The Laced Wyandotte

Club
Year Book

2015
 ~~~~~ 2014 Honour Roll ~~~~~

Award Presented to
H.E. Bates Champion’s Cup Kerry Wilson
Herbert Spensley Rose Bowl
Steve Dace
Best Large Silver Male
Herbert Spensley Rose Bowl
Steve Dace
Best Large Silver Female
Herbert Spensley Rose Bowl
Bob Woods
Best Large Gold Male
Herbert Spensley Rose Bowl
Steve Dace
Best Large Gold Female
H. Thomas Perpetual Cup
Steve Dace
Best Large Buff
W.R. Sumner Shield
Steve Dace
Best Large Blue
Will J. Evans Cup
Richard Sear
Best Bantam Silver
Margot Haines Cup
V. & E. Land
Best Opposite Sex Bantam Silver
A.J. Spencer Cup
Richard Sear
Best Bantam Gold
K.F. Funnell Cup
Bob Woods
Best Opposite Sex Bantam Gold
Harold Critchlow Plate
Andrew Godridge
Best Bantam Buff
C. Mitchell Rose Bowl
Andrew Godridge
Best Opposite Sex Bantam Buff
D.C. Carneu Cup
Kerry Wilson
Best Bantam Blue
Laced Wyandotte Club Cup
Richard Rowley
Best Opposite Sex Bantam Blue
Messrs Calvert & Twiddy Rose Bowl
Not Awarded
Best Novice
N.J. Thomas Cup
Not Awarded
Best New Member
Rex Woods Cup (Rose Bowl)
Richard Sear
Best Laced Wyandotte Trio
 President’s Address
Greetings one and all. I believe we have reason to be
content. Our excellent secretary has done more good
work in producing a really good yearbook and in
encouraging a lively debate on Facebook. Our
esteemed chairman has taken himself off to Australia
and is judging there. He will no doubt be making
useful friends and contacts there. I hope he takes
plenty of photos and shares some of them with us. I
am pleased to see Steve Daces idea of trophies for the
major show not being this year’s club show venue.
The ones planned look really nice.
I hope you have bred some really nice Laced Wyandottes. These are some of the
most difficult birds to breed close to perfection. You have to breed a lot to have a
chance of breeding those one or two little beauties who will achieve prizes for you.
This means a lot of unwanted cockerels and a lot of suboptimal females. You have
to have good plans in hand to anticipate this and therefore make arrangements to
dispose of your surplus. Many poultry keepers do not care much about the finer
points and just want some pretty birds each year. You should cultivate such contacts
and use them to the full. As for cockerels, my advice is to pick a few early on and
only keep them to maturity. You get a facility for picking promising ones with
experience. There is little more guilt inducing than a large pen of mature cockerels
who will eventually fight and who have come to trust you. Ducking the issue till this
point brings only regret.
On a personal note, I have had to trim my aspirations for this year because I am
having to pay somebody to look after my birds while I recover from hip surgery.
That being said, I fancy that I have bred a few nice Large Golds. I cannot say the
same for my Gold bantams; I am having a persistent run of difficulty producing
Gold Bantam females. I have let my females get too old bar one! Silly me. I will be
looking for some new pullets unless things change pretty soon. I am judging the
Federation show so won't be showing anyway. I will be looking for somebody to
steward for me so if any of our younger members fancy doing this perhaps they will
make contact by phone or email.
I hope the rest of the breeding season goes well and I wish you all the best of luck at
the shows. Remember, we do this for fun so approach it in that spirit at all times.
Wishing you all the best
Bob Woods

July 2015
 Chairman’s Musings
First things first is the welcome news that our long
serving Club Member and ex-President and Chairman
combined for many years, is enjoying better health and
we all wish Derek Alsop continued improvement. I was
pleased to see in Fancy Fowl that Derek saying that he
had received many messages of support and good wishes
from old and new friends in the fancy.
Our secretary Trefor tells me that we have had an
increase in membership and long may that trend continue. I know Trefor puts many
people in touch with each other via the club for different reasons all to help the
Laced Wyandotte cause. To this end, and with communications across the world
becoming ever easier, we certainly have a growing “international feel” within our
Club.
Humans, in the main, tend to be resistant to change (and this one is no exception),
but I am soldiering on trying to increase my knowledge of the ‘smart’ phone. Didn’t
succeed in Australia recently where the “Tu–Go” app in conjunction with Wi-Fi did
not work as the O2 “Guru” explained to me and as a result my phone bill went
through the roof.
No matter, in an ideal world the coming together of new technology combined with
the enthusiasm of fanciers like our new secretary and Dallas Smith in New South
Wales, Australia, whose new book “Simply Wyandottes” is a masterpiece and has
been called ‘possibly the best book ever written about Wyandottes’, this by a very
prominent international Wyandotte specialist. To have everyone in all countries
breeding to the same standard would be a miracle but is nearer now than it was in
the past. I’ll leave it to the individual member to decide which path gives him or her
the most pleasure to follow, in our hobby.
The Club has purchased two outstanding awards to be won singularly at The
National Show and the Federation Show for best laced Wyandotte. I’ll leave it to
Trefor to explain the wording on the trophies. My only comment is you will need a
strong bag to carry one in if you are lucky enough to win the award for a year.
May I echo a comment from our President in regard to his optimism with new
younger fanciers like Steve Dace coming through and raising ‘the bar’ with his
quality birds giving us all new targets to aim for especially in large fowl. And may I
add Kerry Wilson’s name to Steve’s with the deserved outstanding success she has
achieved with her bantams. Wish she had the time to enter the buff laced bantam
arena where Andrew Godridge is to be commended for his pursuit of this colour. It
has been said many times before we just need more breeders of gold laced bantams
before we can enter the minutiae of certain breeding points - I have tried to get a
consensus on this colour but still it is difficult to get agreement amongst members.
Nevertheless, we can live in hope.
Finally, I wish you all success with your birds this year at the shows or at home.
Richard Rowley

July 2015

Secretary’s Report
Well! It doesn’t seem like fifteen months since I
took on the job. Time has flown by.
There has been an improvement on the
membership front. I am happy to report that it has
increased in the last year, currently standing at 71.
Kerry Wilson and I frequently promote the club on
our Facebook group and that of Wyandottes UK. It
has resulted in a few additional members but has
also generated quite a bit of interest in our breed. Many of you sell/give young stock
to potential new fanciers. Please point them at our club and, if possible give them a
Membership Application Form which can be downloaded from our website.
As far as my breeding season has progressed, I have had a very poor year. I have
only managed to hatch a total of 29 chicks out of 4 batches of 20 and 1 of 16.
Results per batch were 4, 4, 7, 3 and 11. Not an auspicious year, but as Derek says
in his letter, “you only need one”. Unfortunately, keeping 4 colours, I would need at
least four….. Oh well, better luck next year.
The Club’s website (www.thelacedwyandoteclub.co.uk) has had in excess of 4000
visitors since July 2014. It was actually visited more times from the USA than the
UK. A new country on the list of visitors this year is Japan with 74 ‘hits’.
I still need input as to how the site can be improved and help in finding content.
There are already e-copies of newsletters and previous Year Books available for
download. I have electronic versions of about 10 early books on Wyandottes. Is
there any interest in having these posted? Email me with your thoughts. It is your
website. Please help me make it better.
Our Facebook Group at the time of writing has 168 members from as far afield as
Australia and the USA. We have quite a few from Turkey but the latest person to
join is from Malta. Come and contribute to some lively discussions. I have been
known to initiate a somewhat contentious topic that has caused heated debate….. all
in the best possible taste, of course.
With this Year Book you will have received a copy of the proposed changes to the
Club’s rules. Please read them and come along to the AGM if you have any
issues/suggestions. They can only be formally adopted by a vote of members at the
AGM.
New this year are two trophies to be donated to the PCGB National Show and the
Federation show. It was pointed out that many other breeds received recognition at
the main shows’ presentation ceremonies but our breed gave out Club cups at the
breed stand. The Committee agreed that we should first confirm PCGB/Federation
willingness to present the trophies. Having received the confirmation we went ahead
and purchased two crystal trophies from Laser Crystal Ltd of Poole in Dorset. The
pictorial engravings were taken from antique prints.
The ‘National’ trophy has been named the A J Spencer Trophy honouring AJ and
his family for their long involvement with Lace Wyandottes. For the ‘Federation’
the name selected was the F A Houdlette Trophy. Fred Houdlette was the man who
actually gave our breed its name. The pyramid shaped trophies are 25cms (10
inches) high and 22cms (9 inches) wide at the base. Each will be presented with a
6cm (2½ inches) plinth with an engraving plate that should have adequate room for
winners’ names for the next twenty years. Both trophies will be displayed on the
Breed Stand at the National prior to being donated to the two shows.
Trefor Griffith
July 2015

High Peak Poultry Club

The Derbyshire Championship Poultry Show

HPPC

Saturday, 6th February 2016

at the Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell

Telephone: Peter Ward on 01298 871420

Email: highpeak.poultryclub@gmail.com
Website: www.highpeakpoultryclub.co.uk
 Minutes of the Laced Wyandotte Club
AGM
Held on Saturday 16th November 2013 at the National
Championship Show

Present

Kieran Payne Fiona Cattell Malcolm Brown Keith Thacker

Kerry Wilson Jordan Day Richard Hoggarth Ian Brewis
Keith May Ray Dowden Bernie Scoles Ken Leggett
David Garnet Derek Alsop Mark Vaughan Bob Woods
Richard Rowley Trefor Griffith

Apologies for absence

Steve Dace Tim Moss Val Moss Peter Ward

Colin Mitchell Collette Roberts

Chairman’s welcome

The Chairman warmly welcomed all to the AGM. He particularly welcomed our
new president, Mr. Bob Woods, who he said brought a wealth of experience to the
position. The Chairman also welcomed the ‘Treasurer Elect’, Trefor.
The Chairman initiated a brief discussion on the possibility of updating the Club
Handbook that had been published some twenty years ago. He suggested that David
Garnett, the original editor, and Derek Alsop might amalgamate their combined
knowledge to undertake this task. Trefor Griffith stated that he had scanned the
Handbook and would make available a computer based version, if this would assist.
Action: Trefor to send computer based version of Handbook to David Garnett.

Minutes of 2013 Annual General Meeting

Trefor asked those present if it was necessary to read out the minutes of the 2013
AGM as they had been published in the current Year Book. As all were in
agreement the minutes were taken as read and were proposed by Derek Alsop and
seconded by Ken Leggett as being an accurate account of last year’s AGM.
Matters arising

There were no matters arising.

Secretary’s Report

Membership
Trefor stated that in the period Nov‘13/Oct’14 a total of 54 members renewed their
membership. In the same period we had 8 new members. This figure included one
junior and two seniors. One lapsed member renewed his subscription and four of the
eight new members used the new PayPal facility.

Year Book
This had been well received and Fancy Fowl was entering it into the ‘Best Club
Yearbook’ competition.

Internet
Our website is now fairly well established. Since July the site had been visited 522
times with 2177 page views. Visitors had been from the UK (obviously), USA,
Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Spain and
the Philippines.
Trefor asked members to contribute photographs for the gallery and to offer ideas
for more content.
In addition to the website, we now have a Facebook group with 53 members. Trefor
explained that he and Kerry were the administrators and anyone joining could
contribute ideas or answer questions from some of the less experienced poultry
fanciers. He added that it is also a place where people looked to source birds and
eggs.

Treasurer’s report

Funds depleted due to reduction in membership.

As will be seen from the Balance Sheet the expenditure for the year was £65 more
than total income.
The £39.46 deficit is unexplained but is not related to the difference between
income and expenditure.
BALANCE SHEET – 2014

Income
Membership
Life Members 3
Members - (Adult) 2014 45 358.00
Members - (Junior) 2014 1 5.00
Members - (Senior) 2014 13 65.00
Members - (Adult) 2015 5 40.00
Members - (Senior) 2013 1 5.00
Members - (Senior) 2015 1 5.00
Members - (Senior) 2016 1 5.00
Total members @
62 483.00
31/10/2014

Year Book – 2014

Adverts 8 160.00

PayPal - Miscellaneous credit 0.01

Total Income 643.01

Expenditure
Membership PayPal Fees 5 2.05

Affiliation/Judges' Hospitality
PCGB Affiliation 17.00
Hospitality 18.00
Federation Affiliation 10.00
Hospitality 28.00
73.00

Rosettes 103.51

Sundries Printer Paper/Ink, Files & Storage 92.44

Postage 17.42

Year Book Printing and mail out 419.60

Total Expenditure 708.02

 Bank Balance on 31 October 2014

Acct No. 52039966 251.32

Acct No. 52039974 1,002.60
Petty Cash 28.74
1282.66

Summary

Balance brought Forward 1387.13

Total Income 643.01
Total Expenditure -708.02
Closing balance for 2014 1322.12
In Bank & petty cash @ 31/10/2014 1282.66
Surplus/Deficit(in red) -39.46

Notes

[1] 45 Adult members @ 8.00 360.00

2 Members paid £6.00 -2.00 -4.00
1 Member paid £10.00 2.00 2.00
NET 358.00

[2] 120 Year Books 308.20

Mail out postage (31/10/14) 111.40

[3] Balance in bank on 2013 statement understated by

£2.06

The balance sheet was accepted a true statement of the Club’s accounts.
Proposed: Derek Alsop Seconded: Kerry Wilson

Correspondence

The only correspondence was a letter from the Bath & West show inviting breed
clubs to support:
1. a Club Show on the Wednesday, 27th and Thursday, 28 th of May 2014
2. a poultry display on Friday, 29 th of May 2014
3. a further Club Show on Saturday, 30 th May 2014
This was thought to be too onerous a commitment.
Action: The secretary was asked to investigate the possibility of attending on just
one day.

Election of Officers

There being no other nominees, Trefor Griffith was elected unopposed to the
position of Honorary Secretary/Treasurer.
Proposed: Richard Rowley Seconded: Mark Vaughan
All other officers were re-elected ‘en bloc’.
Proposed: Derek Alsop Seconded: David Garnett
The Chairman asked Bob Woods if he would please give the members a brief
address outlining his background.
~~~~~
Bob’s father was Rex Woods, a one-time President of the Poultry Club of Great
Britain. He started breeding Laced Wyandottes in South Africa in 1948/9. The birds
were of American origin and not as well laced as British birds of the time. After
teaching in South Africa for eighteen years, in 1959 the family moved back to the
