diversity within the livestock species and the biodiversity of the Earth.

Java Standard of Perfection

The New 2010 Standard of Perfection coming soon !
Books should be available sometime in February 2011

The original Standard of Perfection

The American Standard of Perfection is the official publication for poultry fanciers in the U.S. First published in 1874 by the American Poultry Association, the Standard of Perfection Standard classifies and describes the standard physical appearance, coloring and temperament for all recognized breeds of poultry. It is also used by A.P.A judges at sanctioned poultry shows to judge poultry, and by those who participate in competitive showing and breeding to select birds that conform to the standard. The first edition of the book listed 41 breeds, and today's versions have nearly 60. There are 19 classes of poultry recognized by the American Poultry Association. Ten of these classes are devoted to chickens, of which 6 are classes of large breeds and 5 are bantam classes. There are four classes of ducks and three classes of geese, both divided by weight. All breeds of turkeys are grouped into one class.

How to become a member

The reason I choose the blogger method of joining the Java Club is because its the latest and greatest web tool and its free. By adding yourself as a follower the other members can see who is in the club and who is not. But of course its up to you to decide how much information you want to reveal about yourself. There are several ways to become a follower of a blog. One of the easiest ways is to visit a blog that has added the Following widget and click on the "Follow" button under the "Followers" widget. You'll then see a pop-up window with the options to either follow publicly or privately. Select how you'd like to follow the blog, then click the "Follow this blog" button. It is that simple, you are now a follower of the blog! If you elected to follow the blog publicly, your profile picture will be displayed on the blog with a link to your Blogger profile (Note: The widget may not show all followers of the blog. If this is the case all followers will be linked from the widget). When you become a follower of a blog, the blog will also be added to your reading list on your Blogger dashboard and this site will also show on your Friend Connect profile for all the sites you've joined using Friend Connect. Additionally, you can become a follower of any blog or URL (even if the blog doesn't have the Followers widget) by adding the blog to your Reading List on the dashboard.
If you join/follow an FTP blog from your dashboard or the Nav bar, the owner of the blog WON'T be informed that you followed the blog. However, if you join/follow normally (via the gadget) the owner WILL be informed that you followed the blog. The easiest way to remove yourself from following a blog is to visit the blog, and click "Settings" under the Following widget on the blog.Lastly, following a blog will create a subscription to the blog in your Google Reader account.All of this is free. Editing a web site is pretty easy in Blogger because I am not a java (the other type of java) person. I do not do html either. But I do blogger. I just paid for the domain and attached this blog to it. Very simple. Easy stuff that a Java (the chicken kind) lover could do. I am very busy taking care of all my chickies and learning to be a better chicken breeder.

Welcome Roy J. Autrey as the president of the Java Breeders Club

photo courtesy Christine Cole

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Roy J. Autrey as president of the  Java Breeders of America Chicken Club. Although the club was only started a month ago we already have 10 members and the group has been fun and educational. Our web site is booming! Please join our club it is free. We would like to increase Javas presence everywhere. We are listed for 2011 in the Exhibition Poultry Magazine. It is free to download from their website.