Showing non-standards

We still have to show the three colours, Cuckoo, Jubilee and Spangled as ''non-standard'' birds untill we have confirmation from the PCGB and the Orpington Club that they have obtained their standard status, which may take some time, the PCGB sent out a news letter containing the guidelines  for showing non-standard birds not long ago.

We used to enter our non-standards in the AOC classes at shows, and the birds were always judged accordingly, they could be placed, or even sometimes as we have done, won the class, but they were not allowed to go up onto 'champ row'. But the PC do state in their rules, that if a show is being run under PCGB show rules, non-standard birds should not be entered in these classes. They must be entered in a non-standard class. Alot of smaller shows don't put non-standard classes on and if they do, they tend to be a mixture of all softfeather heavy breeds.If in many instances there is no non-standard class provided for them, they simply must not be entered. You can always ask the show secretary to put on a non-standard class, and most will endeavour to do so if the interest and numbers are there. But obviously, they must be given notice!