United Kingdom and once again took up the breeding of cock and pullet breeders of
both Gold and Silver Laced. He was very successful as both a breeder and exhibitor,
as can be seen from the engraving on numerous trophies.
Bob informed us that he knew Wight’s Book of Poultry by heart at the tender age of
five. His father would cover the captions on the illustrations and ask Bob to identify
the breed.
He said his father was meticulous, and, by his own admission, was a far better
record keeper than Bob, who likened him to Gilbert May in his ability to recall
detailed results of various show. As well as breeding and showing Laced
Wyandottes, Rex also ran a rare breed center for some fifteen years when he kept
about 60 other breeds of fowl.
Wyandottes were obtained from Nick Thomas, a renowned breeder of Golds in
Cornwall, and Ken Funnell. Birds were also sourced from the Spencers.
Bobs involvement in breeding and showing reduced drastically when he left home to
attend university where he studied medicine. After graduating, not having any land
and having to move every six months it was not possible to keep chickens.
Eventually he settled down and once again started keeping large fowl keeping both
Golds and Silvers but yet another move required ‘downsizing’ so it was decided to
keep only Golds.
~~~~~
There was a brief discussion about the timing of the AGM. Some members were
unaware that at a previous meeting it had been decided to keep the AGM at the
National, this being as a result of the Fed allocating a meeting room at 5:00pm.
Moving the AGM to Sunday was discussed but as this would impact on judging
workshops it was decided to keep the current day/time for future AGMs.

Club/Regional Show Judges

The Chairman initiated a discussion on judges and judging that suggested that
individuals should not be limited to the colours they regularly judge. He proposed,
taking his own judging history as an example, that it would be of benefit to him to
be allowed to judge birds other than Blue and Buff and the Club would increase its
pool of all round judges.
There followed a lively discussion on whether the descriptions of the Gold, Blue
and Buff, that appear in the PCGB’s Poultry Standards book, should be expanded.
There being general disagreement it was proposed to refer the matter to the
Committee for investigation and to produce a commentary and/or possible
recommendation at next year’s AGM.

Club Show - 2015

To be held at the National Show, Telford
Judge: Richard Hoggarth - Gold/Silver
Proposed: Trefor Griffith Seconded: Richard Rowley
Judge: Richard Rowley - Blue/Buff
Proposed: Mark Vaughn Seconded: Ken Leggett

Regional Show - 2015

To be held at the Federation Show, Stafford
Judge: Margot Haines - Silver/Gold
Proposed: Bob Woods Seconded: Derek Alsop
Judge: Anita James – Blue/Buff
Proposed: Jordan Day Seconded: Richard Rowley

Regional Show - 2016

To be held at the High Peak Poultry Club Championship Show, Bakewell
Judge: Geoff Parker
Proposed: Trefor Griffith Seconded: Richard Rowley
Trophies

Insurance
Kerry has had a nominal valuation of £10,000 on the cups and trophies. Did the
membership wish to pursue an actual valuation with a view to acquiring insurance
for the Club’s assets?
Action: Referred to the Committee.

New Trophy
Richard (RAR) informed the meeting that Norma Haden had offered a trophy in
memory of her husband, Edward.
Action: Richard to co-ordinate.

Presentations
Steve Dace had enquired whether it would be possible to award the Best Laced
Wyandotte cups at the shows’ (Nat & Fed) presentation ceremony on Sunday. It was
felt that this would be logistically difficult to achieve.
Action: Trefor would make enquiries of both organisations.

Membership

PayPal
Trefor explained that the PayPal facility for membership on the website incurred a
charge for each transaction, 47p for an £8 adult membership and 37p for the £5
junior/senior membership. Opinion was canvassed as to the acceptability of this
overhead. It was proposed that ‘online’ membership fees be surcharged by 50p to
negate the charges.

Bank Standing Orders

Trefor informed the meeting that Bank Standing Order Mandates were now
available for members wishing to ‘automate’ the payment of their annual
subscription.

Club Rules

Trefor asked that we review the current rules and that Rule 6 - ‘The Financial Year
of the Club shall commence on the 1st January and terminating on the 31st
December’ be amended to read ‘The Financial Year of the Club shall commence on
the 1st November and terminating on the 31st October’. This was to allow the
Treasurer to present a completed yearly balance of accounts to the AGM.
Another Rule highlighted for review was Rule 16 – ‘Members shall be bound by
these Rules without the right of appeal to any Court of Law’. Trefor pointed out that
it this rule was probable unenforceable.
Action: Trefor review current rules to propose possible amendments to the
committee, agreed amendments to be published with the 2015 Year Book to be
considered and voted on by the membership in the 2015 AGM.

Any other business

None

Presentation of awards

The Club President, Bob Woods, presented Miss Kerry Wilson with the trophy for
Best Laced Wyandotte at the Regional Show held at the PCGB National
Championship Show, 2014.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bugle & District Poultry Club

Championship Show
Will host a Laced Wyandotte Club Regional Show

Judge:

on

Sat 3rd October 2015

at

Griggs Country Stores, Pendennis, Lower Sticker,

Saint Austell, Cornwall PL26 7JH

Telephone: Jason Kestell on 07766 483037

Email: jasonkestell@yahoo.co.uk
 60 Years
I was recently browsing some older club material; actually it was the Club
Handbook which was published in 1998, when I was but a lad. I thought I would
read an article by one of the stalwarts of the breed. The article, originally written in
1988 was Gold Wyandottes Cock Breeders, by Derek Alsop, The first two
paragraphs were a revelation and prompted this piece.
The paragraphs were as follows:
“I joined the Laced Dotte Club to the best of my recollection in 1955, at least I have
a membership card from dear old Nick Thomas of that year and it is possible I
might have been a member a year or two earlier, crumbs nearly 34 years ! And for
most of that time I have kept cock breeding Gold Laced Wyandottes.
There have never been many of us who have stuck to them and with the passing of
A.J., Nick and I must now be the longest serving breeders of them.”
A member since 1955! I was three years old! I thought this warranted a dedicated
article for this Year Book so I asked a longtime friend of Derek to put pen to paper.
TG

DEREK ALSOP

Derek has been a member of the Laced Wyandotte Club now for over fifty years. He
also served on the Poultry Club Council for many, many years, He was President of
our Club for over twenty years and led us with enthusiasm and down to earth
common sense.
In many ways Derek is
a natural academic. He
has a thorough
knowledge of all the
breed standards and is
an excellent and fair
judge. He understands
the breeds. But apart
from this he is an
excellent photographer
and has an immense
knowledge of natural
Derek with the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire
history, both flora and
and me (David Garnett)
fauna, in this country
and abroad. If you put together all the readings, photos and notes on all his subjects
he would be awarded several PHDs. He recently told us that he had completed a
study of all the twelve varieties of British thistle, locating and recording each one,
just out of interest!

Derek with our Chairman, Richard Rowley (left), Jim Lockwood and Paul Heath (to
the right), judging at Glossop

He also has an excellent and fascinating record of the many characters in the poultry
world. Derek has the gift of friendship. Outspoken yes, but once you get to know
him, he has a heart of gold. He only had to hear of someone under the weather, or
in hospital and he would be there beside them almost immediately.
Derek is a great character with a deep love of Laced Wyandottes and Modern Game
Bantams. He missed his best friend Bernard, and many others from the poultry
fancy who have passed on. But he and Wendy are a wonderful couple. We wish
them well with love and prayers as Derek has had a series of health setbacks
recently.
So, thank you Derek – for your intelligence, expertise, humanity and fun!
David Garnett
August 2015
 Judging at the Clwyd Show in November
1985

Royal Show 1987

Selston, February 1999

 Another from
Selston, 1999

Cups and trophies won

by unbeaten Silver
Laced pullet, 2000

Derek with his long-time

friend Colin Mitchell at
Southport, 2014
 Modern Wyandottes
HOW TO

Breed, Manage and Exhibit

The following is take from ‘MODERN WYANDOTTES’ by A. E. ELLETT, published

by "THE POULTRY WORLD", London, ©1920. The price was one shilling and six
pence (7½p).

CHAPTER VI
The Silver-laced
This was the first of the Wyandottes to make its appearance in this country, and it is
of all the colours truest to type. I purpose here giving a description of the general
characteristics of the Wyandotte which apply to all the varieties, and giving the
same at the commencement of the chapters of the different varieties will save me the
necessity of going over the ground repeatedly; therefore in the remaining chapters I
shall only give those distinctive properties pertaining to the particular variety I am
dealing with.
The one point beyond all others which strikes anyone seeing a Wyandotte for the
first time is its comb, which is totally different to that of any other breed. It bears
some resemblance to that of the Sebright Bantam, and no doubt inherits much of its
peculiarity from that breed. In form the comb should be firm and evenly set on the
head, it should be "well rosed" or "full of work", low and square in the front, taper
gradually towards the spike, and follow well the curve of the neck, being almost as
wide at the base as at the top, and should not protrude or hang over the sides of the
head. This is a point in which many otherwise good birds fail. A great feature in a
high-class Wyandotte is neatness of comb. The face and wattles should be red, with
the latter well developed and nicely rounded, the lobes also should be red, free from
white or yellow colouring, and of a nice round shape. The body should be deep,
broad, well rounded, and present a cobby appearance, the breast full and round with
good width at the shoulders. The wings should be neat, compact, and nicely folded.
The tail should be full, well developed, and carry sickles of moderate length. The
thighs should be of medium length and well covered with fluff. The legs and feet
should also be of medium length, straight, stoutly made, and of a rich orange-yellow
colour. The whole appearance of the bird should convey the idea of alertness,
neatness, compactness, and general smartness. As to size, the cockerels should
weigh from seven to nine pounds, cocks eight to ten pounds; hens from six to eight
pounds, pullets five to seven pounds. Exceptionally fine specimens may be found to
exceed these weights.
From this general description it will at once be apparent that the Wyandotte is a bird
of graceful, alert carriage and cobby well-rounded contour. Free from elongation or
angularity. The legs must be set well apart, support a broad, well developed body,
an in-kneed bird or a narrow shouldered one cannot show to advantage, and never
possess that commanding appearance which is so characteristic of a high-class
Wyandotte.

SILVER WYANDOTTE PULLET

Winner 1st and Medal Royal Counties, 1st Sittingbourne, 1st Maidstone, 2nd Tu nbri dge We l ls,
a nd t he n sol d at a bi g fi gur e.

B re d a nd e xh ibite d by M r. A . J. Br ock , St. Pe ter St ., C a nterb ury.

The great difficulty in breeding Silvers is not so much in possessing type as it is in

keeping the beautiful regularity of the lacing. Even after all these years of breeding
since the variety first came to us a first-class Silver is a comparative rarity, and not
often seen. The chief difficulty being to obtain in the cockerels the silvery-white
hackles and cushion together with soundly laced breast, fluff, and bars, whilst in the
hens a bird sound in her black and white, without ticking or mossiness is seldom
seen.
The first-class exhibition cockerel should have a head of pure silvery white, and
merging into the neck hackle of the same shade with a well- defined black stripe
extending down the centre almost to the end of the feather. The tip and edge of the
feather should be pure silver, and free from ticking. Next comes the breast, here the
web of each feather should be pure white, with a clean cut lacing all round. This
lacing should be of medium width, and show a beautiful rich sheeny lustre, free
from white on the outer edge. From the throat, right over the breast, down to the
thighs every feather should be laced and present a uniform appearance. The under
colour should be black or dark slate, so as to show up the purity of the silver. A
breast covered with good broad feathers, with large white centres, and evenly laced
black-beetle green edges, is a picture difficult to obtain, but exceedingly handsome
and valuable when it is. The back should be perfectly white and free from ticking,
whilst the saddle hackle should resemble the neck hackle as nearly as possible.
The wings should be silvery-white at the shoulder and bow, and free from ticking or
admixture of colour. This is a somewhat difficult point, as nearly all birds show a
creamy tinge in the wing. The coverts should be clearly laced all round, and form
two distinct bars. The flights should be finely yet distinctly laced with black, whilst
the tail should be solid black with a beetle-green lustre; white in tail is a big failing.
The thighs should be well covered with black feathers with white centres, and well
laced. The fluff should be full, and of a black shade powdered with grey.
The foregoing represents an ideal bird. A word or two as to the faults which spoil
the ideal and show themselves in most birds will not be out of place. Sooty hackle,
ticked wing, double lacing and too heavy lacing, spangling, light under colour, and
white in tail.
So much for the cock, now for our ideal Silver hen. The ground colour in a hen
should be the same as in the cock, as should be the feather of the head and neck
hackle. The breast should be similar to the cocks, as should the throat and thighs ,
but they are seldom so good. The back differs from that of the cock altogether,
inasmuch as every feather is laced like those on the breast. This lacing should be
regular and uniform all over, with the centre of the feathers pure white, and quite
free from ticking or mossiness. Some birds are more heavily laced than others, and
if they are exceptionally good in colour, both of the black and white, are very
handsome, but the open round lacing is the more difficult to obtain, and therefore
the more highly prized. The tail, like the cock's, should be black.
Having given the faults of the cocks I give those usually seen in the hens. The most
objectionable and most frequent is that of mossiness or ticking in the white of the
feather, and which generally appears on the cushion. Double lacing, light lacing,
patchy lacing, and V-shaped lacing are all faults of serious character. Dark or sooty
hackles, washy or pale throats, and plain wing ends are faults which detract from the
