International Waterfowl Breeders Association

The IWBA National Meeting was held on Friday - October 28th at 3pm during the Crossroads of America Poultry Show in Indianapolis, Indiana at the State Fairgrounds.

President, Mr. James Konecny, called the meeting to order. Mr. Konecny spoke about how happy he is with the direction of the organization and proud to announce the 2,142 (this number includes juniors) waterfowl were exhibited at the Eastern National meet. 


Kenecny spoke about the wonderful IWBA Newsletter, which is exactly what he imagined it would be and then some. The Newsletter is "graphically strong," stated Kenecny. 


The membership was reminded that IWBA is an "educational based club" - promoting all the wonderful breeds of waterfowl and not like other clubs that promote "point chasing." Kenecny wants to continue to educate more about the rare breeds and support the existing, more popular breeds of waterfowl. 


The IWBA held an incubator raffle during the show to generate breeding interest and funds for the IWBA. Both Kenecny and secretary, Will Diaz, spoke highly of the decision to raffle an incubator during the Crossroads of America Show. 


Kenecny introduced the newest officer, Will Diaz, of Brighton, Illinois who will serve as the secretary for the IWBA. Diaz is transiting into the position, which has been a long process of about a year. The process includes transferring all materials and documents from the old secretary to the new. During the 1-year transitioning period any lapsed memberships were kept current due to the confusion that happens during this time period. Diaz asked membership to please contact him for any membership inquiries, especially any contact information changes. 


Lastly, Kenecny introduced, Mr. Lou Cunningham, who spoke about the qualifying meet of the Blue Fawn Call Duck variety and Mr. Walt Leonard, who spoke about both the Blue Fawn Call duck variety and the Blue Steinbacher Goose.


More information about the:
Blue Fawn Call Duck can be found here: Blue Fawn Qualified    
Blue Steinbacher Goose can be found here: Blue Steinbacher Goose

IWBA Booth at the
Crossroads of America Show

Blue Fawn Call Qualified!

As you may know this show was the qualifying meet for the Blue Fawn variety of the Call Duck Breed.

During the IWBA National Meeting held on Friday, October 28th - James Konecny introduced Lou Cunningham, who judged the Blue Fawn Calls. 


Lou explained a minimum of 50 birds are to be exhibited in order for the variety to be considered and recommended by a judge. The Call Breeders went above and beyond to put on one heck of a display! A grand total of 98 top-quality specimens were represented at this show.   


Lou Cunningham says this variety will "Blossom & Bloom" considering they are already at the point to be highly competitive with the other varieties!


He concludes with a glowing recommendation to APA & ABA to adopt the Blue Fawn as a recognized variety!


We later heard after the board meeting they Blue Fawn was officially accepted this weekend. 

BV - Blue Fawn - Male

Blue Fawn - Male

Blue Fawn males - Bird on the left was BV

CONGRATULATIONS to all the exhibitors and breeders who have worked hard over the past 5-years breeding this wonderful variety! 


Find the proposed standard and photos here: http://www.callducks.org/Blue_Fawn_standard.html

Check out this video snippet from the IWBA meeting 

about the Blue Fawn:

Blue Steinbacher Geese

The Crossroads of America Show was the qualifying meet for the Blue Steinbacher Goose, which was originally imported from Germany in 2004 by a family in St. Joseph, Michigan. The family is incredibly knowledgeable about every single aspect of the Steinbacher Goose - from breed standard, breeding and breed history. The passion and dedication this family has for this breed is evident.

During the IWBA Nationals' Meeting, a wonderful, detailed presentation of the Steinbacher Goose was presented by STEINBACHER POULTRY FARM of St. Joseph, Michigan.

Blue Steinbacher Goose
by Steinbacher Poultry Farm
St. Joseph, Michigan

We learned by the end of the show that the Blue Steinbacher Goose was admitted in to the American Poultry Association (APA) Standard of Perfection. Walt Leonard, of Santa Rose, California spoke Firday, on behalf of the Blue Steinbacher Goose. He recommended this breed to the APA for approval!