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Empress Chinchilla BREEDER
December 2014
BREEDER
New 4-H members competing at the California Field Day
Sarah Rivers, Abigail Arroyo & and Conchita Rivers
Director’s Message
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Market report
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Annual meeting Report
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Chinchilla dental disease
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Mutation Genetics continued
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Current research
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President’s message for our Mexican members 20
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Your National Directors
Gary Neubauer, Director -at -Large
President
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Co-Chair: Pelt Marketing
Gene Adcock, Director at-Large
1st Vice President
906.282.9244
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National Show Chair
Co-Chair: Internet,
Co-Chair Fundraising & Advertising,
Pelt Marketing
Mike Lawrence, Region ll
2nd Vice President
Co-Chair Fundraising & Advertising
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P/fax 620.490.0325
Co-Chair Fundraising & Advertising
Norra Horton, Director-at-Large
Secretary/Treasurer
831.663.4154
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Co-Chair Membership
Chair: Positive Information
Daniel John Jensen, Region lll
319.610.2638
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Chair: Hall of Fame
Cara Beasley, Region l
Scotts Valley, Calif
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Chair: Research & Education
Casey Craner, Director-at-Large
123 E. Pear St., Grantsville, UT 84029
801-651-5346
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Chair: Magazine
Co-Chair: membership
Wendy Torgerson - Adviser Ranch
Certification
Sumiko De La Vega, Advisor, Youth
Development, Internet & Social Media
General Manager
Maxine Lynch
5525 Heidi St.
La Mesa, CA 91942
619.825.6204
[email protected]
www.empresschinchilla.org
December 2014
The Latest from the
General Manager
Another year winding down
and winter is well on it’s
way. Christmas in around
the corner. Excitement is
filling the air. This all means
that in the chinchilla world,
the excitement and anticipation is for the new show season that is
beginning. It is the culmination of another year of matings, and babies. The excitement of another years crop of young grown up . The
anticipation of knowing they are better than last years crop but are
they better than the competition? We will all soon find out!
Support your branch with your show entries. They need your support
to keep shows alive, you need the judges comments so your herd can
grow and improve.
We learned a lot from the Annual Meeting, some of the information
is contained in this issue of the BREEDER. Other information and topics will be featured in future issues. I hope you take the time to read
some of the latest information from people who are conducting the
research and proving the findings. It is exciting to know that Dr.
Mans and Cara Beasley, have the knowledge, the ability, and the desire to find answers to help us and our chinchillas.
There is also more news of Lurlie Adam’s battle with PETA, as she
tries to clear her name and show the unjust and abusive behavior of
one of the largest nonprofit organizations in this country.
Maxine
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December 2014
Director’s Report
Director At Large, Gene Adcock
I look back at the Annual Meeting and all I can say is WOW what an Annual Meeting!
One of the best for content and accomplishment! A Huge Thank You to our General
Manager Maxine for putting together such amazing programs and keeping everything running so smooth.
What a pleasure to have Ann and Dan Harris in attendance and to get their
perspective on the topics being presented. A joy to see Beth Ann. Add the
experience of Jim and Amanda Ritterspach and Ralph and Barbara Shoots, and we
had over 300 years of experience in that room.
I was also pleased to see so many younger producers in the room, Ryan Chinn from
Washington, Cara, Sumiko and Tabitha from California. Casey from Utah. I was especially impressed that Tiffany
would drive 17 hours one way to participate. It is exciting to see these young people with a eye for quality raising
quality animals.
As I left the Annual meeting my mind was spinning trying to think of ways to top what we did in Wisconsin. I have
some ideas for the judging seminar. With all the exciting news and ways to succeed in the chinchilla business - I
left the Annual Meeting energized!
Two weeks later I had the opportunity to judge at the California Field Day. I talked to the group about making
money with chinchillas. Since I have always thought of chinchillas as an opportunity to make money it surprised
me when I was informed that making money is not the goal of everyone. I was told that many people did not care
if they made money in chinchillas or not. They loved the animal and they were fine not making any money. Too
me this was a strange statement, foreign to the way I do business and think.
As I thought about the statement over the following few days, at first it made no sense. But as I thought about it
more, it dawned on me that while it is possible to make money in chinchillas, our membership is changing and many
of the members don’t want or need to make money. While I may never totally understand it, the fact is, this is how
many of our members feel. This just confirms that times are changing and Empress needs to change to meet the
needs of all of it’s members. I am so glad that we have the youth of Cara and Casey on the board to help us make
those changes. Sumiko has not gone too far either, she as well will help us transition.
We have members like myself who will always think of chinchillas as a pelting business. Some members who do not
consider it a business at all, but love the competition of showing. Other members who sell enough animals to pay
the feed bills to support their hobby. We even have members who have a couple pets and are dedicated to
providing those pets the best possible life available.
The Directors realize Empress has to provide the information and direction for all these members. Your Directors
are up for the challenge and ready for the task. But we need your help, if you feel we are not in tune with your
interest - let us know! Stay in contact, hold us accountable.
Empress is growing and changing to meet your needs. Change is not always easy, but working together we can
make it happen. I look forward to making it happen with you!
Gene
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December 2014
2G Market Report
September 2014 Kopenhagen
Report
We offered 9,399 Standard Chinchilla
at the September auction of which
8,352 skins were sold at an average of DKK 397. 5,296
regular skins were sold at an average of DKK 499 compared
to DKK 452 at the June auction. 3,056 lowgrades were sold
at DKK 219 compared to DKK 231 in June. The top price of
this auction was DKK 1,300 compared to DKK 710 in June.
