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I.S.P.F. Bring & Buy Sale Open Day

The I.S.P.F. Annual Bring & Buy Sale will be on in Larchill Gardens in Kilcock in Co. Kildare on Saturday the 28th of August. Members can bring your Membership Card for admission concession. 
There is a Café on site so you can sit down and enjoy. You can also walk through the walled gardens and round the lake. 
Buyers & Sellers welcome. Chickens still on heat are not allowed. You must have proper display cages/pens to sell your birds with food and water available for them. 

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I.S.P.F. National Show 2011

Our National Show which is held in Gurteen Agricultural Collage on Saturday the 26th of February 2011, has now being granted Regional Show Status by the Poultry Club of Great Britian. 
More details will be available closer to the show date.

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Department Registration Form 

We would like to advise our members who correctly registered their birds with the Department of Agricultural during the Avian Flu threat, that they should not be concerned if they have recieved a Census of Agricultural June 2010 form. You do need to ring the Locall Number 1890 924 900 to get your name removed from the census quoting your reference number as printed on your form.  

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I.S.P.F. on Facebook

The Irish Society of Poultry Fanciers are now on Facebook. For those of you who don't know what Facebook is, it is a social networking site where you can talk to people from anywhere in the world. It also have groups on it like ours for anyone to see.

Here is a step by step guide on how to use it.

1.  You must have a valid email address. (Free email addresses can be got from msn messenger)

2.  Here is a link to the website www.facebook.com

3.  Click on 'Welcome to Facebook', this will lead you to the 'Sign Up' area.

4.  Fill in all personal details on the left of the page and click 'Sign Up'.

5.  You will then be registered with Facebook, they will send an email to your email account with a link that you muct click on. This will then bring you back to your Facebook profile. You will then be completely registered with Facebook.

6.  At the top of your 'Profile Page', there is a search box. Type in 'IrishSocietyPoultryFanciers'. This will lead you to our page. You must then add us as a friend and await friend confirmation which will take a day.

7.  After Friend Confirmation has taken place, you are now free to post on our Wall, ask questions and look at our pictures and generally just enjoy the Page!!

Don't forget to tell all your Facebook friends about it!!

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Noise Pollution

" The Cock he crew in the morning,
He crew both loud and shrill,
And I awoke in California
Many miles from Spancihill."

So goes the song "Spancihill" from Bobby McMahon of County Clare.

Isn't it beautiful to hear the Cock crowing in the morning?
But not where I live - it appears that one or other of my neighbours have objected to the early morning crowing of my cockerel.

I have been keeping poultry for a good number of years - approximately 15 years. Now one or other of my neighbours have complained to the local Council that "the noise of the crowing cockerel from my premises at 4.00 a.m. was causing a nuisance."

The County Council have written to me and have stated that "the noise was so loud, so continuous, so repeated, of such a duration or pitch and occurring at such times as to give reasonable cause for annoyance to a person in any premises in the neighbourhood or to a person lawfully using any public place". To this end any person including the Council can make a complaint to the District Court and the Court may order the person or persons to take what ever action or measures to reduce the noise.

Failure to comply or on conviction in the District Court could lead to a fine of €3,000 or imprisonment of up to 12 months or both.

Wexford County Council gave me the opportunity to rectify the matter and to reduce the noise levels of Roosters kept at my premises so that they do not cause annoyance. This I did by building units inside my shed and insulating the walls and the roof to make the building sound proof. So I await the breeding season to see what the noise levels will be.

Just wondering has any other members of the Society experienced any complaints such as I have? If so, what action was taken?

A very interesting topic for disussion don't you think?

Andrew Thorpe,
Wexford.

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Thank You

 May I through our Website and Newsletter say a big thank you to all who helped to make our show a success. Beverley for all the secretarial work (no easy job), to Melvyn and the team who set up the cages and put them away after the show. It was very pleasing to have a lot of extra help taking down the cages and it was very much appreciated, as it meant we all got home earlier!

Many thanks to all Judges and Stewards as well as the exhibitors who are helping our show grow in numbers year by year, to Marian for the beautiful flower display and Trophy table. As usual, Paul's workshop went down well, ably helped by Andy. Síobhan was great at keeping everyone fed. Thanks to everyone who supplied Tombola prizes. It all helps to swell the bank account as it costs so much to run such a show.

We also thank our Sponsers and Gurteen Collage Principal and staff.

Your Grateful President,

Patricia.

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 WATCH OUT - THERE'S A THIEF ABOUT

One of our members has reported that someone helped themselves to two of their finest large Minorca Pullets, stealing them out of a shed late at night, and leaving in their place two very frightened heavily in moult Minorca Hens! They obviously considered that when their hens were out of lay they could just dump them back and help themselves to two nice fresh ones! If these birds appear out anywhere they will be spotted! 
DON'T SAY YOU HAVE NOT BEEN WARNED. LOCK UP YOUR HENS!!

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TROPHIES

 

·        Nirvana Wholesale Perpetual Shield (Best Dutch)

·        The Swandal Bowl (Best Faverolle)

·        The Jean Wall Tankard (Best Sussex)

·        Perpetual Trophy (Best Orpington)

·        Courtney Perpetual Trophy Best Silkie at I.S.P.F. National & Silkie Regional Show

·        Smyth Perpetual Trophy (Best Opposite Size Silkie)

·        Silkie Club Under 18 Perpetual Trophy Best Young Exhibitor at I.S.P.F. National Show

·        Rich Howlin Perpetual Cup (Best Campine)

·        Welsummer Club Trophy (Best Welsummer)

·        Petmania Trophy (Best Call)

·        Duiske Crystal Trophy (Best Rosecomb)

·        Bramble Timber Company Perpetual Cup (Best Poland)

·        Maran Club Trophy (Best Maran)

·        Peter O’Loughlin Trophy (Best Sebright)

·        Fallon Family Perpetual Shield (Best Pekin)

·        First Stop Poultry Shop Perpetual Cup (Best Rhode Island Red)

·        Kinsella’s Of Killeen’s Perpetual Shield (Best Barneverlder)

·        Mary Flemming Perpetual Cup (Best Cochin)

·        Downe Family Perpetual Cup (Best Barbu D’Anver)

·        Gormley Family Perpetual Plate (Best Wyandotte)

·        Boylan Family Perpetual Cup (Best Brahma)

·        I.S.P.F. Trophy (Best Modern Game)

·        R.T.B. Robinson Memorial Trophy (Best Old English Game Bantam)

·        I.S.P.F. Waterfowl Points Cup Donated By A & G McKee

·        Brian Molloy Memorial Trophy (Best Hard Feather Bantam

·        I.S.P.F. Shield (Best Hard Feather Large)

·        Dingle Poultry and Farm Supplies (Best Heavy Soft Feather Bantam)

·        Michael Fitzgibbon Memorial Trophy (Best Light Soft Feather Large

·        Fr. Tom Wallace Memorial Trophy (Best Light Soft Feather Bantam)

·        I.S.P.F. Shield (Best True Bantam)

·        Wexford Farmers Co Op (Best Rare Breed)

·        P.J. Hegarty and Sons (Best Waterfowl)

·        P.J. Hegarty and Sons (Best Intermediate)

·        Justin Bulter Memorial Trophy (Under 14)

·        I.S.P.F. Trophy (Best Eggs)

·        I.S.P.F. First Time Exhibitor

·        I.S.P.F. Shield (Best In Show)

 

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 I.S.P.F. Badge

 

Irish Society of Poultry Fanciers badges for Sale
€5 plus p&p

Please contact info@irishpoultrysociety.com for more information.

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