beauty of an exhibition specimen. Purity of colour and perfectly even lacing are the
two great things to strive for.
In breeding Silvers double mating is imperative. Therefore I will deal first with the
cockerel breeding pen. The cock or cockerel selected should answer as near as
possible to the description previously given. His mates should be hens or pullets of
the same strain with plenty of size and bone, I like them on the dark side, with
sound breast colour and lacing, good wing and hock lacing, and sound in under-
colour. Mossiness of cushion is no drawback, but rather an advantage, as many of
the best cockerels are bred from mossy-cushioned hens, and you need not worry if
they are a bit dark in hackle. Most certainly breed from bright hackled hens if you
can get them good in other properties, should it be a choice between too dark or too
light and washy I should unhesitatingly prefer the former. Combs, lobes, and wattles
should be neat and sound. Never breed from a creamy-coloured cockerel if you can
avoid it, brassiness of hackle and shoulder is very hard to breed out, far harder than
sootiness on saddle. Neatness of head and soundness of tail are first points in the
cockerel. As one can't always get just what is required, a certain amount of
judgment must be exercised in using the material available. If your cock is lighter or
darker than you like you must mate him with hens of suitable colour. The golden
rule in mating is to counteract the failings of the sire with the merits of the dam, and
vice versa. One thing must never be forgotten, and that is in all breeding stock there
should be plenty of size and vigour.
We now come to the pullet breeding pen, and here the cock should be decidedly
darker in colour than one used for cockerel breeding, and he should come from a
pullet-breeding strain. His breast lacing should be rather heavy, his under colour
very sound and showing good depth of lustre, his hackles should be well striped, his
wing bars should be well defined, and his flights nicely laced. Examine the saddle
hackle carefully and see that the secondary tail coverts have clear white centres, are,
in fact, pullet laced. The more of this lacing he possesses, and the further it extends
along the back the better. This kind of lacing being most essential to a pullet
breeder.
The pullets should be very sound in colour, open and level in lacing, and free from
mossiness or peppering on cushion. The hackles should be clean and bright, and
good in under-colour. Attention should be paid to the heads, as neatness of comb
goes a long way in the show pen. In mating up a pair it is as well to let some of the
hens or pullets be lighter, and some darker than the standard, as one can never be
sure what class of lacing in his mates may suit the cock selected. It should be
remembered that to keep and improve colour and lacing a certain amount of in-
breeding is essential. In buying birds for breeding the greatest care should be used ,
and their pedigree closely inquired into, as one injudicious purchase may ruin a
whole strain.

CHAPTER VII
The Gold-laced
THE Golds came to England first about the end of the eighties. Mr. A. W. Geffkin,
of Southampton, a past president of the United Wyandotte Club, being the first
fancier in England to import them. They were first produced by Mr. J. McKeen, of
Orinoco, and came from a union of the Silver Wyandotte with a local breed known
as Winnebajos. English breeders soon improved them, and there is not much doubt
that Indian Game blood was the fountain from whence the improvement came, and
even now some strains throwback to the Indian Game and produce birds with dark
hackles and shoulders, coarse heads, and heavy brows.
In general characteristics the Golds are similar to the Silvers, excepting, of course,
the ground colour, which is a rich golden bay. For the fancier with limited
accommodation the Gold is to be preferred to the Silver, because it is possible to
breed exhibition cockerels and pullets from the same pen, an almost utter
impossibility in the Silvers, but many of our best Golds have been so bred. Still, for
those who have the time and space at disposal, double mating is the most reliable
and most satisfactory, as a larger percentage of exhibition birds are likely to result.

GOLD WYANDOTTE COCKEREL

1 s t , S p. , a nd C u p be st fow l i n S ho w, T atte nha ll , 1 s t , Sp., a nd be st W ya ndo tte,
C hest er, 1 s t Ho lm fir th, 1 s t Kend a l, 1 s t Narbe th, 2 n d Al tric ham , B rist ol , etc .

B re d a nd e xh ibite d by M r. W . L. Horb ury , E lm Hou se, Brombo rou gh .

The following description of a high-class exhibition Gold cockerel will give my
readers an idea of the kind of bird which finds most favour in the eyes of present-
day judges of the variety. The head feather should be rich golden bay, and this
should be the colour of the neck hackle, and as near the same shade as possible
throughout. The stripe down the centre of each feather should be a rich green glossy
black, sharp and distinct, and the hackle should come well down over the shoulders.
The saddle hackle should match that of the neck. Rich golden bay should be the
colour of the wing bow and shoulder coverts, not the deep maroon or dull brown
which is sometimes seen. The bars and flights should be the same colour as the
breast, and well marked with rich green black lacing on the outer edge. This lacing
should extend well round the feathers, showing the bar clear and distinct. The tail
should be full, sound black with a beetle-green lustre, and quite free from white.
The breast, which is an all-important point, should be a rich bright bay, regularly
and distinctly laced with deep green-black lacing, every feather from the throat
downwards to the thighs should show this lacing clear and distinct, the under colour
should be black or very dark slate, with the fluff slightly powdered with gold. The
shanks and feet should be bright orange-yellow, free from sootiness or dark spots.
The Gold pullet should answer the following description: Head and neck hackle rich
golden bay, with distinct green-black striping. The breast should be of the same rich
bay colour, with every feather clearly and distinctly laced, free from golden fringe
or double lacing. The back, cushion, and wings should correspond with the breast,
except that the ground colour should appear rather more lustrous, the lacing should
be rich green-black and of a uniform depth throughout. The tail coverts should show
rich bright bay centres, and be quite free from pepperings or mossiness. The under
colour should be black, and the legs and feet rich orange-yellow, free from sootiness
or dark spots.
I have described what may be termed an ideal pair of Gold Wyandottes, but the
birds which approach such a description are few and far between. Many birds are
light and uneven in the ground colour, and their lacing is not as dark and glossy as it
should be. Many Gold cockerels fail in finish of comb, white in the lobe is another
fault which crops up all too often. Sooty hackles are an abomination which come
more frequently in the dark coloured birds, therefore do I insist so strongly on the
rich bright bay colour. The craze for extra striping has had something to do with
many birds being sooty in hackle, because it is difficult to confine excess of black to
the striping alone. On the other hand we have hackles that are too light, and birds of
this character are also generally light and brassy in shoulders, a fault often
accompanied by light under-colour. A ticked hackle is another great failing. Dull
brown or brick-red in the wing is also a common defect, but improvement is being
made in this direction. Unevenness of breast colour and deficiency of lacing are not
considered so much by some judges as they should be, they are grave faults.
Soundness of colour and uniformity of lacing are two of the chief features, and
badly finished or blotchy lacing, or mottled colour, should be penalised heavily.
In the pullets a failing in type is often seen, many being narrow in front, short of
cushion, and too high in the leg. In colour the hackle is sooty or blotchy, the wing
dark, the breast too dark in some, too light in others, whilst some have good breasts
and bad shoulders. Others, again, are too light in under-colour, being more brown
than black. Many are spoilt by the lacing being weak at the throat and top of the
breast. Others are narrow in lacing, some double-laced. Mossiness or peppering is
also very prevalent, whilst quite a large number are sooty in leg colour.
In breeding Gold Wyandottes the same rules apply as those I have given for the
breeding of Silvers. Soundness of colour and evenness of lacing are the great
essentials to be kept in view. I strongly advocate double mating, as one gets a far
larger percentage of good chicks by so mating, but it is not absolutely essential, as
many good birds of both sexes have been bred from birds mated up on the one pen
principle.
The Gold Wyandotte as it exists today is a very handsome bird. It has been much
improved since first introduced into England, and in addition to its striking beauty,
is as an all-round utility fowl very hard to beat. The hens are layers of a rich brown
egg, they lay well in winter, are most docile sitters, and excellent mothers. The
chicks grow quickly, arrive at maturity at an early age, and are really good table
birds. As a cross for utility purposes the Gold Wyandotte is one of the best.
From what I have written the new beginner will have gathered that I consider the
Gold Wyandotte one of the best of the family, especially for the small fancier.
Before leaving this chapter I should like to give my readers a little advice in regard
to the purchasing of their original stock. In the first place find out a breeder of
winners, not a mere exhibitor, or one who buys most of his winners, ask him to mate
up the pen you buy from him so as to produce winners, advising him as to the lines
upon which you intend to proceed in the future, that is whether you are intending to
found a cockerel strain, a pullet strain, or a strain producing both cockerels and
pullets. Get to know something about the pedigree of the birds, and then in your
subsequent matings keep to your own strain. Many a young fancier has ruined his
chances of success by the introduction of alien blood just as he was getting his strain
established. To breed any variety successfully a certain amount of in-breeding must
be followed, but especially so in any variety in which lacing or marking play an
important part.

CHAPTER VIII
Other Laced Varieties
THE BUFF-LACED, BLUE-LACED, AND WHITE-LACED BLACKS
BUFF-LACED Wyandottes were first introduced into this country by that
enthusiastic fancier, the Rev. J. Crombleholme, of Clayton-le-Moors, in the year
1897, but although very handsome, hardy, and good utility birds, they have not
taken the public fancy. It is hardly necessary to give more than a general description
of the Buff-laced, as much which I have written concerning the more popular Gold
is applicable to the Buff-laced. The general characteristics are, of course, the same,
and so is the lacing, the only difference comes in the colour, and if the description
of the Gold is followed, substituting buff for bay, and white for black wherever it
occurs in the colour description of the Gold, you will understand what the Buff-
laced should be.
Very few good Buff-laced birds have been seen. Most of those shown have been
splashed with either blue or black in the tail, some have been very blotchy in lacing,
many too light in hackle, others too dark, showing black or double colouring, others,
again, have been very dark on the shoulders. To perfect the variety a course of
double mating will have to be followed, and for the cockerel breeding pen I should
recommend a cockerel as even in his buff as possible, that is hackles, back, wings
and breast as near one shade as possible, the hackle striping should be a clear and
distinct stripe down the centre of each feather, and the white lacing should
commence at the throat and go evenly down the breast to the thighs. The tail and
underbody colour to be white without any dark spots or shading. The hens for such a
bird should be as even in their buff as it is possible to get, be very clearly striped in
their hackles, distinct in wing bars, have well-laced breasts, if a trifle heavily laced
so much the better, as in the cockerel the tail and under-colour should be white.
For the breeding of pullets I should prefer a heavily-laced cock, one sound in his
colour, and his mates should be pullets as near to exhibition standard as may be
obtainable
Blue-laced Wyandottes are even less popular than Buff-laced. In ground colour they
are a deeper buff than the Buff-laced, and instead of the white lacing plumage is
laced with blue.

WHITE-LACED BLACK WYANDOTTES

T he fir st exhibi te d.
 B re d by th e Rev . J . W. A. Mack e nzie, Whi twic k.

Black, White-laced Wyandottes are as yet quite in the experimental stage, and the
credit of their introduction is due to that enthusiastic fancier, the
Rev, J. W. A. Mackenzie. I am not at liberty to say anything about these birds at
present beyond the fact that they have originated from a couple of Wyandotte hens
which contained in a latent and invisible state, the blood of a White-laced variety,
but which became dominant and visible when they were crossed with a pure
Wyandotte cock. As the name indicates the bird is an exact reversal of the oldest
member of the Wyandotte family, the Silver-laced. Instead of a white feather with
black lacing, we have a black feather with white lacing. It is a bird of very striking
appearance, possessing all the characteristics of the Wyandotte family, equalling
them in their splendid utility qualities, and by reason of its colour should run the
Self-black a hard race for popularity amongst town dwellers, by reason of the fact
that its plumage will not show the grime and dirt like the lighter colours.



Congratulations to the

Wyandotte Club of Australia on

their Centenary
 Reflections
The Past, The Present, The Future . . .

The Past:
Henry Edewas was a breeder of large Silver Laced
Wyandottes from 1899 to beyond 1918. He exported
them to South America, South Africa, Australia, India,
Ceylon and the Continent. A picture of two of his
pullets shows a good lacing except on the thigh, but not
the best of Wyandotte shape. The price was £15 for a
trio and £10 for hatching eggs, a very large sum in
1899. It is often said “Get the shape right and then
begin to paint the picture on it.” The true Wyandotte
shape is made up of curves. Suffice it to say over the
last decades type has on the whole been good, and of course there was a massive
leap forward with Alan Askew’s silver and gold bantams in the 1980s and 90s.
One hundred years ago the Feathered World Yearbook named those poultry fanciers
who were fighting in the First World War. One was the son of J.M. Philipson, a
famous breeder of Silvers and Golds. His son was killed in action, - another
reminder of the tragedy of war and violence. Is the world anywhere seeing the folly
of it all? “To save this world you asked this man to die. Would this man, could he
see you now, ask, “Why?”

The Present:
At the Club Show someone said to me, “Nowhere in the standard does it say that the
lacing should be round.” I should have known. For in 1987 the Club committee met
at Margot Haines’ house to revise and clarify the Standard. As Secretary, I was