VB3 and VB4 skins were not sold.
There were many buyers in the auction room from Italy,
England, Greece, Turkey among others. The demand for
blue skins was strong, as usual, and especially for good
qualities and colour. The size still obtains high prices just
like the good qualities. In general, good skins increased and
lowgrades declined in price. The mutations were in strong
demand, but the problem is the small number of skins
produced. However, we receive more skins especially of the
type Violet. Kopenhagen Fur recommends that farmers
produce more mutations.
Italy was again the largest buyer followed by England,
Greece, Turkey, Russia and Germany. There were no Chinese buyers in the auction room this time. The top lot was
bought by an Italian buyer.
Kopenhagen Fur believes that next season will be good as
the number of skins of good quality is small on the world
market. We receive more and more skins pelted correctly
and of good quality. Furthermore, the dressing has been
improved during the previous seasons.
Standard Chinchilla
Skins sold
Regular
5,296
Lowgrades 3,056
Total
8,352
Violet Chinchilla
Skins sold
Regular
222
Lowgrades
62
284
Shadow Chinchilla
Skins sold
Regular
156
Lowgrades
63
219
Blue Diamond Chinchilla
Skins sold Average DKK
Regular
114
916
Lowgrades
134
228
TOTAL
248
544
Top DKK
940
400
940
Sapphire Chinchilla
Skins sold
Regular
28
Lowgrades
21
49
Top DKK
900
280
900
Average DKK
900
280
634
We thank all Chinchilla farmers for an excellent cooperation
during the season.
Stig Reinhold
Here is the list of average prices:
Beige
$109 /pelt
Whites
$106/pelt
Standards
$84/pelt
Violets
$142/pelt
Sapphires
$151/pelt
Blue Diamonds $150/pelt
Top price on Shadows (variations of white) $216.96
It is encouraging that chinchilla prices are remaining
strong. Additionally, that top quality standard and mutations, especially lighter shades, remain in high demand.
This high market demand is expected to remain the same
for the next sale as well.
Again, Kopenhagen encourages and recommends ranchers to raise more mutations. This is exciting news for the
industry. So let’s get those animals in breeding!
Gene and Gary
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Top DKK
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December 2014
Annual Meeting Report
Friday night before the Annual Meeting even started we The topic at the banquet was, what a time to be raising
had some wonderful karaoke thanks to Brenda Walter who chinchillas. No matter what your interest, you should
arranged for the DJ. No matter if you sang or not, I think be making money in chinchillas!
everyone enjoyed themselves!
Sunday morning and we still had a bit of information to
President Gary Neubauer opened the Annual Meeting impart before the delegate session. I brought out some
dedicating the festivities to Director Dan Jensen who was 50+ year old pelts to show just how much improvement
we have made!
deployed to Iraq the week before the meeting.
We bean with the judging seminar. The focus this year That was followed up with a report on how to stay safe
was identifying a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place animal and giving in light of the recent PETA attacks in California and the
meaningful comments. Gary worked one table with the 6 upper midwest.
trainee judges focusing on pelts. At the end of the session
Gary left the trainees wishing there was more time to work New Director Cara Beasley took over giving information
on genetics and an exciting update on the strep bacteria.
with him.
I don’t want to give too much information here as Cara
The folks from the Wisconsin Branch brought a nice is going to be writing articles on these topics for the
variety of animals to work with. Gene and I got to work BREEDER. If you have a problem you believe to be
with everyone else with standards, black velvets, ebonies, strep, contact Cara. She and Dr. Mans are working
together to beat this bacteria.
beige, sapphires and violets.
After a quick morning of working under the lights, It was
time to turn our attention to educational presentations.
Dr. Mans hit a home run with his presentation on Dental
Disease in Chinchillas. More information in an article in
this issue. Dr. Mans and his team of 4 had the opportunity
to collect urine samples all during the judging seminar.
The purpose of this is to determine the the normal values
of urine, that will help detect infections, kidney disease,
and metabolic disease in his future work. We were glad
to be able to assist him. Because his work is so fascinating
and the many questions put us a bit over our schedule, but
we kept pushing on.
We have no election this year because only 1 person ran
in each director position race. In Region l we thank
Sumiko for her 3 years of service on the board and Cara
Beasley is the incoming director.
In Region lll, Gary Neubauer was appointed last year to
fill the vacant position. Dan Jensen was nominated and
is now the Region lll Director.
With Dan going to a Regional Director position and
Shahna Thomas not seeking re-election, that left two
Director-at-Large positions open. Gary Neubauer was
nominated and Casey Craner was nominated, there
Wendy Torgerson and Gene Adcock presented on herd were no other nominations, so Gary and Casey are your
management and line breeding, followed by Sumiko De La two new Directors-at-Large. We welcome Cara and
Vega presenting on breeding recessive mutations. Amaz- Casey our two newest board members and look forward
to their ideas.
ing she has been so successful with such a small herd.
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Gary was up next talking about Improving Production. Gary Neubauer remains our President
This is a topic that more people should take more seriously Gene Adcock 1st Vice President
as it is so important to our bottom dollar.
Mike Lawrence 2nd Vice President
Norra Horton Secretary/Treasurer
As the seminar wound down and we converted the room
in preparation for the banquet, some people cornered It is time for the delegate meeting.
Gary at the pelt table again for some additional instruction.
Report of Delegates
Meeting & Resolutions
There were three resolutions submitted ahead of time and one
hand carried suggestion.
