Capuchine day held on the 10th March in Warmbaths (Bele Bela) by Johan van Hengel
Our hosts for the day
Well what can I say, never say never! My first article for the Capuchine day.
Back ground
After visiting a friend who breeds ODCs and attending the 2011 SAs in Pretoria, I started to take an interest in the “Old Dutch Capuchine” again. At the show I had a chat with Andre Immelman, who was more than willing to assist me in getting started, and following, I made my first Capuchine trip to Warmbaths.
In further discussion with other breeders I soon realised that within a radius of 100km there were quite a few Capuchine fanciers, and together with Andre, started working on the idea of a “Capuchine day”
It was decided that the 10th of March would be the day, and Warmbaths the place. An advert to the effect was placed in ”The Fancy Pigeon”.
The day
Many thanks to Andre Immelman and his wife, Dora, who offered to host all of us at their residence for the day with eats and drinks throughout. For us fanciers, staying in the polluted cement factory, a day out in the bush is like a holiday.
The day commenced at 10 am, with twelve people attending, mostly from Gauteng and Limpopo Province.
Once all the official welcoming/ opening procedures were completed, a senior judge was asked to start off the day by judging some birds and explaining and showing exactly what is looked at and required in a quality Old Dutch Capuchine.
Once this was completed, the standard for the Old Dutch Capuchine was put under the spotlight, focusing on the current SA, American and Dutch standards. Changes were made to the standard in terms of sizes/clarity, alignment and point allocations.
After lunch some random birds were placed in the centre, and everybody present was asked to judge the birds. Using their new found wisdom and the amended standard, the fanciers also used the new point allocations to guide them to what is more and what is less important in the breed. What an eye opener! With my lean point allocations and everybody else’s, (once the results were made available) none of the birds should have been on show. Not a true reflection! What was interesting was the fact that everybody agreed (based on the results) on the best bird for the day, which, actually overall was a very good specimen.
After tea, some fanciers requested that we assist in sorting out their stud which they had brought along. Hopefully the breeding results for this season will reflect on the selection that was done.
At 16:00 pm the day started to run out, and the fanciers set off, homeward bound.
A “DRAFT” copy, for comment/input, of the amended standard is available on this web.
Comments/inputs can be emailed to: [email protected]
Back ground
After visiting a friend who breeds ODCs and attending the 2011 SAs in Pretoria, I started to take an interest in the “Old Dutch Capuchine” again. At the show I had a chat with Andre Immelman, who was more than willing to assist me in getting started, and following, I made my first Capuchine trip to Warmbaths.
In further discussion with other breeders I soon realised that within a radius of 100km there were quite a few Capuchine fanciers, and together with Andre, started working on the idea of a “Capuchine day”
It was decided that the 10th of March would be the day, and Warmbaths the place. An advert to the effect was placed in ”The Fancy Pigeon”.
The day
Many thanks to Andre Immelman and his wife, Dora, who offered to host all of us at their residence for the day with eats and drinks throughout. For us fanciers, staying in the polluted cement factory, a day out in the bush is like a holiday.
The day commenced at 10 am, with twelve people attending, mostly from Gauteng and Limpopo Province.
Once all the official welcoming/ opening procedures were completed, a senior judge was asked to start off the day by judging some birds and explaining and showing exactly what is looked at and required in a quality Old Dutch Capuchine.
Once this was completed, the standard for the Old Dutch Capuchine was put under the spotlight, focusing on the current SA, American and Dutch standards. Changes were made to the standard in terms of sizes/clarity, alignment and point allocations.
After lunch some random birds were placed in the centre, and everybody present was asked to judge the birds. Using their new found wisdom and the amended standard, the fanciers also used the new point allocations to guide them to what is more and what is less important in the breed. What an eye opener! With my lean point allocations and everybody else’s, (once the results were made available) none of the birds should have been on show. Not a true reflection! What was interesting was the fact that everybody agreed (based on the results) on the best bird for the day, which, actually overall was a very good specimen.
After tea, some fanciers requested that we assist in sorting out their stud which they had brought along. Hopefully the breeding results for this season will reflect on the selection that was done.
At 16:00 pm the day started to run out, and the fanciers set off, homeward bound.
A “DRAFT” copy, for comment/input, of the amended standard is available on this web.
Comments/inputs can be emailed to: [email protected]