Preserving rare poultry in Tasmania.

Welcome to the Tasmanian Rare Breeds Poultry Club's official website...

 

We are a poultry club based in Tasmania, Australia, who are dedicated to promoting the keeping, breeding and showing of rare breeds of Chickens, Waterfowl and other varieties of rare poultry in Australia. Formed in 2005, the Tasmanian Rare Breeds Poultry Group was originally an offshoot of the Southern Tasmanian Bantam Club. The club was made independent on October 9th, 2006 as the Tasmanian Rare Breeds Poultry Club Inc. 

 

You can find out more about our clubs purpose under 'Aims and Objectives', while our committee for 2011 is listed on the page "The Committee", and if you are interested in joining our club, the membership form is available for download on the right of the page. 

 

Anyone is welcome to read up on what has been going on in the club, which you can do by going to the page "Newsletters", and downloading any of the clubs past and present newsletters for free. 

 

You can also send us your questions at the e-mail address listed on the left of every page of the website. We can answer any questions you have to do with poultry, or direct you to someone who can answer your question if we can't. Just drop us an e-mail.

 

We hope you enjoy your visit to our website!

Join Us!

Download the following membership form, fill it out and send it in with appropriate fees, to join the club.

Membership fees are:

• Adult $15.00

• Junior (Under 16): $4.00

• Family/Non-Profit Organization: $25.00

All memberships fall due on the 30th of June each year

MEMBERSHIP_FORM (27/11/11).doc (34,5 kB)

Birds At Some Of Our Shows:

 

A Blue Japanese Hen.

A Mottled Aseel hen.

Come to one of our shows or meetings at the above location, the Royal Hobart Showground's in Glenorchy.

We are in the Poultry Pavilion, which is found near the corner of the Brooker Highway and Howard Street.

Contact

Secretary: Jill Weaver

club@tasrarepoultry.com

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Breed Features

09/03/2012 14:33

Leghorns

 The Leghorn breed is classified as a softfeather variety, a light breed of fowl, a white egg layer and a non-broody.   The breed takes its name from the Mediterranean port of Leghorn in Northern Italy. It has been the breed of ages and has been the most popular breed in...
23/02/2012 18:22

The Japanese Bantam

The Japanese bantam was developed centuries ago from various Malaysian breeds. Their origins dating back when their prime purpose was to serve as live ornaments in the beautifully landscaped gardens of wealthy Japanese families. In some lower economic families the male bird was considered...
29/12/2011 16:18

The Brahma

The Brahma Fowl A White Brahma cockerel The Brahma is a unique large breed of chicken which originated in the re-gion of Brahmaputra, India. The first Brahma was imported to the U.S.A in 1846 and they quickly became a popular utility breed. It was originally famous for its egg laying...
23/10/2011 22:39

The Faverolle

The Faverolles is a star of the chook world.  A supreme all-rounder, the charismatic 'fav' is a top-notch exhibition bird, table-bird, layer and backyarder.      The Faverolles is named after the French town where they originated.  They are thought to have...
23/10/2011 20:59

The Naked Neck

The history of the naked neck is not well known, although they are documented to have existed in Europe since the beginning of the 18th century, having been mentioned in an Austrian poultry book dated from 1701.Winkler and Bakoss presume that the ancestors were brought into the Carpanthian...
23/10/2011 20:57

The Dorking

  The Dorking is a heavy soft feather, available in large and bantam.  If you want a piece of history in your backyard you would be hard-pressed to do better.  Although their specific  origins remain unclear, records suggest they have been around for about...
23/10/2011 20:55

The Phoenix

The phoenix is a breed that was developed in Europe from crosses with the Japanese ‘onigidori’ long-tailed fowl back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is one of the very rare poultry breeds in Australia, with an estimated remaining population of less than 50 pure pairs sprinkled...
23/10/2011 20:49

The Aseel

  "WHATS THAT? A PREHISTORIC CHOOK?" This is what I hear quite often when people come to buy or look at the poultry. The asil (Asil, or Aseel, which is an Arabic word meaning “pure” or” thoroughbred”) is indeed an old breed, in fact it has graced the earth for some three and a half...

Club Constitution

The clubs constitution can be accessed and downloaded at the following link.

Constitution of the Tasmanian Rare Breeds Poultry Club (203,5 kB)

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