Resolution #1 was submitted by the Washington Branch and
proposed that regional directors be eliminated and replaced
with directors. Allowing anyone from any region who receives
the most votes be a National Director. Delegate vote 1 for, 7
against.
The directors confirmed delegate action 4-0
Resolution # 2 submitted by the Washington Branch stated
that national shows should rotate between a western location
(such as California) and Denver, Co. The delegates voted 0
for and 8 against.
The directors confirmed the delegate action 4-0
Resolution #3 was submitted by the Greater Kansas City
Branch, stated that the Blue Diamond Color chinchilla should
have it’s own subclass in the Sapphire and Violet classes based
on judges discretion.
The delegates voted 7 for and 1 against
The directors discussed this and voted to defeat the delegate
action 4-0.
The directors modified the resolution and voted to add a Blue
Diamond subclass in the sapphire class only. Motion carried
Carried 4-0
The fourth item for consideration was an prepared statement
and suggestion that the 2015 National Show should be held as
a 1 day show. This opened up considerable discussion.
President Neubauer invited everyone to vote on this issue, the
vote was 1 for - 23 against.
The directors voted 4-0 to uphold delegate action. In the board
meeting there were some changes made to the National Show
rules. Changes listed in the column to the right.
There was additional discussion on how to make the National
Pelt Show more enticing for smaller and younger ranchers.
These changes are listed in the column to the right.
December 2014
2015 National Show Rule
Changes
Animals do not have to be caged
and entered Friday evening by 10 PM. Pelts and
standard animals may be registered up until 8:00 AM
on Saturday, March 7th. Mutations may be registered up until 8:00 AM Sunday, March 8th. Grooming ends at 9:00 AM each day.
The Loyd Sullivan Award will be
awarded to any rancher with less than 10 years in the
business, and has the highest breeder points, who
shows a minimum of 5 pelts (standard or mutation)
and obtains a minimum of 25 total points.
In both the mutation
animals and mutation pelts, breeder award rosettes
will be given to the rancher who scores the highest
amount of points with a minimum of 5 in a color class
and a minimum of 27 total points on those 5
animals/pelts.
1st place pelts will n o
longer be stamped, allowing that pelt to be shown in
a future National Show. It is hoped that this will
encourage smaller ranchers to compete and allow
them to build a pelt show string over multiple years if
they so desire.
In anticipation of chinchillas
with alternate fur types (for example, long furs and
curlies) to be show in the next few years, empress has
designed this class for them to compete and obtain
judges evaluations. At this time these animals will
not count towards the 20 total entries nor will their
points o toward breeder points.
added to the white class. It is
recognized that the recessive white is a different color
from the whites and beige. They will compete against
themselves in the class and compete with the whites
for class champion.
The Blue Diamonds will compete in
their own class within the Sapphire class. The Blue
Diamond will compete against Sapphires for Class
Champion.
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December 2014
2015 ECBC National Show
62nd Standard Live Animal - 51st Mutation Live Animal
10th Combined International Pelt Show
March 7 & 8, 2015
Eagles Hall, Lancaster, Ohio
Judges: Gene Adcock, Maxine Lynch, Tamara Tucker. Alt: Brenda Walters
NEW FEATURE - Mutation Show Breeder Awards given for each color section.
Producer must show minimum of 5 animals or pelts in that color section. The points from the top 5 scoring
animals or pelts will be added. The rancher with the highest score and a minimum of 27
points, will win the breeder award in that color section. 1 Award to be given in each color section.
Entry/registration times - For 2015 National Show the Friday Night entry deadline has
been waived. Animals or pelts may be entered up to 8:00 AM Saturday morning. Grooming concludes by 9:00 AM sharp. Mutation Entries may be entered up to 8:00 AM Sunday morning.
Grooming concludes at 9:00 AM sharp!
Update on the PETA attack at
the Valley View Chinchilla
Ranch
I had the opportunity to talk with Lurlie Adams the
other day. She and her attorney have met with the
judge who will be hearing the case of her lawsuit
against PETA. The judge is sympathetic due to
Lurlie’s age and will be pushing the case forward
without delay.
Lurlie’s attorney has gone one step farther and has
also filed a suit in Federal Court. This lawsuit deals
with the fact that PETA filmed and recorded Lurlie
and her employee without their knowledge, which
is a violation. Additionally, they chopped the footage to distort the facts and ruin Lurlie Adams
reputation. This misrepresentation caused undue
stress and threats upon Lurlie’s life. This law suit
also alleges elder abuse as a result of PETA’s malicious lies and distorted truth.
I will of course be watching this case closely and
report any progress as it happens.
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Most people realize that our future is our youth. The
future of Empress chinchilla industry may very well be
our youth. There are two members in California working
closely with 4-H kids who are interested in working with
chinchilla. As this issue of the BREEDER goes to press,
three new 4-H kids are attending their first show.
Won’t you please consider sponsoring a 4-H kid. For
$25 your can give them a 1 year membership to Empress
Chinchilla. They will receive 12 magazines with valuable
information to help them with their project throughout
the year. That membership will also allow them to show
animals and pay the reduced member entry fees.
Your gift will get them started right. Your gift of $25
will help them succeed with their chinchilla project. This
holiday season consider a $25 gift to ensure our future
gets the right start in this industry.
A Big thank you goes out to the folks in the Wisconsin Branch
for their hospitality and hard work. Brenda Walter was
phenominal! Wendy Torgerson a gem!
It was nice to meet both of you. Thank you for all your hard
work, planning, and the use of your equipment . The karaoke was a hit, thank you for the treats. I found out I LOVE
cheese curds!