responsible for drawing up the Standard, which was then approved by the President,
Derek Alsop, and the Committee before going to Council for approval. I suppose
the omission of round lacing was because we all assumed that the lacing should be
round and always had been. Again over 100 years ago the Club wrote, “The lacing
should be open, round, bold and even and free from all irregularity, i.e. it must not
run into the white... The feathers should be broad, so that the outer edge of black
does not come to a point but form an almond shaped lacing.” It then goes on to say
that the hackle should be striped with a bold black stripping, and all around the
feathers runs a white lacing. “The head is silvery white.”

The Future:
Some of our laced, (especially Silver bantams and Golds) do not like to be moved
when they are broody. A friend of mine has nest boxes made out of plastic tubs and
simply moves the whole nest to where he wants to hatch and rear. I use the Clive
Carefoot method with my Partridge Wyandottes. Put them in a box and lift then out
once a day for feeding and excretion. With the Silver Laced bantams I find this
works 50/50. Some settle down but others are knocked off and go back to laying
again.

Finally
I do hope you have hatched some good young pullets and cockerels. As a pullet
breeder I do love it when the cockerels have lacing at the base of their tail feathers.
One or two of my pullets look really good, but who knows what will happen as they
mature?
So every blessing in what is a wonderful breed and hobby, bringing huge enjoyment
and satisfaction.
Venerable David C. Garnett
June 2015



A Missive from the Honourable Member

for Chinley

Dear member,
Another spring has passed and, having decided not
to hatch many chicks this year, I had only two
sittings at the right time when an illness overtook me
and I was rushed in to hospital. This put a stop to the
poultry for some time but I have made a recovery
thanks to many good wishes from many old friends. What chicks I have will have to
do for this year but, as one old fancier said to me many years ago ‘you only want
one’.
I do hope that all the members have had a good lot of chickens to ensure a good
entry for the coming Club Show, which brings me to the subject of AGMs.
Last year at Telford was very poorly attended and I know more were at the pen
sides. The Club cannot work without an input from the members attending. We
cannot leave the Club’s affairs to the Chairman and Secretary alone. We have the
oldest and best Wyandotte Club and if you will excuse me, I regard it as My Club.
Finally, Telford, as a show venue, did not impress me. It lacked the atmosphere of
Stoneleigh. We had 30 good years there and I would love to go back.
Derek Alsop
July 2015
Letter to the Editor…..

Dear Trefor
Thank you for your phone call and email with
the pictures of the new trophies. I think that the
design is really good and much more interesting
than silver cups. The idealised picture of the
cock and hen looks just perfect, and happily
displays all four varieties of the Laced
Wyandottes.
I know that my father would have felt very honoured to have his name on
one of them, and, of course, I am delighted. He was a member for all his
adult life and helped to gather the Club after World War Two, helping
and advising people who were keen to breed and also show Laced
Wyandottes and distributing birds all over the country.
I believe the Spencer family did actually meet Fred Houdlette, but I do
not know the circumstances, it was certainly a long time ago. Father was
on the PCGB Council for a number of years and well known in the fancy.
I am afraid that I shall be unable to attend either the Poultry Club Show
or the Federation. Stafford and Telford are simply too far for me to drive
these days.
I extend my gratitude to our club committee and officers for all their hard
work and enclose a cheque towards the splendid new trophies.
Very Best Wishes
Margot Haines
19 July 2015
 KEN
LEGGETT
Breeder of Many Club Champions

Exhibitor of

Blue Laced Wyandotte Bantams

Light Sussex Bantams

Speckled Sussex Bantams

Beccles, Suffolk
Telephone: 01502 713140

Mobile: 07867 785493

 Antipodean Sojourn
With the Chairman

Having been to New York (U.S.A.) it was a priority on

my “bucket list”, if possible, to visit the “other side of the
World (Australia) before the “bucket had a fatal leak”, if
you get my meaning. I imagined “it” would happen (if at
all) via one of my three hobbies, namely cricket, Northern Soul music or poultry.
Five years ago I
nearly made it to
see a Test (cricket)
Match in Adelaide
– tickets had been
bought for me and
my good friend
Michael but sadly,
for personal
reasons, it didn’t
happen. So when
the “Ian Kay” of
Australia (as Stuart
Yours truly with Dallas Smith (holding winning Buff Laced
Kay, one of the
bantam female) and Peter Gooch (Fellow judge in Sydney)
late Ian Kay’s sons
described this man), David ‘Dallas’ Smith got in touch and we had been chatting for
quite some time, the bucket list dream was becoming a reality. Sadly, I had to make
the journey on my own (big decision for me because I had never flown on my own),
because the other judge involved (now an exciting new Poultry Club Council
Member) could not make it for personal reasons. Dallas thought it would be better
all round, for a host of reasons, if I went on my own.
I did, and it proved to be ‘THE BEST THREE WEEKS OF MY LIFE’ (up to yet),
but not without a lot of physical and nervous energy being generated beforehand,
not least because I would be leaving all my stock behind, including chickens,
tropical fish, canaries, bullfinches, Border Collie, and a large growing garden, to
name but some items, in the middle of our summer. Three good friends were
involved in looking after everything.
The pressure remained upon my return with the need to sort out 600 plus photos
taken, the details of at least half a dozen of Australia’s top breeders and exhibitors
and working to deadlines with reports for Year Book and Magazines. But, as the
saying goes, it will have been “WORTH EVERY PENNY” when I’ve completed all
my self set tasks. I’m trying to juggle all the tasks - keeping livestock and my
garden duties etc. up to scratch.
These had to be compared to our “UK” standards, so I hopefully was able to get the
birds in the right order (OZ STYLE) of course.
In New South Wales I visited one of the largest collections of large Laced
Wyandottes which included some self-coloured black and white birds and over 200
white Wyandotte bantams. It was the biggest ‘fancy’ poultry operation I have ever
seen and will probably ever see in either of our countries. This ideal set up belonged
to an ex dairy farmer called Tony Schubert and his charming wife Val (who baked
excellent scones).
Dallas was my link to
all the breeders and his
good friend David
Plant, the Pekin
Supremo, was with us
that day. We saw some
large cock breeding
Silver Laced
Wyandottes (not many
about especially in
UK) as well as
splendid large pullet
breeding birds. I hope
to include more detail
and photos of this visit
Presenting awards to "Juniors" (the Lambert family)
in Fancy Fowl at a
after judging
later date.
The Old English Game bantams in Oz have a more flowing tail with furnishing and
longer sickle feathers. Talking of tails the Australorps are thicker/broader at the
back end (some might say “cock breeders”). We like a more stylish “end” tail
feather appearance. The Rhode Island Red bantam males have much better tails than
we have here.
Sticking to Wyandottes, the points system slightly favours type over colour and
lacing and would need more pages to discuss as I don’t agree personally and think
that it could lead to what I encountered when starting to breed blue laced (many,
many years ago) that is - type only reasonable but colour and lacing absolutely
terrible.
I must just mention a young lady in the Silkie world – Renee Bartholomew. What an
amazing person and dedicated to the Oz fancy with her Silkies and Pekins, running
her local show in Maitland and breeding and showing to perfection with her lovely
mother Marie. To quote another top UK fancier and friend, Austin Shaw, ‘you got to
have Humility’, and Renee has it in Spades. She just missed being in Aussie
Olympic Swimming Team by tenth of second. Judging the Silkie Show in Maitland
was one of the most exacting but rewarding judging experiences I have ever had, but
that’s another story.
When not doing ‘poultry’ things I had a marvellous time as a tourist. My first
organised trip was to the Sydney Cricket Ground with so many historic memories. I
sat in Ritchie Benaud’s chair where he commentated on matches. I also sat in
Michael Clark’s (present Australian captain) chair/locker in the changing rooms. I
saw the plaque commemorating the young Australian cricketer who tragically lost
his life after being hit by a ball. He actually showed poultry and his farther still
does. Larwood, destroying the Aussies etc. etc.
Dallas tried to organise a ‘Northern Soul’ dance night for me but to quote Will
Burdett’s phrase again ‘the set up wasn’t right’, sadly.
I got the iconic picture near the Sydney Opera House that we all see on the TV on
New Year’s Eve (Aussies ten hours in front of us). I went on a Harbour Cruise,
visited Bondi Beach, Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Blue Mountains… Newcastle
guided tour from Dallas and other amazing experiences. I could go on. If you ever
get the chance go, GO, and
look for the Koala Bears (fell
in love with them).
Finally, I would like to make
special mention of Bob Cliff
and his partner Gail. Bob is
an unsung hero of the
NSW Wyandotte Club. He
and Gail travelled a good
distance to pick me up from
the airport when I landed at
Bob Cliff, Secretary of the New South Wales
Wyandotte Fanciers Club. Overlooking the
6:00am. He is also the person
famous Bondi Beach in Sydney responsible for getting our
Secretary, Trefor, two books
he wanted me to bring back. Bob does a lot of behind the scenes work. He and Gail
looked after me royally for days and took me to many of Sydney’s iconic tourist
spots. Without people like Bob there would not be a show in Sydney for the New
South Wales Wyandotte fanciers.

Would I go back, yes definitely, and if was younger would seriously consider living
‘down under’.
Richard Rowley
July 2015
 International Wyandottes
The Netherlands

Silver Laced hen (bantam) bred by A. van Moolenbroek. Best in

Show (Laced) F96 (=“beautiful”) at the Club Championship Show in
Utrecht.

Buff Laced hen (large fowl) bred by S.U. Blik. Best in Show (Laced) F96
(=“beautiful”) at the “jongdierendag” (young stock) show in Amersfoort.
 Denmark

Guld sort/randet hane (Gold, Sølv sort/randet høne (Silver,

Black Laced Cock) bred by Black Laced Hen) bred by Jørgen
Marianne Malmquist Nielsen Iversen

Guld hvid/randet hane (Gold,

Guld blå/randet hane (Gold, White Laced Cock) bred by
Blue Laced Cock) [No breeder Gunner Kristensen
details available]
 Australia

New South Wales

Wyandotte Fanciers Club

This year’s Annual Show was conducted in Sydney on
June 28th, with an entry doubling that of recent years. This
was no doubt due to the Club being able to secure the
Judging services of Mr. Richard Rowley, the Laced
Wyandotte Specialist from the U.K. Indeed, this was the first time for many decades
that an English Wyandotte expert had officiated at a Specialist Show in Australia,
and Richard’s opinions were keenly
sought by all present. All agreed that
it was a great opportunity to have
their birds appraised from another
perspective, as an alternative to those
of a very limited pool of local judges.
Laced Wyandottes dominated the
Show in numbers, with the Silver
Laced, as one might expect,
providing the largest classes in the
Large Fowl. Bantams were out in
force with large classes on show in
many varieties, including the biggest
showing of Silver Laced and Buff
Laced Bantams seen at Sydney for
many years.
Champion Large Fowl was awarded
Buff Laced bantam pullet, owned by to Greg Owens’ Silver Laced hen,
Dallas Smith, was Best Laced in with the same owners male Best
Show and Show Reserve Champion Opposite Sex.
D.J. (Dallas) Smith’s Buff Laced pullet was Show Reserve Champion and Best
Laced in Show overall.
The Club wishes to thank The Laced Wyandotte Club for their very generous support,
and look forward to reciprocating some Special Awards to your British Club Shows
later in 2015.
Dallas Smith
August 2015
 Australia
Wyandotte Club of Australia
Centenary Show – June 2015

Champion Large Silver Laced

D Brown

Champion Silver Laced Bantam

Odette Hargreaves

Champion Blue Laced Bantam

B Kerr
 Australia

Champion Buff Laced Bantam

Odette Hargreaves

Champion Large Gold Laced

K Reid

Champion Gold Laced Bantam

P Charlton

Champion Large Blue Laced

A&K Nightingale
 United States of America
The Wyandotte Eastern National Poultry Show, November 2014, held at the
'Ohio National' show in Columbus, Ohio

The Reserve Best standard (L/F) Wyandotte was a Silver Laced

hen, owned and shown by William Gardhouse of Schomberg,
Ontario.

Best Wyandotte Bantam, Silver Laced cockerel owned by Brian

Knox of Weare, New Hampshire. This bird also won Ch. RCCL
(Rose Comb Clean Legged Class for bantams) and Best Bantam in
Show.
 An Exercise in Selection
with Stave Dace

(Reproduced with the kind permission of

Fancy Fowl Magazine. First published
June 2015.)

For a few years now I have been invited to my pal Steve Dace's house to 'go through
the birds' and offer an opinion on the current year's crop. Let me tell you, with the
amount of birds Steve breeds (or has bred in the past), this is no easy task but an
enjoyable one all the same.
I'm sure you'd agree that it's a great
social part of the hobby looking at
your mates' birds and vice versa -
often with a beer, a brew or
something savoury if you are
lucky! But I'm one of those people
who has the camera permanently
attached to my face, which I'm
sure is frustrating. So I'm often
caught between trying to saviour
the moment whilst also attempting
to capture it on film; this making
Assessing the breast feathers on this potential for quite a challenge.
show cockerel
Although Steve has kept many
breeds and varieties of poultry over the years, his main love is the Silver Laced
Wyandotte, so naturally most of the assessment has taken place in the Laced
Wyandotte pens. And sorting them out hasn't been easy, but it has been very
gratifying for Steve to watch his flocks improve as he's become more selective over
the years.
Being a quick learner, Steve knew years ago what 'type' he was aiming for in his
Laced Wyandottes, and admits: "They always look great running around on the
deck - until you pick them up, that is.” I can sympathise with him on this: I've
been there many times when that `superstar' on grass has let itself down badly with
something or other in the hand.
I have seen Steve's face drop when I've noticed something he's missed, but also his
stubbornness when he's seen something in a bird that I'm pushing as 'a good'un' and
how he won't relent: the bird in question is showing a fault so is not a grade A
contender for show or the breeding pen.
Large Gold Laced Wyandottes ready to be sorted through. Decent leg colour for a
start?
And with Steve having blended and made his strains from a mixture of English and
Continental blood, it goes to prove that 'selection' towards the ideal goal is no easy
road to take. Many things are brought to the surface - some good, but many bad
