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Pekins In Norway!! |
Finn Løge Haaland tells us about
his Pekins - you can see more of his birds here
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Hello, my name is Finn and I live outside Stavanger,
Norway. I’ve had Pekins for 15 years. The first Pekins I
had was the black ones that I got from a friend to use as “incubators”
for my Golden Sebrights. I then realised how tame, curious and
lovely the Pekins are. It didn’t take long until they became
my favourite breed. I first started showing them on a local Show
in 1992, where I got reasonably good results. A year later, I
went to a National Show where they received a much better points
than the last time. At least it showed that I’ve improved!
In over the years, I’ve
had mostly black and white Pekins, but I’ve also had
a few other colours. I started with the black ones then
I had partridge, white, blue, buff, mottled, splash and
cuckoo. In one of the National Shows, I saw some frizzled
white Pekins and immediately fall in love with them. I think
they’re the most gorgeous birds I have ever seen.
I was lucky enough to get to buy a frizzled male that I
took home and bred with my white Pekins.
Later on, I had Frizzled Pekins in a few colours.
In the beginning it was just the white ones. Then I also
had the Black, Buff and Cuckoo Frizzled, all of which were
bred from my own standard feathered Pekins. Over the last
few years, due to limited space, I’ve only had white
Pekins in frizzled and standard feathering. They’ve
done very well on many Shows around Norway and I’ve
won “Best In Show” several times. I also had
many “Champions”, a term to which we called
the birds that get 95 points or more.
In my breeding, I mostly use small pens with
a male and 2-3 females. In most cases, I use 2-3 year old
males on a year old females, but not always. Then I make
sure the eggs are properly fertilized. In breeding frizzled
Pekins, I use a good frizzled feathered male on standard
feathered females that has a good broad feathering and of
course good type.
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This combination produces birds with an excellent
frizzled feather. I also use an incubator to hatch my chickens
in March - April so that I will get them ready for the shows in
September-October.
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Pekins is really popular in Norway and it is one of the
biggest group of birds in our shows amongst Wyandotte Bantams
and Dutch Bantams, which also are popular breeds in Norway.
The shows in Norway are not as big as in England or the
rest of Europe. In a big local show, there are around 200
birds and in the National Show there are up to 700 birds.
As far as the judgement is concerned, we use the “point
– system” that is also used in the rest of Scandinavia.
It means that if they get 97 or 96 points they are “excellent”,
95 points; they are “very good”, 93-94 points;
they are “good” accordingly.
I am also a member of “Den Danske Kochin Klub”
(The Danish special club for Pekins). They arrange a Pekin
Show every year and send biannual newsletters to their members.
It is important for me to be a member of a special club
as I get to learn more about my breed and get to meet people
with the same interest as I do. I’ve been to Denmark
many times to their National Show to observe their Pekins
and compare them with the Pekins in Norway. It’s a
very inspiring experience. |
Finn Løge Haaland
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