It was a joy that as the festivities were about to begin,old
friends started pouring in. What a joy to see Ann and Dan
Harris - they haven’t aged a bit. I served on the board with
Ann many years ago. As the 2 girls on the board wrangling
with the boys, we had our work cut out for us on some
issues keeping those boys in line!
It’s been a year since I have seen Ralph and Barbara Shoots
and Jim and Amanda Ritterspach. It always amazes me the
amount of history and talent in a room when these folks
show up.
Then Beth Ann arrived. I haven’t seen Beth Ann in I can’t
remember how many years, it was so good to see her. And
thank you for all the books, it did help me complete the
National Office library!
I got to meet Cecil Featherston and his wife. This couple
have raised chinchillas for 50 years. And like most chinchilla
ranchers they are home grown good people, and it was a
pleasure to meet them.
December 2014
producers, Meg Mantyh and Kristy Morici, thank you
for participating. To a long time members Dan
Moulton, Patrick Graif, and Lynn Fairchild , I hope
you all learned a lot. Your dedication is appreciated!
To our board members, Mike Lawrence, Gene Adcock, Gary Neubauer, Sumiko De La Vega, you have
been a joy to work with and we have accomplished
so much. To the incoming board members Cara
Beasley and Casey Craner, I really look forward to
you joining the team and working with you.
As I mentioned last month, this was my 20th Annual
Meeting. I think I learned the most from this one.
The judging seminar was great. Gary gave the
trainees a workout like we have never delivered to
trainees. Gene and I really enjoyed working with
the trainees and ranchers and hopefully gave you
something to think about.
The educational portions were so informative. In
the next couple months I will summarize the presentations (or twist the arms of the presenters) to write
an article so you get the information.
We are looking to Region ll for our 2015 Annual
Meeting. Kansas City, St. Louis or St. Joe are the
top choices, hope to see you in the midwest!
A number of the younger ranchers who flew into Milwaukee
and drove west, Sumiko, Ryan, Cara, Tabitha and Casey.
The stamina of Tiffany Whitlow is amazing 17 hours of
driving - one way - that is dedication!
Thank you to the Klimpers for driving Mikayla from Colorado.
Mikayla is Colorado’s youngest delegate and it was a pleasure to have her there!
Our thoughts and prayers are with Calista and Maynard
Beitz. Calista suffered from a stroke the weekend before.
The reports are that her progress is coming along well, and
we hope to see her up and around and running shows again
very soon.
Thoughts and prayers were also with Bpb Baar who is
recovering from shoulder surgery and could not attend the
meeting. Bob and June you were missed!
It was also wonderful to meet a couple of our newer
go out to
the workhorse behind
the Colorado Branch
and
Our thoughts and prayers are with
both of you for a speedy recovery!
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December 2014
Chinchilla Dental Disease
As reported by Dr. Christoph Mans from the 2014 Empress
Annual meeting in Barneveld, WI
At the 2014 Annual Meeting we had a good fortune of
having Dr. Christoph Mans present to us on his research
with chinchillas and dental disease. His work is fascinating.
Dr. Mans works at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Dr. Mans stated that to properly, fully examine a chinchillas
mouth, teeth and jaws for dental disease, it is best to
anesthetize the chinchilla. He states that the knowledge
and drugs that are available today make anesthesia a very
safe procedure. To attempt to fully examine the chinchilla’s
mouth without anesthesia causes to much stress for the
animal and you really cannot effectively accomplish the task.
Once anesthetized, Dr. Mans is then able to fully examine
the mouth. He takes x-rays of the skull and jaws. The
original work was to attempt to help maloccluded animals.
Dr. Mans is able to temporarily relieve animals with malocclusion. But there is no cure malocclusion.
The interesting point that has come out of his work is that
chinchillas do suffer from gingivitis and dental decay just
like we do.
Chinchillas have 4 teeth on either side of their mouth, upper
and lower. These are used for grinding food. Should one
of these teeth start to decay, one might think the best
course of action would be to remove the tooth. This works
well in other animals. It does not work well in chinchillas
because chinchilla teeth grow continuously. Without the
opposite tooth to grid against the opposite tooth will continue to grow, causing problems.
In chinchillas, the better course of action is preventative
care through diet. Chinchillas need a high fiber diet. The
fiber keeps the animal’s digestive tract flowing normally.
But the fiber also keeps the teeth ground down.
When high sugar supplements and treats are added to the
diet, it raises the sugar content in the mouth, putting the
chinchilla at a significantly higher risk of developing cavities,
infection, and tooth and gum disease. Like with us, a good
diet and exercise is the most important factors in maintaining good health. It is much easier to avoid poor health and
disease by proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle!
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Photos from Bill Booker’s collection of malocclusion
chinchilla skulls
Diet for Dental Health
For optimum dental health in your
chinchillas, avoid sugary treats such as:
Raisins
Fruit
Berries
Apples
Carrots
Sugared Cereal
Better choices are:
Hay
Oatmeal
Grains
Wheat bran
December 2014
Mutation Genetics Made Easy
Update on chinchilla genetics via the Human Genome Project
When I volunteered my 2008 chinchilla color genetics article
to Maxine Lynch for the ECBC magazine published fall,
2014), what I didn’t know turns out to be vast, so vast that
I just finished a MOOC (mass open online course) on “Useful
Genetics” via Coursera that is turning my genetics knowledge on its ear. To put this in perspective: I am a 25+
years practicing physician, I majored in Biology/Genetics in
college, I have been breeding chinchillas for about 15 years
and Syrian hamsters for 5 years before that. All this has
given me both technical and practical knowledge of the
genetics of fur color, texture and patterns of two small
furred animals. What I didn’t have was updated knowledge
of molecular biology re: genetics, or genomics, the popular
new name for studying the
entire genetic makeup of living
beings, and I sure do now.