points. And Steve has witnessed firsthand how difficult it is to maintain strains of
exhibition Wyandottes. We can all get lucky one year with a breeding pen that
'worked out.' But building on that, let alone maintaining it, can be extremely
challenging.

Frustration with Laced

I would happily proffer that the perfect exhibition Silver Laced Wyandotte is a
complete hybrid - from a colour perspective - within its status as a 'true-breeding'
variety. You may produce that ideal bird, and it will likely be regarded as 'exhibition
male or female' line. But try reproducing it, determining the perfect breeding partner
for it, and keeping the line going without it showing extremities towards one
direction or the other (whilst at the same time retaining the necessary vigour), and
you've really got a challenge on your hands.
Mediocrity will breed true

You could argue that 'Silver Laced does breed true!' which is a statement of fact as
far as Silver Laced producing Silver Laced goes, but when you want that elusive
'best of show' winner, you are really dealing with things on a whole other level. It's
more a case of balancing and complementary mating, and knowing which birds will
work together.
Because we want a perfectly Laced bird as well as perfect wing markings, we make
it near on impossible for ourselves. When I say 'mediocrity breeds true,' I mean that
you can get a certain plumage type to breed true within the confines of the 'Silver
Laced' umbrella - as long as you are willing to accept the downsides.
So what are the downsides? I'm sure anyone who's ever bred Silver Laced (female
line) would agree that it's easy to get good wing markings - flights with the right
amount of black saturating nicely in the broader part of the feather - if you're willing
to accept birds with heavier thigh lacing, and these tend to breed true. Conversely,
it's easy to breed birds with good thigh lacing if you're willing to make a sacrifice in
the wing markings (lack of black). These also breed true. But in my view, that 'best
of show' winner will be a complete hybrid between the aforementioned examples,
which is why breeding Silver Laced is not for the fainthearted.

This pullet shows signs of shaftiness, but

also that she hasn't been through the final
developing moult, and this is evident
with the narrow feathers Steve is
pointing to in the centre of the back.

Not good! If your Gold Laced Wyandottes

start trying to turn into Barnevelders after a
moult, you definitely don't want to keep
them!
 This Gold Laced pullet shows rather bad
shaftiness as well as fringing. But how
much of a big deal should it be?

This pullet was better for leg colour, but

her legs were a little ‘square’ and she had
slight webbing fluff

This Gold Laced pullet, while having not

fully moulted out her juvenile tail
feathers, shows many undesirable points:
inconsistent wing covert lacing,
deficiency in black pigment in the
primaries, and white in the secondaries
and primaries. Not a good specimen!

A bit lemony in the neck but this may be

acceptable. The back feathering is nice and
wide with no sign of moss, and reasonable
in terms of only slight ‘shaftiness’ rather
than really obvious lighter feather shafts.
The thigh lacing is too dark
 This pullet was a good Gold Laced
female, aside from her disappointing legs
which were a little pale and showing
signs of feather stubs

This Gold Laced pullet was deemed to

have near perfect wing markings: excellent
saturation of black on the primary feathers,
laced coverts and a lack of moss on the
secondaries – a pleasing sight for Laced
Wyandotte breeders.

This male was a 'show hopeful' until the

opening of his wings revealed too much
white on the primary feathers. A shame
because he was quite respectable
otherwise, although he did display slight
nicotine on the back and a smallish comb

The leader of the pack. This male (bantam)

was the dominant one and obviously had a
better-developed comb and wattles than the
rest of his cohort. His wattles are equal and
his eye colour is reasonable. His comb also
has some work and the leader is almost
right. It follows the line of the head but
could do with being a few mil lower. The
comb could be a little wider
 Compared to many of the females
examined, this one could be termed as
'reasonable' when it comes to wing
markings, but she is far from perfect. She
also has rather heavy neck markings

Moss - the 'scourge of the Laced

Wyandottes.' This can happen when pullets
go through their first adult moult, but
definitely should be disregarded in pullets

Assessing the breast feathers of this

potential show pullet

A promising bantam male in terms of eye

and beak colour. The comb is reasonable
but could be twice the size

This bantam male's comb has no

discernible 'work' and is more like a slug.
Not a good look! And not even desirable
as a 'pullet-breeder' with a leader that
stumpy
A bantam pullet with an 'acceptable' comb.
At least it's not ingrown. The eye colour is
a little light and the beak certainly needs a
trim!

This bantam female's comb has an

ingrown leader and is no good. Little is
known about the fault, but it should be
avoided like the plague. Hoping that they
'pop out' is just asking for trouble.
Breeding them in will just breed them on

This bantam male's comb is slightly off-

center, and while it shows a degree of
work, the leader is rather non-existent, and
what is present is rounded off and split.
Not a good comb on this one!

Uphill challenge

And the above just highlights a couple of the challenges that come with Laced
Wyandottes. There are many more, one of which is 'moss' - what I call 'the scourge
of the Laced Wyandottes' and ruins many otherwise-good-birds. It usually occurs
after a moult and on the back feathers of females, but if you have it in the first year
then forget it - that bird is no use as a pullet-breeder!
Another fault is 'fringing' which tends to happen on the lower throat / upper breast
area and shows itself as an additional outer, thinner edge over the black lacing - and
is invariably the colour of the interior of the feather. Speaking to Steve about this
issue, he said: "You just never know what each judge will go for. Some are far
stricter than others when it comes to certain faults," which is understandably
frustrating for breeders, as they never fully know how to regard each specimen on
site. But you could argue, to a point, that this is true of all breeds and varieties; not
every judge will agree on what constitutes a bad fault.
That perfect bird

Laced Wyandotte breeders are owed much credit for their hard work and persistence
in trying to get the plumage right alone, never mind 'type' or any of the other
attributes required in a top specimen.
And you could argue that 'type' is just a prerequisite before markings are even
considered, and also that faults can just be selected against so should be weeded out
quite easily. But we all know it's not as easy as that. How many Fanciers can you
think of alone that suddenly had a new fault cropping up one year? How many have
you had, despite your line being highly selected?
So the next time you see a Silver Laced Wyandotte that has won its class (or even
the whole show), you will know how much effort its owner has put into getting it
right, the skill and patience required, and you may even feel it appropriate to doff
your hat (if you wear one). And the good news is that persistence pays off. Credit
where it's due!

20-week-old Silver Laced Wyandotte bantam pullets to be sorted through. The

difference in thigh and neck lacing between specimens is already evident

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 Member’s Profile

Val & Tim Moss

by Jordan Day

WHEN it comes to Silver Laced Wyandotte bantam

breeders and exhibitors, Tim and Val Moss certainly
don’t need much of an introduction.
After all, the couple have kept the colour for as long as they have been married –
which (well remembered Tim!) is 40 years this year.
In fact, they’ve had silver laced for 41 years as Tim, 59, bought Val, 61, a trio as a
birthday present the year before they tied the knot.
Tim said: “Our first trio came from an old well-known waterfowl dealer.
“I bought them for Val
for her birthday the year
before we got married.
“They were pretty little
things but they were
certainly only pet quality.
They were very poorly
laced.
“We took them over to a
guy called Tom Chapel,
who showed some good
silver laced at the time, so
that he could have a look
at them.
“There was no messing
about with Tom and he
told us the best thing to
One of Tim and Val's Champions. Unfortunately, Val do with the birds would
can't remember the year. Can anyone enlighten us? be for us to eat them.”
Tim and Val, who lived in Rugby then, ended up buying a trio of silver laced from
Tom but instead of killing their original trio and putting them in the pot, they kept
them.
Tim said: “We actually ended up breeding the original birds, or at least one of the
females, with the trio we got from Tom.
“The original ones had poor lacing but they had quite good type so we used them
and that’s how it all started really.
“Every year we’d breed the best birds back to each other and that’s how we built up
the strain.
“I’d say it was around 10 years later that we eventually started to breed decent birds
but what’s funny is that they were completely different to what they are now.”
Tim, a former farm herdsman, said: “They were like well-built Sebrights – they had
hardly any type but their lacing was pretty incredible.
“Their feathers were oval and huge, which, sadly, we don’t see much of these days.”
Although they had kept chickens for years, it was rabbits that Tim and Val
originally intended to exhibit.
Tim said: “My grandad had poultry and he used to show rabbits and canaries.
“The first chicken I ever owned was a columbian Wyandotte which was when I was
about 5 I think.
“Val and I originally wanted to show rabbits but we kind of got side-tracked and got
into showing bantams instead.”
Tim and Val, who have two children and three grandchildren, have bred, exhibited
and judged numerous breeds over the years, all of which they have had a lot of
success with, including Marans, Anconas, Hamburghs, Sussex and Buff Rocks, to
name just a few.
Today, they have just the silver laced Wyandottes and some Silver Dutch.
Tim said: “There’s just something about the silver laced that we love, hence we’ve
still got them and I’d say we’ll have them until we’re no longer in a position to keep
chickens.
“They’re a difficult colour, there’s no denying that, as any laced breed is difficult to
get right.
“But I honestly don’t think there’s anything more striking than a good silver laced
pullet.
“I also like the fact that when you do get a good one, you can tell it’s good just by
looking at it.
“A good silver laced will stand out among the others in the pen but that often isn’t
the case with a lot of breeds and with self colours.
“One thing that is annoying about them is that they are all capable of throwing out a
really good one, but then they’ll very rarely produce one like it again. I’ve seen that
happen so many times.”
Like the majority of bantam silver laced birds out there today, Tim and Val’s are
pullet breeders.
Tim said: “I used to use both incubators and broodies for hatching but nowadays we
just use an incubator – the one we used this year holds 100 eggs.
“I’d say we kill three quarters of the males as the ratio of males to females always
tends to be so high and at the end of the day it’s the pullets that we want.
“At one time we used to aim to breed around 50 or 60 silver laced pullets in a
season and I remember one year we must’ve had around 80, but it gets too much and
it’s hard work once they all start growing.”
Tim and Val have had a few ups and downs with the poultry over the years,
including a couple of Marek’s issues.
Only two years ago their stock, mainly young stock, got Marek’s while the birds
were staying at a friend’s house.
The birds were there while Tim and Val moved to where they are currently living in
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
Tim said: “We lost pretty much everything and we very nearly gave up but we
managed to hold on to a few, although it was only a few. The majority died or we
had to kill.
“It wasn’t our friend’s fault, he’d bought some birds in that were carrying it.
“We managed to get a pair of silver laced from Richard Heath which helped us out a
lot.”
However, Tim and Val aren’t ones to give up and this year it sounds like they have
had a successful year.
Tim said: “We’ve managed to breed about 30 silver laced pullets this year and
they’re getting there. There are a couple that I’ve got high hopes for.
“Last year, because of the set-back, we weren’t able to show much, yet we still got
first and second with the pullets at the National, which I couldn’t believe we did to
be honest.
“This year’s birds are certainly a lot better than last year’s, which is all you can ask
for really isn’t it.”
Tim and Val have won the Laced Wyandotte Club show at least four times and for
them the National is always the show they aim to do well at.
Tim said: “We only ever show at the winter shows and the National is THE show
for me.
“It’s the show we enjoy the most, the one we always seem to do the best at and I
think it’s fair to say we put the most effort into the birds for the National.
“I remember one year we took 35 birds in total along there though – we certainly
won’t be doing that again!”
The couple have also bred and exhibited bantam Gold Laced Wyandottes over the
years.
Tim said: “I remember judging the gold laced at the club show around eight or nine
years ago and, without sounding harsh, they were terrible.
“That’s what made me think that I wanted to give them a go.
“A couple of years later I was at the Stratford Show and I went to Dave Thorne to
see if he had any he could sell me.
“He had a pair in the show that I ended up buying off him.
“The pullet was really inbred so she laid and then died, which left us with the male.
“We ended up putting him onto some silver pullets and that’s how we bred them. It
improved the colour dramatically.
“We had them for around six or seven years and really improved them – I only say
that as we were doing a lot of winning with them.
“Sadly we had to sell them when we moved to our new house in Ashby as there
wasn’t enough room.
“It was a case of getting rid of them or the silver laced and I’m afraid there was no
way I was getting rid of the silvers.
“It’s a shame though as there aren’t enough people breeding the gold laced.
“Those who are breeding them are doing a great job, however there’s always that
old row about their colour.
“Some people say they’re getting too dark, some say they’re getting too light.
“Personally I think they’re getting too light now, but that’s just my opinion.”
Tim and Val say they currently keep their birds in aviary-style pens and feed them
on a mixture of commercial layers pellets and mixed corn, with as much green stuff
as they can as well.
Tim said: “I don’t feed them fancy feed or even breeder pellets.
“I think that if the food is good enough for them to produce a decent egg it’s good
enough for show birds.”
Tim and Val, who also practices professional heelwork to music with her Border
Collies, are feeling positive after this year’s breeding season and say they are
looking forward to seeing you all at the winter shows.

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 Club Show 2014
Venue: Federation Championship Show, Stafford

