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<br />
Spring 2016<br />
16 Rip’s show poultRy<br />
Who doesn’t love to show off<br />
their chickens? Maybe it’s time<br />
to take the next step and get into showing<br />
your chickens at a poultry show. With more<br />
than 50 years’ experience breeding, raising,<br />
showing, and judging poultry, Rip Stalvey tells<br />
us how to get started showing poultry.<br />
24 plAiN tAlK<br />
Whether you are thinking<br />
about getting into chicken-<br />
keeping, or already have a small flock of your<br />
own, there are six questions you ought to ask CLICK<br />
yourself before taking the next step. Brigid<br />
McCrea, PhD, poses these crucial questions HERE<br />
and offers answers, beginning on page 24.<br />
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