My genealogy-interested sister
dragged me to a Family Ancestry symposium in Washington
DC summer, 2014, and for
those of you who do genealogy research you know that
paper records (think of the family tree) have been augmented now by personal DNA testing. This conference gave me
my first taste of SNPs and tandem repeats (I’ll come back to
these) and that led to my signing up for a six week Coursera
course on genetics/genomics. AND here is a plug for
Coursera—coursera.org—they offer dozens, maybe hundreds, of courses online, for FREE, and I do mean FREE, and
it seems like great universities are jumping on the bandwagon to offer Coursera courses at tremendous man and woman
power cost—the grad students/PhD candidates answer
questions, run the forums, etc. but the video lectures are all
done by the professors themselves. I have taken 8 courses
so far (one twice, it was so good), and haven’t had a bad
one yet, nor have I been hit up for a dime, except if I wanted
a statement of accomplishment for official purposes, which
is totally unnecessary for most people. My courses were
taught by professors at U Penn, Brown, Weslyan College and
most recent course, U of British Columbia—on average, I
spent several hours a week listening to video lectures,
reading, doing assignments and taking quizzes but at my
own pace and time. Because I’m a type A person, I also did
the quizzes and assignments, but you don’t have to--you
are free to audit the course without them. Honestly, I
cannot think of a better way to spend your free time if you
are feeling a little intellectually sluggish or just plain want
to learn something new. (My first course? Greek
Mythology.(Loved it!). Ok, you are thinking, how does this
matter to chinchilla genetics? Turns out that strict “Mendelian” genetics, i.e. our concept of single recessive and
dominant genes, is much more complicated for many
phenotypic characteristics (phenotype:
what is
expressed/evident in a person/animal/plant, genotype:
what’s genetically underlying it) even if the phenotype is
genetically determined, meaning some phenotypic things
derive from environmental influence, not genetics, or are
a combination, like height in humans. And genes for color
can, at least in vegetables, be from a lack of a regulatory
gene somewhere in the pathway, as well as the final gene
coding an enzyme that “makes” the color what it is.
Sometimes mutant or variant color genes act in a “codominant” way and give a flower, the morning glory is an
example, an independent color—not white or dark blue
but light blue, and this conceivably could be the type of
explanation for viophire/Blue Diamond, which seems pretty well established as a chinchilla color, and even beige
violet, which I have a pair who are making every litter and
the color is absolutely the same every kit—almost homobeige but not really (and one parent is violet so they
cannot be homobeige), and without those very light red
homobeige eyes. Perhaps Goldbar and other unusual chin
colors involve multiple genes or gene products modifying
each other, even though they have been assigned recessive or dominant designation for breeding purposes.
But the main information available now is from the Human
Genome project, which published the entire human genome in 2004, and its spinoffs. For those of you who
might have been “off planet”
for the last ten years, this project, which used computers all
over the world working day and
night, completely sequenced
the base pairs of the human
genome—all the DNA in all
genes, all chromosomes—and
now a number of other species
have been completely sequenced as well (but, as far as I
can tell, chinchilla isn’t one of them, although some
animals in its order, rodentia, have been). Now, you
might think that complete sequencing of the human
genome might make things easier, i.e. to identify abnormalities and think about how to correct them, genetically,
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but I think it has actually made things incredibly more
complicated, and interesting. For some specific human
genes, we do know that mutations change disease risk,
like mutations in the BRCA gene that greatly increase
breast cancer risk, or cause specific disease every time
(mutations in the cystic fibrosis gene) but often what we
have learned is that specific DNA sequences, or even
single nucleotide base pair variations, are “associated”
with a risk of a disease, or a trait. These single nucleotide base pair variants, shortened to “SNPs” (pronounced “snips” by genome folks) are so good at
predicting phenotype (your expressed traits) that for $99
you can have your genome checked for a million SNPs
and be given the results that you can use to predict your
risk of, let’s say, Alzheimer’s disease. Amazing yes?
These SNPs are not necessarily from or in the mutations
that cause Alzheimer’s, and often your risk involves a
number of different SNPs which can increase or lower
risk, but they are somehow linked or near to or influence
genes that do contribute to Alzheimer’s, in a reference population. AH, that is the important
thing: your SNPS are particular to
your ethnicity because without a
control group, SNPs tell you nothing.
Now how does this have anything
at all to do with chinchillas? Well,
because we need to, and will eventually, sequence the chinchilla genotype, and then specific chinchilla subtypes (angoras, curlies, beiges, whites,
ebonies, velvets, violets, sapphires) to get a handle on
what genes determine color or other fur traits (or at least
what SNPs are associated with these things) and might
get a better understanding of weird inheritance, like that
of ebony and curly fur. But the other thing to know is
that DNA often has tandem repeats, meaning you will
have a run of, let’s say, ATAG in base pairs, that repeats
2, 3, 4 or more times, and the repeats can cause
differences in phenotype (maybe they code for a protein
that makes a pigment more common—more protein,
more pigment—ah ha, sounds like ebony doesn’t it?).
Tandem repeats are a VERY common occurrence, because of how DNA polymerase binds onto a chromosome
as it is making a new chromosome (a repeat can cause
a loop in DNA, leading to more tandem repeats). I am
not saying I know this is the case with ebony, just
pointing out that there are many intricacies of DNA and
its replication that lead to expression in the phenotype
so that simply thinking of traits as being the product of
one gene that has alleles (different possible sequences
in the same location) that are recessive or dominant
doesn’t begin to tell the story.