~~~~~ Gold and Silver Laced ~~~~~

Judge: Ven. David C. Garnett

Entry – 24 Large Fowl / 57 Bantams

Large Gold Laced Male Bantam Gold Laced Male

1st 5441 R.R. Woods 1st 5486 R.R. Woods
2nd 5442 R.R. Woods 2nd 5487 R.R. Woods
3rd 5440 S. Dace 3rd 5483 R. Sear
4th N/E 4th N/E
Large Gold Laced Female Bantam Gold Laced Female
1st 5445 S. Dace 1st 5488 R. Sear
2nd 5444 S. Dace 2nd 5491 K. Wilson
3rd 5443 S. Dace 3rd 5490 D. & H. Pope
4th 5447 R.R. Woods 4th 5489 R. Sear
Large Silver Laced Male Bantam Silver Laced Male
1st 5449 S. Dace 1st 5469 V. & E. Land
2nd 5451 A. Brooker 2nd 5505 A. Martin
3rd 5450 A. Brooker 3rd 5500 J. Watson
4th 5453 J. Watson 4th 5506 F.M. & S. Jackson
Large Silver Laced Female Bantam Silver Laced Hen
1st 5456 S. Dace 1st 5508 R. Sear
2nd 5455 S. Dace 2nd 5512 J. Day
3rd 5454 S. Dace 3rd 5514 F.M. & S. Jackson
4th 5458 A. Brooker 4th 5510 V. & E. Land
Bantam Silver Laced Pullet
1st 5519 R. Sear
2nd 5520 R. Sear
3rd 5528 K. Wilson
4th 5530 J. Watson
Judge’s Report

Thank you for inviting me to judge the Golds and Silvers which I much enjoyed not
least because I have kept both these varieties in large and bantam forms. Thank you
also to my steward and friend Derek Alsop and for the help of the Club Secretary.
The quality was mixed with great potential. The fact that a blue bantam female and
a blue large mail were placed on champion row indicates how times have changed.
The Silvers were always at the forefront followed by the Golds. However, I do
believe that the Silvers show up the quality or lack of it in the lacing more obviously
than the other varieties.
A former breeder in the Club Alan Askew from the Midlands and also Secretary
produced Silver bantams which transformed their quality as did his Golden bantams.
He was Poultry Club Show Champion with a brilliant Silver bantam female in 2000.
John Tenner bred some super Gold bantam females of the traditional dark red brown
colour and was Club Show champion with one in 2001. Sadly he gave them up and
moved on to White Wyandottes .However, Bernard Thorpe who had bred them for
years before carried them on. He was one of the very best Club Judges until his
untimely death.
SILVERS
It was good to see the large silver females returning in some numbers, especially
since Margot Haines and I stopped breeding them. Most of the females had good
round lacing but tended to fail towards the tail. The wings were sound but the neck
hackles were lacking. Is this because of the introduction of foreign blood? The
English birds never had this problem. Two of the birds had not been properly
prepared and their breast feathers were soiled.
The large Silver Males were mainly pullet breeders. The one that came first did so
because he was a real Wyandotte type. He was pretty huge! Some of the breasts
were uneven but most placed had good lacing. The black in the wings was not as
sound as in the females.
The bantam Silver hens had mostly not moulted through well. It was difficult to
place them. The first was a rather nice type with very little mossiness on the feather.
There were 21 Silver bantam Pullets and there were seven or eight good ones. A lot
of the others had narrow lacing with pointing or "leaking" at the top of the feathers.
The first two were like sisters with good lacing and type with lovely heads and well
worked rose combs. It was difficult to place one above the other. The third was a
nice type with good lacing and a close runner to the first two. The fourth was a good
bird with lacing failing towards the saddle.
The Silver bantam males were more Pullet breeders than cockerel breeders.
However, the first was on the way to being a proper cockerel breeder with a nice
light top. It vied with the bantam silver Pullet for best of the two varieties.
 GOLDS
It is always good to see large Gold females and it is a shame there are so few of
them. The first was good colour with lacing to match. The second was lacking in
overall lacing and the third was uneven in colour.
The Gold large cockerels were not dissimilar to one another in quality. The first
won for excellent lacing on the breast, nice type, good head but with a little white in
the wing. I do hope more people will take up the large golds. I remember as a child
seeing them on a poultry farm in the Calder Valley along with large Silvers...what a
beautiful sight!
The Gold bantam females were very mixed in colour, some individually but also
between the birds themselves.
The bird placed third was the traditional colour but needed clearer lacing. I took a
liberal view and placed first, second and fourth birds with a brighter colour with
good lacing. Obviously some were from a Gold on Silver mating.
On the whole the Gold bantam males were not a bad lot with bright rich bay
colouring, but need better lacing. They were more of a cockerel breeding type than
the Silvers.
My congratulations to all exhibitors, if you were not placed don't lose heart, next
time you may be Club Champion!
David C. Garnett

