University of California - Cooperative Extension
January 2010
Avian Bowl Edition
California State
Avian Bowl
Qualifier
This year’s competition to determine the 2010
Junior and Senior California Avian Bowl Champions
will be held:
Saturday, March 6
3:00 PM
Ventura County Fairgrounds/Seaside Park
(follow signs to correct building)
Ventura
This is the same venue that was used in 2009.
Everyone had such a tasty time last year at Rusty’s
Famous Pizza, that we will all reconvene at Rusty’s
following the crowing of the Avian Bowl Champions
The Senior team emerging as Champions will
represent California at the 4-H National Poultry and
Egg Conference in Louisville this coming November.
Entry forms for the State Qualifier are in this
newsletter. All entries must be sent by US Mail to the
Palm Springs address or Faxed (if you fax, you must
also leave a voice mail message on the Palm Springs
answering machine indicating that you have sent a
fax. All entries must be postmarked or faxed by
Mon., Feb. 22nd.
Study Material for
the 2010 Qualifier
and Beyond
Questions and answers from
the following pages of the
National Avian Bowl Manual will be used for the
first time this year ay the Qualifier in Ventura.
That same material will be the source of all
questions and answers for contests happening
from March 6 - December 31, 2010.
The following sections and pages have been
selected as study materials for the
2010 National 4-H Poultry & Egg Conference.
2009 Edition of National Avian Bowl Manual
Section
Understanding Food
Poisoners (Entire section)
Avian Systems (Entire
section)
Growing Blue Ribbon
Pullets (Entire section)
Eggcyclopedia: (Coddled
Egg through Membranes)
General Care of a Pet Bird
(Entire section)
Fact Sheet: Commercial
Poultry Industry (entire
section)
Pages
pp. 17-20
pp. 37-44
pp. 55-66
pp. 110-130
pp. 163-166
pp. 175-176
***** Note Well *****
Avian Bowls occurring this January through
March 5th should use the 2009 Study Sections
as published in the December 2008 (yes, 2008)
issue of Avian Science Notes.
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Ordering the National Avian
Bowl Study Manual
The Avian Bowl Study Manual is a large
document (some 200 pages). Your Editor and her
National Avian Bowl Co-Chair (Dr. Mickey Hall)
have compiled the study manual from Cooperative
Extension and poultry industry publications.
Annually, your Editor suggests the study sections for
the following year and these are approved by the
National Poultry Extension Specialists’ Committee.
For new Avian Bowl Coaches: you purchase the
manual ONCE and then use it for years to come. It is
an excellent source of information for Club meetings
and to address practical poultry questions. You will
use it for more than just Avian Bowl preparation. The
2009 version of the National Avian Bowl Manual is
available from the Clemson University Bulletin
Room. The cost is $15.00 per copy and may be
ordered online using either a VISA or Master card by
going to the following URL:
http://cufan.clemson.edu/olos/
Payment should only be for $15.00 per copy. There is
no tax or shipping/handling charges. Shipment is via
USPS fourth-class mail.
If you prefer to pay by check, you may send payment
to:
Clemson University Bulletin Room 82
Poole Agricultural Building
Clemson, SC 29634
(888)-772-2665-- Phone
(864)-656-3261 --Fax.
M-F EST 8-4:30
Checks should be made payable to:
Clemson University.
Greater
California
Society of
Poultry Fanciers’
(GCSPF) Show
Once again, the GCSPF is hosting its annual
show at the Big Fresno Fairgrounds, Sat.,
February 20th. I am honored that the Club has
invited me to judge their Poultry Showmanship
Classes and Avian Bowl. I anticipate that the
Showmanship Classes will be among the largest
of the year. You must pre-register for
Showmanship. For information on the event and
showmanship registration, go to the Club website
www.gcspf.com or call Youth Program
Coordinator, Mrs. Yvette Stephens (559 - 2977306).
The show will be an excellent opportunity to
get some stiff Avian Bowl competition in before
the State Qualifier. Teams must pre-register.
Entries forms are available by leaving a voice
mail at your Editor’s number (760 699-5078) or
writing her at 1775 E. Palm Canyon Dr., Suite
110 - #129, Palm Springs, California 92264.
Poultry Judging
Qualifier Dropped
Developing, staging, and hosting state qualifiers
involves a great deal of work and expenditure of
funds. Poultry Judging in California has never
enjoyed the level of participation of Avian Bowl.
With the retirement of Dr. Ralph Ernst and continuing
declines in staffing and budgets, it has become
impossible to continue the Poultry Judging Qualifier.
A few of you have become enthusiastic about
Poultry Judging. I encourage you to continue sharing
that information with your members. I thank those of
you reading this who are thinking, “Well, I’d
volunteer to help Dr. B put this on.” Again, thank
you, but I cannot accept. The University of California
only promotes activities that it can support with its
own academic expertise and time.
Deep appreciation is expressed to the Officers and
members of the GCSPF. The Club generously
provided a Poultry Judging Qualifier venue for many
years.
CALENDAR
Humboldt Poultry Fanciers’
Association Show
February 3, 2010
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds
Eureka, CA
Premium book on-line at:
www.humboldtpoultry.org
Entries to Agnes Wilson:
P.O Box 70, Malin, OR 97632
Showmanship and Avian Bowl judged by:
Dr. Francine Bradley
Youth show information call:
Mrs. Lisa Jensen (707) 733-1910
Greater California Society of Poultry
Fanciers’ Show
February 20, 2010
Fresno County Fairgrounds
Showmanship and Avian Bowl judged by:
Dr. Francine Bradley
Information: Yvette Stephens (559) 297-7306
Avian Bowl Qualifier
Egg Preparation
Demonstration Qualifier
The 2010 Qualifier will be held
in late Spring in Palm Springs.
Details will be provided in the next
issue of Avian Science Notes.
Dr. Francine A. Bradley, Editor
Extension Poultry Specialist
1775 East Palm Canyon Dr.
Suite 110 - #129
Palm Springs, California 92264
Saturday, March 6, 2010
3:00 PM
Ventura County Fairgrounds/Seaside Park (follow
signs to correct building)
Ventura