Waikato Poultry & Pigeon Club

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If you are not a member of the Waikato Poultry and Pigeon Club and have an interest in joining
membership forms can be downloaded herehttps://www.waikatopoultryandpigeonclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/WPPC_Membership_form_2024.pdf

Thanks to everyone who attended our sale today! Special thanks to our newest member Alison Houghton for all her help

2 days to go until the big sale!
400 birds booked and counting… Huge variety of breeds!

The countdown is on! Our annual sale is THIS SATURDAY, see page for details.

Contact asap if you want to sell

If you live in Waikato District make sure you put in a submission

We're just CHICKEN in - what rules would you like for keeping chickens, bees or pigs? Your feedback and suggestions will help us shape the Keeping of Animals Bylaw.

Complete the online survey before 31 March, https://ow.ly/r0ny50QFoZO

Formal consultation will be held later in the year.

Annual Sale: List of breeds available
(updating as we get more info)

See our page for more details

Poultry:
- Araucana (black, brown-red, lavender, blue)
- Araucana bantam
- Ancona
- Barnevelder
- Campine (Gold)
- Silkie (white, ...)
- Pekin bantam (Buff, Black, Mottle, frizzle, ...)
- Modern Game bantam (Pile, ...)
- Minorca
- Orpington (Black)
- OEG bantam
- Plymouth Barred Rock
- RIR
- Wyandotte (silver laced, silver pencilled, partridge pencilled, pile, buff, buff laced, blue mottle, columbian, black, blue partridge, gold laced)
- Leghorn (Exchequer, white, blue, brown, splash)
- Leghorn bantam (white, spangle)
- Japanese (Blue)
- Sebright (silver, gold)
- Light Sussex
- New Hampshire Red
- Hamburg (black)
- Pekin X
- Rosecomb (blue)
- Croad Langshan

Ducks:
- Buff Orpington
- Rouen
- Ancona
- Khaki Campbell
- Indian Runner
- Cayuga
- Muscovy

Pigeons:
- Birmingham Roller

Equipment:
- Feeders
- Waterers
- 32 egg incubator
- Heatplates
- NZ poultry standards

Info for our annual sale coming up! DM us if you want to bring birds to sell

Vendors wanting to SELL at our annual sale: please pm us! We need to know:
- how many birds you’re bringing (approx)
- what breeds you are bringing
- if you have your own cages
- your contact details
- some photos of the birds you will be bringing for promotion

- you are welcome to bring poultry-related items to sell
- you pay for the number of birds you bring to sell, instead of paying a commission at the end (see below)

Note: you do not have to be a member to sell birds at our sale.

Prices as follows:
1-10 birds = $20
11-20 birds = $30
21-30 birds = $40
31-40 birds = $50
41-50 birds = $60
51-60 birds = $70
61-70 birds = $80
71-80 birds = $90
81-90 birds = $100
91-100 birds = $110
100+ birds = $120

Schedule for the 2024 National Show will be posted in early May - keep an eye out!
Show dates: 12-14 July

Save the date!
POULTRY SALE - Saturday 2nd March @ Matangi Hall
More details to follow
Very popular event - don’t miss out!

We have a limited number of this year’s sealed pigeon rings still available, contact us for more details

2024 S.I show dates

May 11 and 12 Milton
May 18 and 19 West Coast
May 25 and 26 Dunedin
May 31 and June 1 North Canterbury
June 8 and 9 free
June 15 and 16 Invercargill
June 21 and 22 Ashburton
June 29 and 30 Christchurch
July 5 and 6 Waimate
July 12 and 13 free
July 19 and 20 Oamaru

Poultry standards available - $70 each
These are fantastic resources for anyone interested in poultry. For every breed, there is a description of how the bird should look, along with common defects and disqualifications. These are essential for anyone who is looking to show or breed.

PM if you would like to buy

Both contain exactly the same information.
1x binder version (red)
1x book version (blue) SOLD

Raffle winners
100kg Poultry Feed - A Lawrie
Feeder - T Huband
Poultry plate - Margaret Fullerton- Smith

All drawn at the show this afternoon

Thanks everyone for visiting, exhibitors, helpers and …
See you at the NZ National show at Waikato in July 2024

Pack up just about done. Thank you to everyone for a massive effort this weekend.

Some of the sale birds still left! Shaver pullets for anyone who wants some good egg layers

Last day of the annual show this morning 9-12

Specialist club meetings will be held for exhibitors with Orpington at 10

All set up and ready for benching tomorrow. 3-8pm, exhibitors only

First entry arrived into the show
Take a guess as to the exhibitor …

It’s all go this morning assembling our show getting ready for birds to arrive tomorrow afternoon
See you soon …