tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463304647264206432.post1196105725138278666..comments2020-10-25T23:59:14.195-04:00Comments on Crossroads of America Poultry Show: Blue Steinbacher GeeseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463304647264206432.post-27248116780189370042011-11-04T11:44:07.100-04:002011-11-04T11:44:07.100-04:00Thank you Crossroads of America Team for this well...Thank you Crossroads of America Team for this well organized Poultry event. Special thanks goes to Dave Wulff & Clan for heading this first-class event up. This show will stay in our minds for a long time, since the Blue Steinbacher Goose did get accepted into the APA Standard of perfection that weekend. A dream we had 8 years ago became reality.<br /><br /> Big thanks goes also to the IWBA, headed by Jim Konecny for supporting, facilitating, and encouraging us and the other breeders to get all the numbers together to qualify. There were some Steinbacher breeders that could not come with their birds, due to unfortunate circumstances in their family, but none the less, it all came together. As we told our German Goose Contacts in Germany, The Blue Steinbacher Goose became an official U.S. Citizen.<br /><br />We want to recognize also the combined efforts of Chris Ervay and Jim Konecny with some of their poultry friends in working on putting the translated german standard into the american standard form. <br /><br />We thank Poultry Judge Walt Leonard together with Mike Hatcher from England for judging the Blue Steinbachers and recommending them.<br /><br />Lastly we want to thank the Steinbacher Breeders who drove 9 hrs plus to make it to the show, and also those who transported birds to the show, because some breeders were out of the country that weekend.<br /><br />On a very last note, thanks to all the APA Board Members who mentored and encouraged us along the way.<br /><br />We are looking forward to another Crossroads of America Poultry Show in the near future. <br /> <br /><br />The Krebs Family<br />Steinbacher Poultry Farm<br />St. Joseph, Michigan<br />steinbachers4ever@yahoo.comKrebs Familynoreply@blogger.com