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Club Show Champion 2014 owned by
Kerry Wilson

Club Show Reserve Champion 2014

owned by Steve Dace
 ~~~~~ Blue and Buff Laced ~~~~~
Judge: Mr. Colin Mitchell

Entry – 19 Large Fowl / 29 Bantams

Large Blue Laced Male Bantam Blue Laced Male

1st 5464 S. Dace * 1st 5541 R.A. Rowley
2nd 5467 H. May 2nd 5540 K.J. Leggett
3rd 5469 S. Dace 3rd 5544 M. Vaughan
4th 5466 M. Vaughan 4th 5543 M. Vaughan
Large Blue Laced Female Bantam Blue Laced Hen
1st 5470 S. Dace 1st 5552 M. Vaughan
2nd 5471 S. Dace 2nd 5549 K.J. Leggett
3rd 5469 S. Dace 3rd 5550 R.A. Rowley
4th N/E 4th 5553 M. Vaughan
Large Buff Laced Male Bantam Blue Laced Pullet
1st 5475 S. Dace 1st 5563 K. Wilson ***
2nd N/E 2nd 5558 K.J. Leggett
3rd N/E 3rd 5559 R.A. Rowley
4th N/E 4th 5560 R.A. Rowley
Large Buff Laced Female Bantam Buff Laced Male
1st 5477 S. Dace 1st 5569 A.P. Godridge
2nd 5479 S. Dace 2nd 5570 F. Cattell
3rd 5478 S. Dace 3rd N/E
4th 5482 G.K. May 4th N/E
Bantam Buff Laced Female
*** Champion 1st 5571 A.P. Godridge
* Reserve Champion 2nd N/E
3rd N/E
4th N/E
 Regional Show 2014
Venue: PCGB National Championship Sho w, Telf ord

~~~~~ Gold and Silver Laced ~~~~~

Judge: Mrs. Collette Roberts

Entry – 24 Large Fowl / 61 Bantams

Large Gold Laced Male Bantam Gold Laced Male

1st 3470 G. Weir 1st 3508 R.J. Sear
2nd 3471 S. Dace 2nd N/E
3rd N/E 3rd N/E
4th N/E 4th N/E
Large Gold Laced Female Bantam Gold Laced Female
1st 3473 S. Dace 1st 3511 K. Wilson
2nd 3474 S. Dace 2nd 3512 K. Wilson
3rd 3472 S. Dace 3rd 3513 A.P. Godridge
4th 3475 M.D. Davis 4th 3509 R. Heath
Large Silver Laced Male Bantam Silver Laced Male
1st 3481 S. Dace 1st 3528 C. Mitchell
2nd 3479 J. Watson 2nd 3522 R. Heath
3rd 3480 J. Watson 3rd 3521 J. Watson
4th 3482 M.D. Davis 4th 2523 S. Dace
Large Silver Laced Female Bantam Silver Laced Hen
1st 3483 J. Watson 1st 3538 A. Martin
2nd 4588 S. Dace 2nd 3533 J.R. Day
3rd 3489 J. Watson 3rd 3537 R. Heath
4th 3491 S. Dace 4th 3530 R, Hoggarth
Bantam Silver Laced Pullet
1st 3565 T. & V. Moss
2nd 3566 T. & V. Moss
3rd 3546 S. Dace
4th 3558 J. Watson
Judge’s Report

I would like to say thank you to the Club and its members for giving me the
opportunity to judge your birds.
This was the first show at the new venue in Telford so I was apprehensive but
needed not to have worried as it was easy to find and parking great but not sure the
£3.50 fee to park was fair!
My stewarded on the day was my son Iwan, not really into poultry but eager to help
mum and a great job he did too.
It was great to see so many Gold and Silvers in large and bantam entered, 65 birds
in total for me to judge. The pullet bantam Silver class alone had 24 entered. This
was by far the hardest class just by the sheer numbers of birds.
Overall there was some very well laced typey birds, a real credit to you all as
breeders. They have got to be one of the hardest birds to get, as I well know.
And lastly, thank you to Kerry Wilson and Trefor Griffith for all their hard work at
the show.
Gold

Large Male
1st This bird had good ground colour and size, even lacing, but was very cut
away.
2nd This male had better type but lacing was not as complete. Very small and
immature.

Large Female
1st Nice type and size, even lacing with very good flight feathers.
2nd Very similar to above but not as good in flights.
3rd Not the type of others. Good lacing.
4th Again not type of first two and a bit double laced on front.

Bantam Male
None entered.

Bantam Gold Laced Female

1st Good type, lacing and eye colour. A bit pale on legs. Nice bird.
2nd Nice yellow legs even lacing but dished comb.
3rd Small lacing. A bit pale on legs.
4th Not much between this and 3rd but just a bit double lace on top of chest.
 Silver

Large Male
None of these birds had white wingbows and correct neck and saddle striping.
1st Big, very good typey bird. Complete lacing, good yellow legs.
2nd Not the type of first good size good flights.
3rd Good size and type but lacing incomplete.
4th Yellow tint to back and cut away. Nice size. Ok type

Large Female
1st Good size and type. Good even lacing. Would have liked to see more oval
lacing but had great wing flights and no smut in base of feather which all
others had.
2nd This was a lovely bird with more oval lacing but flights were very poor
colour and not as yellow in legs.
3rd Slightly double laced on front. Poor flights. Good size and type.
4th Similar to above

Bantam Male
Again, there were no males on show with correct white wing bows.
1st Nice type and good open complete lacing. Nice eye colour.
2nd Again nice type and size. Not as good lacing.
3rd Size and type ok but let down on wing flights.
4th Similar to 3rd

Bantam Hen
1st Nice type, good eye colour, yellow legs.
2nd Black smut in lacing at base. Nice even lacing.
3rd Nice type. Lacing ok but poorly coloured flights.
4th Similar to above but yellow tint to feathers and black smut at base of
feather.

Bantam Pullet
1st Very nice bird. Good open oval lacing and even yellow legs. Good eye
colour.
2nd Again, a nice open lacing. Both these birds had very clean ground colour
with no smut to be seen, with good colour to flights which seemed to be
the biggest problem on birds in all classes.
3rd Nice size and type. Not as good colour to flights.
4th Good even lacing. Again, poor flights.
Regional Show Champion 2014 owned by Kerry Wilson

Regional Show Reserve Champion 2014

Owned by Steve Dace
 ~~~~~ Blue and Buff Laced ~~~~~
Judge: Mr. Keith Thacker

Entry – 14 Large Fowl / 31 Bantams

Large Blue Laced Male Bantam Blue Laced Male

1st 3496 R.A Rowley 1st 3576 R.A. Rowley
2nd 3494 S. Dace 2nd 3573 M. Vaughan
3rd N/E 3rd 3575 C. Mitchell
4th N/E 4th 3569 K.J. Leggett
Large Blue Laced Female Bantam Blue Laced Hen
1st 3498 S. Dace * 1st 3579 M. Vaughan
2nd 3500 S. Dace 2nd 3581 M. Vaughan
3rd 3499 S. Dace 3rd 3577 K.J. Leggett
4th 3501 M. McGrath 4th 3578 R. Hoggarth
Large Laced Male Bantam Blue Laced Pullet
1st 3504 S. Dace 1st 3581 K. Wilson ***
2nd N/E 2nd 3586 K.J. Leggett
3rd N/E 3rd 3594 W. McGrath
4th N/E 4th 3587 K. Wilson
Large Buff Laced Female Bantam Buff Laced Male
1st 3506 S. Dace 1st N/E
2nd 3505 S. Dace 2nd N/E
3rd N/E 3rd N/E
4th N/E 4th N/E
Bantam Buff Laced Female
*** Champion 1st 3599 C. Mitchell
* Reserve Champion 2nd 3598 R. Hoggarth
3rd 3597 M. McGrath
4th N/E
Judge’s Report

Blue

Large Male
1st Excellent bird. Even lacing with matching neck hackle and saddle.
2nd Not as good in type as above but good lacing.

Large Female
1st Lovely type. Evenly laced bird. Fit. A really good bird worthy of its place.
2nd Good laced bird. Mice eye. Not as good as the winner.
3rd Lacing not as good as the other two and neck hackle let it down.

Bantam Male
1st Excellent type. Well presented. Good confirmation. Easy winner.
2nd Smaller, narrower fronted bird but nice lacing.
3rd Same as above.

Bantam Hen
1st Nicely laced bird throughout. Good type.
2nd Nice type but smaller. Good all over lacing.

Bantam Pullet
1st Stands out. Presented well. Lovely type. Even lacing. A worthy Champion.
2nd Good even laced bird throughout. Fit. Head not as good as above.
3rd Nice laced bird, smaller and not as fit as the other two.

Buff

Large Male
1st Nice type. Good lacing.

Large Female
1st Good type and nicely laced hen.
2nd Very close to 1st but was edged out on type and neck hackle.

Bantam Male
No entries

Bantam Female
1st Stands out. Good neck hackle and lacing.
2nd Nice type. Not as well laced as 1st.
3rd Nice type but was not Buff Laced (‘Splash’, from a Blue Laced mating).
 Regional Show 2015
Venue: High Peak Poultry Club Championship Show, Bakewell

Judge: Mr. Tim Moss

Entry – 9 Large Fowl / 32 Bantams

Best Laced Wyandotte owned by

R. Wilson

Best Opposite Size owned by J. Taylor

Large Laced Male Bantam Silver Laced Female
1st 930 J. Taylor * 1st 961 C. Mitchell
2nd N/E 2nd 962 C. Mitchell
3rd N/E 3rd 968 F. Cattell
Large Laced Female Bantam Blue Laced Male
1st 931 J. Taylor 1st 972 C. Mitchell
2nd 937 J. Watson 2nd 973 R.A. Rowley
3rd N/E 3rd 975 R. Wilson
Bantam Gold Laced Male Bantam Blue Laced Female
No entries. 1st 985 R. Wilson ***
2nd 979 C. Mitchell
Bantam Gold Laced Female
3rd 978 W. McGrath
1st 940 G. Wilson
Bantam Buff Laced Male
2nd 941 B. Scoles
3rd 942 F. Cattell No entries.
Bantam Silver Laced Male Bantam Buff Laced Female
1st 948 C. Mitchell 1st 988 C. Mitchell
2nd 947 C .Mitchell 2nd 989 B. Scoles
3rd 951 N. Wain 3rd N/E

*** Best Laced Wyandotte

* Best Opposite Size

Best Juvenile
owned by
G. Wilson.
Judged by
Mr P Kerfoot
 Club Shows 2015/16
The 2015 Club Show and AGM will be held on November 14th & 15th at
PCGB National Championship Show. The new venue is The International
Centre, Telford.

Contact for schedule: Kate Dickinson The Poultry Club

Chattlehope House
Catcleugh
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE19 1TY

Tel: 01830 520856

E-mail: info@poultryclub.org

The 2015 Regional Show will be held at The Federation Show on December
19th & 20th and will be held at Staffordshire County Showground, Weston Road,
Stafford ST18 0BD.

Contact for schedule: Adrian Keep 11 Oakley Road

Clapham
Bedfordshire
MK41 6AN

Tel: 01234 342656

E-mail: info@poultryclub.org

The 2016 Regional Show at the High Peak Poultry Club Championship Show
will be held at the Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell on February 6th.
Schedules can be downloaded from the Secretary or the Club’s website -
www.highpeakpoultryclub.co.uk.
Contact for schedule: Peter Ward Poynton Bungalow Farm
Great Hucklow
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 8RD

Tel: 01298 871420

E-mail: highpeak.poultryclub@gmail.com
 Blue Laced

Pencilled [ Cock breeding lines ]

~~~~~ Self Coloured ~~~~~

White Lavender

Telephone: 01709 879107

Email: keiththacker@hotmail.co.uk
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Large fowl Bantam
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Honorary Life Members
5 Hawthorn Close, Chinley, High
Alsop, Mr D. 01663 750708 X
Peak, Derbyshire DE23 6DD