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December 2014
Are we doing commercial DNA analyses in animals now?
HECK YES. Back in 2001, using what limited information
was available then, The Jockey Club changed from blood
typing to DNA typing for parentage verification in thoroughbred horses. Now, for many livestock animals, there is SNP
testing available, and surprisingly cheap, for cows, sheep,
pigs and others. As an example: Pfizer, a huge pharmacology company, has testing for hornless cattle (desirable),
and coat coloration (black angus with two black genes are
apparently much more valuable than heterozygotes) and at
pretty reasonable prices (less than $50 to do both). You can
get an entire “color panel” for horses for a few hundred
dollars. And, of course, what is driving a lot of human
genomic research and products offered direct to consumers,
i.e. you and me, is ancestry or genealogy research. Test kits
and analyses are a huge source of capital to all the commercial genomics companies (Ancestry.com, 23 and me, Family
Tree are just a few) at $99 for complete somatic (non-sex)
gene analysis, and more $ for Y chromosome testing (with
different numbers of SNPs and regions included, depending on your pocketbook) and
also mitochondrial DNA testing, which is a
fascinating subject on its own. Whether you
are male or female, mitochondrial DNA
comes from your mom, and it is much more
stable than nuclear DNA. Now, here is a fun
fact: Syrian hamsters provided the mutation
rate of this type DNA from samples (of
poop!) sent from all over the world to one lab
for comparison, because we know all Syrian
hamsters in captivity are descended from one litter dug out
of the desert near Aleppo, Syria in 1930 (ref: Seven Daughters of Eve by Brian Sykes).
OK, back to chinchillas: to complete my addition to chin
genetic lore, I hardly mentioned angoras, and didn’t mention curlies (also called lockens) at all in my 2008 mutation
genetics overview. These are the only two fur-length/typealtering characteristics that have been identified so far in the
chinchilla that seem to be genetically determined. I have
bred curlies for several years and can tell you, as I suspect
can Jim Ritterspach who has much more experience with
breeding curlies than do I, that if I understood how to make
a consistently good curly I would be a happy camper. He
will tell you that if you lose ebony in the line, you lose the
curly—there must be some interaction of gene products that
once known will seem like a piece of cake to us. But even
with plenty of ebony on board, whether the chin is curly as
a kit and as an adult, or curly as a kit, straight as an adult,
or NEVER curly at all is difficult to predict—same parents
give me variable kits, several litters, and I have many now
grown so know how they turned out.
If this is not enough “brave new world” genetics information
December 2014
for you, I know a breeder who tells me he has successfully
done in vitro fertilization in chinchillas. Hmmm, think of
the implications for rare and expensive chinchillas, like
angoras and curlies, not to mention grand show champion
animals.
After 26 years of raising chinchilla, Rich and Jan
Ryerson have decided to sell our ranch as we would
like to retire and do some traveling. We will offer our
entire ranch which will include our home and chinchilla barns on 5 acres. Also included are 8 semi trailers
for housing and storage. Our goal is to sell out the
equipment and herd in the next 2 years. Any
interested parties contact Rich or Jan at
[email protected] or phone 4190-687-1071
Approximately 2000 breeders. Includes offspring
and cages.
. Includes 4 pelt drums,
dressing knives, all tools, chemical vats and equipment needed. Help will be provided to get plant set
up and into operation.
that includes small 5 ton
benchmaster press and 35 ton punch press. Punch
dies for 3 piece collars, regular 2 piece collars, large
2 piece collars, jumphole dies and 20,000 collar
rivits. Help will be provided to learn to operate all
the dies and run the press operation.
that includes metal sheer,
corner notchers, bending machine, wire bending
machine, wire cutters, spot welder, sheet steel cart,
inventory of sheet steel and many miscellaneous tools.
Package of complete ranch would include contacts
for animal sales and over 20 University's for research
sales.
Interested parties may contact Rich or Jan Ryerson @
419-687-1071 or email to
lgroxy @ aol.com
We will see the entire chinchilla genotype sequenced in the
not too distant future. But even now, maybe we should be
doing something proactively: we should get DNA “spit
test” kits (cheek swabs) and do tests on chinchillas in
shows that take top honors—color class champions and
trophy winners—and keep them until we can analyze the
data. (DNA is very stable). Are these not the chinchilla
ideals and perhaps what we ought to be comparing everything else to anyway, phenotypically at shows and eventually genetically in labs? And, what is so helpful for
chinchillas, as is also true for Syrian hamsters, is that all
chinchillas in captivity are descended from a known founder population that Mr. Chapman brought down from the
Andes Mountains and to the USA in 1923. Because we
know where all current captive chinchillas’ DNA came
from, i.e. we know their nearest common ancestors, there
should be a lot of homogeneity in gene samples and we
can then focus on the SNPs, tandem repeats and other
places where the DNA is NOT identical to look for evidence
for color and other new-since-leaving-the-Andes mutation
genes. It would be a tremendous, far-seeing start in the
chinchillas world if this gene testing were done—anyone
got access to spit kits we can use without paying
$99/apiece to Ancestry.com et al. to get them?
So, we know a lot more about genetics and genomics in
the last decade, thanks to the Human Genome Project and
all the other species’ genomes sequenced, and studied,
since then. Coursera, a web company offering free
MOOCs, has courses on genomics that would help anyone
interested in more information or understanding (probably
you will have to wait until next summer/fall when Useful
Genetics is offered again, but there are other courses
year-round about genetics/evolution and many other related topics). I hope we attain full genome sequencing of the
chinchilla in the near future and thereby better understanding of how, and where in the DNA, mutations change
fur color and other features in this animal.
Photo courtesy
Tiffanys Chinchillas
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December 2014
Current Research
At the Empress Annual Meeting in Wisconsin, Dr. Christoph Mans from the University of Wisconsin –
Madison, gave a report on the types of chinchilla research he is conducting at the University. He has 4
assistants who work with him. His work is fascinating and we are truly grateful that he is performing the
research. It will help the veterinary community around the world as they help us care for the animals we
love.
Dr. Mans acknowledges that much of the work he does will be utilized by the pet owners or hobbyists and
is not financially feasible for the pelt producer, nevertheless, the research needs to be done, and we are
thankful he is doing it.
Project Pain Management - One such project is Pain Management. An attempt to
discover what types of pain medication works best for chinchilla with the least amount
of side effects. Documenting and measuring proper dosages. Smaller dosages
compared to frequency of dosage. Further projects will be to try to find effective
longer lasting pain medications. Also measuring the effectiveness of oral compared
to subcutaneous.
Project Diagnostic imaging – X-raying hundreds of chinchillas to establish the norm
for organ size, appearance, and placement. This is done on both a CT scan and
radiographs. This will help them determine if a sick chinchilla has an enlarge heart,
for example. This information can be shared with other vets around the world.
Project Anesthesia - This project is measuring the differences between gas anesthesia and injectable
anesthesia. Measurements include the differences in depth, duration and recovery. Because it is so
important to maintain a chinchillas active digestive system and appetite this study also measures the effect
on fecal output and the animals appetite.
Project Thermometry – determining the easiest way to get accurate temperatures on chinchillas. Rectal
vs ear. In most animals the ear is easiest but it needs to be determined in a chinchilla.
Project Urine Study – The importance of this study is to establish the normal values of chinchillas. It helps
to detect underlying poor health such as infections, kidney disease, metabolic diseases. At the annual
meeting we were so happy to help with this study. Throughout the judging seminar, instead of sopping up
urine with a paper towel, we called for a vet who came running with syringe in hand to gather as much urine
as possible to go into the centrifuge and then be testing and measurements taken.
It is not surprising that Dr. Mans has ideas for future studies, those include;
Long acting pain medications
Safety of long acting antibiotics
Safety of new drugs to treat Giardia
Strep. Zooepidemicus
We are excited to have a vet interested in learning more about chinchilla. The results of Dr. Mans research will be reported in future issues of the BREEDER.
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December 2014
EMPRESS Offers
Educational Seminars
Empress has a number of training topics that have been developed
and we are now able to go to different areas and present educational seminars to chinchilla producers.
Pictured here, Gary Neubauer is demonstrating to the Mexican
Ranchers in Lerma, MX, the various fur qualities of the chinchilla. Showing how to choose and mate animals to produce desired qualities.
If you would like to sponsor an educational seminar in your area, contact the National Office for more information
[email protected].
More presentations are being developed all the time. Listed below are some of the topics currently available:
Improving Production
Water Quality
Developing Your Prize Winning Herd
Saving Babies
What did the Judge Mean by that - Fur Terminology
Maintaining a Healthy
Herd
Chinchilla Animal Husbandry
Grooming Animals for Show
Grooming Pelts for Show
Choosing Quality Hay
Recognizing Fur Qualities
Air Flow
Making Roses from your Pelts
This Holiday Season ……
Give the gift they will love…..All year long!
For only $25 you can give a 1 year membership to Empress Chinchilla!
Your recipient will receive 12 educational magazines about the animals they love,
1 for each month, delivered directly to their inbox
Act today and your recipient will receive a special welcoming gift message with their first issue
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Welcome New Members
Sarah Rivers - Northern California Branch
Abigail Arroyo - Northern California Branch
Jeff Chandler - Greater Kansas City Branch
Give them a Hearty
Empress Welcome!
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Our day started bright and early at 3 AM on the morning of
November 15. We loaded up my little Honda Accord, playing
“Chinchilla Tetris” to fit all the carriers with our animals. Two
of the 4-H members in the Calla 4-H chinchilla project group
packed themselves into the car along with another prospective breeder who
rode with us to
the show. It
was a tight fit
but we made it
work and Sarah
and Conchita
cuddled together with blankets
to stay warm
while the A/C
was blasted to
keep the chinchillas comfortable. Luckily, it was only a
2-hour drive to Salinas and we found a Starbucks to wake up
with some food and warm drinks before arriving at the show
hall.
The facilities were
very nice
and everything was
set up and
ready to go
when we
arrived.
The third 4-H’er, Abigail, met us there with her mother who
was very interested to see what the shows were like. We got
all our paperwork completed and immediately started grooming. The 4-H’ers had been practicing their grooming at our
monthly project meetings so the chins had been roughgroomed well beforehand. They got to practice their fine
grooming and lint-rolling skills at the show. I also had a few
animals there that I was not planning on showing since they
were sold but decided to enter them so they could get some
extra grooming practice and entries in the new showmanship
class.
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December 2014
The show started with the baby derby for the “cutest” chinchilla
and followed with the 4-H showmanship class, where the animals
that they groomed were judged on their preparation and appearance at the show. The showmanship class was something new we
wanted to try out with the CA group. The purpose was to
encourage them to make their chinchillas look their best. Did they
keep the cage clean at home to prevent pen stains and oxidation?