5 South Crescent Ave, Filey, 01723 514680

Garnett, Ven D. X
North Yorkshire YO14 9JN davidcgarnett@aol.co.uk
Butlers Road House, Long
01608 684276
Haines, Mrs M. Compton, Shipston on Stour, X X
machaines8@gmail.com
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Yorkshire DLD7 0JB
Chy An Brea, Castle Gate,
01736 332648
Bobin, Mr J. Ludgvan, Penzance, Cornwall X X
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TR20 8BG
The Gables, Kilham Road,
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Yorkshire YO25 3TU
50 Wellington Road, Sandhurst, 01344 774462
Brooker, Mr A. X X
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Brown, Mr M. Beverley, East Riding of 01482 679725
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The Paddock, Morton Green,
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01651 882237
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0LG
Fircroft, Loughborough Rd,
07971 540873
Cattell, Mrs F. Bradmore, Nottingham, X X X
fiona.cattell@btinternet.com
Nottinghamshire NG11 6PA
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Dace, Messrs S.&H. X X X X
Stockport, Cheshire SK6 5AS steve@cheshirepoultry.co.uk
Two Acre Barn, Station Road,
07891 329904
Day, Mr J. Tydd Gote, Cambridgeshire X X
jordie133@hotmail.com
PE13 5RE
Kirkwood, Newhill Road,
Dickinson, Mr A.L. Sawdon, Scarborough, North 01723 859017 X
Yorkshire YO13 9DU
Snedwood, Burrowmoor Road,
01354 656778
Dowden, Mr&Mrs R.&F. March, Cambridgeshire PE15 X X
ray.dowden@canalbs.com
0YX
Lower Numphra Farm, St Just, 01736 786377
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10 Glebe Road, Claverdon, Nr
07918 607069
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a.godridge@btinternet.com
8NX
Whirlow Cottage, Burre Close,
01629 812706
Griffith, Mr T. Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 X
07753 488095
1GD
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Name Address Contact details B B B B
S G S G
l u l u
Park Hall Farm, Hanbury,
Heath, Mr R. Redditch, Worcestershire B96 01527 821752 X X X
6RD
01886 884362
Hareley Farm, Linley Green,
07970 197619
Herbert, Mr&Mrs R.&G. Hereford, Herefordshire WR6 X X
ross.herbert@btconnect.com
5RF
gillian@hareleyfarm.co.uk
3 Ravens Close, Lancaster,
Heywood, Mr P. 01524 62014 X X X
Lancashire LA1 2NT
5 Haughton Hall Road, Denton,
Hilton, Mr J. Manchester, Lancashire M34 01613 200769 X
6DU
Height of Winder, Howgill, 01539 620805
Hoggarth, Mr R.N. X X
Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5HW helenhoggarth@tiscali.co.uk
9 Millfield Street, Woodville,
07873 432080
Hooton, Mr C. Swadlincote, Derrbyshire DE11 X
craig470craig@googlemail.com
7DB
176 Bunton Road, Woodville,
07798 584798
Hornsby, Mr&Mrs I.&L. Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 X X
sunnysidepoultry@btconnect.com
7JR
Dodds Green Farm, Aston,
Huntbach, Mr R. 01948 871270 X
Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 8DP
Lundie, Lower Green, Wakes
07767 795782
James, Miss A. Colne, Colchester, Essex CO6 X
aussiedotte@btinternet.com
2AZ
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Name Address Contact details B B B B
S G S G
l u l u
74 Upper Lisdrumchor Road,
Kelly, Mr I. 02837 507394 X
Glenanne, Armagh BT60 2LD
204 Ashburton Road,
07976 691250
Koca, Mr Z. Hugglescote, Coalville,
zekikoca3@yahoo.co.uk
Leicestershire LE67 2HD
Rushmere Farm, Crossways,
Lander, Mr A. Coleford, Gloucestershire GL16 01594 835319
8OP
36 High St, Burringham,
Leather, Mr J. Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire DN17 01724 783671 X
3LY
Ulph's Barn, Cromwell Road, 01502 713140
Leggett, Mr K. Weston, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 07867 785493 X
8LR georgie.leggett@googlemail.com
Forget-me-not Farm, Salter
hlmartin@tesco.net
Martin, Mr A. Street, Earlswood, Solihull, West X
stephenmartin@bluesoft.co.uk
Midlands B94 6DQ
Coombe Farm, Sweethouse, 01208 872417
May, Mr G.K. X X X
Bodmin, Cornwall PL30 5AL gkeithmay@hailmail.net

55 Ullswater Road, Handforth, 01625 582072

McGrath, Mr W. X X X X
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 3NG mariemcgrath@live.co.uk
Middle Field, Seymour Plain,
07796 172150
Misra, Mrs R. Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 X X
misspax@hotmail.com
3BY
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Name Address Contact details B B B B
S G S G
l u l u
Old Barn, Tor View, Helmshore,
01706 219926
Mitchell, Mr C. Rossendale, Lancashire BB4 X X X X
colinmitch@btinternet.com
4AD
01375 376737
140 Blackshots Lane, Grays,
Mitchell, Mr G.C. 07805 358325 X X
Essex RM16 2LH
g.c.mitchell@hotmail.co.uk
8/5 Grandfield, Edinburgh, 07598 229655
Moore, Mr J.G. X
Lothian EH6 4TJ moorej@live.co.uk
Troed Rhiw Clawdd Farm, 01495 305468
Morris, Mr R. Victoria, Ebbw Vale, Powys 07805132225 X X X
NP23 8AW richmorpygmygoat@aol.com
112 Ridgway Road,, Ashby-de-
01530 480451
Moss, Mrs V. la-Zouch, Leicestershire LE65 X
vmoss@sky.com
2PL
112 Ridgway Road,, Ashby-de-
01530 480451
Moss, Mr T. la-Zouch, Leicestershire LE65 X
vmoss@sky.com
2PL
3 Skipworth Mount, Howsham,
01652 678063
Naylor, Mrs S.L. Market Rasen, North X
susannaylor@hotmail.com
Lincolnshire LN7 6LB
1 Milford Cottages, Hutton Roof, 01768 484392
Noble, Ms K. X X
Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0XT kerryandco@aol.com
17 Stoneydale Close,
07960 694350
Payne, Mr K. Swadlincote, Derbyshire X
g.miller.poultry@gmail.com
DE110UN
Rhydycul, Cefn Coch, 01691 780245
Roberts, Mrs C. Llanrhaeadr YM, Nr Oswestry, 07969 698982 X
Shropshire SY10 0BQ col7141@btconnect.com
 Large fowl Bantam
Name Address Contact details B B B B
S G S G
l u l u
98 Sutton Road, Kirkby in 01623 464818
Rowley, Mr R.A. Ashfield, Nottinghamshire 07817 577864 X X
NG17 5GZ bantam39@hotmail.com
13 Standroyd Drive, Colne, 01282 861444
Rushton, Mr G. X
Lancashire BB8 7BG greatgr46@talktalk.net
Berwensett, Allens Drove,,
Scoles, Mr B. Gorefield, Wisbech, 01945 410560 X X X X
Cambridgeshire PE13 4PB
4 Fairway, Sandycroft, Deeside, 01244 537124
Scott, Mr M. X X
Flintshire CH5 2PJ scottyyfb@btinternet.com
Quill Hill Farm, Quill Hill Lane,
01494 431030
Sear, Mr R.J. Amersham, Buckinghamshire X
hazelsear@googlemail.com
HP6 6LL
27 Pinfield Close, Great
01226 758669
Stansfield, Mr M. Houghton, Barnsley, South X
malcolm.stansfield@sky.com
Yorkshire S72 0BG
4 Mearley Brook Fold, Clitheroe, 07791 512853
Strong, Miss S.N.B. X
Lancashire BB7 1NZ staciestrong17@icloud.com

Little Hall Cottage, Askham, 07786955287

Swale, Mr R.J. X
Penrith. Cumbria CA10 2PF rjswale@yahoo.co.uk

Teanahaun Croft, Conon Bridge, 01349 861268

Swan, Mr J.D. X X
Dingwall, Ross-shire IV7 8DN jimrenee@talktalk.net
Apple Tree Cottage, Winkfield
01344 882501
Tarrant, Mrs J. Row, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 X
stuart.tarrant@btinternet.com
6NA
 Large fowl Bantam
Name Address Contact details B B B B
S G S G
l u l u
Swidon Lodge, Flouch, 01226 763115
Taylor, Mr J. Hazelhead, Sheffield, South 07973 559112 X X
Yorkshire S36 4HH ladycrossmoor@gmail.com
Stonelodge, Wath on Dearne,
01709 879107
Thacker, Mr K. Rotherham, South Yorkshire X X X X
keiththacker@hotmail.co.uk
S63 6JR
The Old Post Office, Monkhhide,
01531 670437
Thomas, Mrs J. Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 X X X
jane.thomas@ambermail.com
2TX
Lower Brokaly, Pembridge,
01544 388270
Turner, Mr I. Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 X
pembridgepoultry@hotmail.com
9JS
It'll Do, East Cowes Road,
01983 882631
Vaughan, Mr M. Whippingham, East Cowes, Isle X X
vaughnieschickens@outlook.com
of Wight PO32 6NH
Townsfoot Farm, Denny,
Walker, Mr F. evefrankie1@hotmail.co.uk
Stirling, Stirlingshire FK6 5JF
Poynton Bungalow Farm, Great
01298 871420
Ward, Mr P. Hucklow, Buxton, Derbyshire X
ward.peter50@gmail.com
SK17 8RD
25 Boulters Lane, Woodend, X
Watson, Mr J. Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9
2QE
Green Fields, Green Lane,
01582 840219
Wilson, Miss K. Markyate, St Albans, X X X X
kerrywilson1001@yahoo.co.uk
Hertfordshire AL3 8LR
71 Upper Dunstead Road,
07908 800736
Wilson, Mr G. Aldercar, Langley Mill, X X X X
wilson-k9@sky.com
Nottinghamshire NG16 4FJ
 Large fowl Bantam
Name Address Contact details B B B B
S G S G
l u l u
Baryerrock Farm, Wahuphill,
07710 846552
Wilson, Miss R. Newton Stewart, Dumfries and X X X
roz0425@btconnect.com
Galloway DG8 9PB
6 Borrowdale Close, Ardsley,
01226 295566
Wilson, Mr M.R. Barnsley, South Yorkshire S71 X
malcolmroy1944@gmail.com
5ED
3 Skipworth Mount, Howsham,
01652 678063
Wilson, Mr J.B. Market Rasen, North X
johnwilson753@msn.com
Lincolnshire LN7 6LB
Whingreen Lodge, Uppaton
01752 837066
Woods, Mr R.R. Lane, Cornwood, Ivybridge, X X X
mrbobwoods@btinternet.com
Devon PL21 9HS
Santa Maria, Wilson's Way,
07837 482095
Woods, Mr R.J. Meopham, Gravesend, Kent X
robbiejwoods@hotmail.co.uk
DA13 0DW
 The Laced Wyandotte Club

Officers and Committee - 2015

President R.R. Woods 01752 837066 mrbobwoods@btinternet.com

Vice
M. Haines 01608 684276 machaines8@gmail.com
Presidents

T. Moss 01530 480451 vmoss@sky.com

01623 464818
Chairman R.A. Rowley bantam39@hotmail.com
07817 577864


Secretary T. Griffith 07753 488095 trefor.griffith@btinternet.com

/Treasurer
Whirlow Cottage
Burre Close
Bakewell
Derbyshire
DE45 1GD

Cup
K. Wilson 01582 840219 kerrywilson1001@yahoo.co.uk
Secretary

M. Vaughan 01983 882631 vaughnieschickens@outlook.com

01502 713140
K. Leggett georgie.leggett@googlemail.com
07867 785493
Committee
V. Moss 01530 480451 vmoss@sky.com

S. Dace 07973 262871 steve@cheshirepoultry.co.uk

Yearbook
T. Griffith 07753 488095 trefor.griffith@btinternet.com
Editor
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Large fowl & bantam

 Blue laced Wyandottes 

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