Did they dust their animals? Did they trim tails? Did they comb
their animals well and remove all the loose fur? This class was very
helpful and encouraging and all who
entered animals in
showmanship
received showmanship
ribbons in addition
to placings of the 3
best-prepared animals.
Following were the mutation and standard shows. Conchita and
Abigail volunteered to be animal handlers and all three each went
up with Gene to “co-judge” a class. Sarah ended up winning 3rd Jr.
Breeder and Conchita won RCC with her standard male. They came
home with lots of raffle
prizes and ribbons and had
a great time. Thank you
Cara for planning the
event and to David and
Sandy for assisting her –
we all had a great time!
Congratulations Calla 4-H
chinchilla group on a great
performance at your first show!
December 2014
CA ECBC Fall Field Day Results
November 15, 2014
Salinas, CA
9 exhibitors, 40 standards, 20 mutations
Grand Show Mutation – Beige - Chinchilla Chateau Sumiko De La Vega
Res Grand Show Mutation - Bg - Chinchilla Chateau Sumiko De La Vega
White CC - PW - Chinchilla Chateau (Sumiko De La Vega)
White RCC - PW - Chinchilla Chateau (Sumiko De La Vega)
Beige CC - Chinchilla Chateau (Sumiko De La Vega)
Beige RCC - Chinchilla Chateau (Sumiko De La Vega)
Sapphire CC - Chinchillas QED (Cara Beasley)
Black Velvet CC - Jinn and Ryan Wu
Black Velvet RCC - Jinn and Ryan Wu
Grand Show Standard - Chinchilla Chateau (Sumiko De La Vega)
Reserve Grand Show Standard - Chinchilla Chateau (Sumiko De La Vega)
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
CC - Chinchilla Chateau (Sumiko De La Vega)
RCC - Jinn and Ryan Wu
RCC - Conchita Rivers
RCC - Chinchilla Chateau (Sumiko De La Vega)
RCC - Chinchilla Chateau (Sumiko De La Vega)
My First Show
My Name is Sarah Rivers. I am 17 years old
and just got started in breeding and showing
chinchillas. The animals that were donated to
me and the other members of my 4-H club has
introduced me to the fun and learning experience of breeding and showing these beautiful
animals. The new 4-H breeders attended our
first show last weekend. We had a fantastic
time and even took home a Reserve Champion Ribbon for my male in his class. I am
looking forward to improving my Ranch and
going to many more shows with the rest of my
club. I also look forward to meeting many new
friends in the coming months at the other
shows we will be attending. Thank you to the
Ranchers who donated animals to for the Calla
4H Club in Manteca. The 4H motto is to Make
the Best Better we look forward to applying
this motto to our new found hobby.
Happy Holidays!
Sarah Rivers
Calla 4-H Club President
and new Chinchilla Rancher
Jr. Breeder Awards
1st place Jr. Breeder - Jinn and Ryan Wu
2nd place Jr. Breeder – XTC (David Walters)
3rd place Jr. Breeder - Sarah Rivers
4-H/FFA Showmanship Awards
Conchita Rivers (1st and 3rd)
Abigail Arroyo (2nd place)
Sarah Rivers
Baby Derby 1st place - Amber Gold
Baby Derby 2nd place - Sarah Rivers
Baby Derby 3rd place - Abigail Arroyo
Congratulations All!
A Huge Debt of Gratitude
Sumiko and Sarah wish to thank the following
people for being so generous. Their help has
given the 3 Calla 4-H members a great start in
the chinchilla business.
For donated animals, thanks go to Dark
Star, La Paloma, and Diamond Blue.
Additional thanks go to the following people
for sponsoring the three 4-H memberships Lill
Chanett Olesdotter Andersen, Empress
member from Norway, Maxine Lynch, and
Gene Adcock.
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December 2014
The “Green Thing”
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested
to the much older lady that she should bring her own
grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the
environment.
The woman apologized to the young girl and explained,
"We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier
days."
The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today.
Your generation didn’t care enough to save our environment for future generations."
The older lady said that she was right -- our generation
didn't have the "green thing" in its day. The older lady
went on to explain:
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and
beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to
the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it
could use the same bottles over and over. So they really
were recycled. But we didn't have the "green thing"
back in our day.
Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper
bags that we reused for numerous things. Most memorable besides household garbage bags was the use of
brown paper bags as book covers for our school books.
This was to ensure that public property (the books
provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by
our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our
books on the brown paper bags. But, too bad we didn't
do the "green thing" back then.
We walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the
grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower
machine every time we had to go two blocks. But we
didn't have the "green thing" in our day.
Back then we washed the baby's diapers because we
didn't have the throw away kind. We dried clothes on a
line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220
volts. Wind and solar power really did dry our clothes
back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes
from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new
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Clothing. But that young lady is right; we didn't have
the "green thing" back in our day.
Back then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not
a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the
size of a handkerchief(remember them?), not a screen
the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen we
blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have
electric machines to do everything for us. When we
packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used
wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not styrofoam
or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an
engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used
a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised
by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to
run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But we
didn't have the "green thing" back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty
instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we
had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink
instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor
blade in a razor instead of throwing away the whole
razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't
have the "green thing" back.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids
rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning
their moms into a 24-hour taxi service in the family's
$45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a whole house did
before the"green thing." We had one electrical outlet
in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a
dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized
gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites
23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest
burger joint.
But isn't it sad the current
generation laments how
wasteful we old folks were
just because we didn't have
the "green thing" back then?
December 2014
Keeping off the Holiday Pounds
Many of us struggle with weight throughout the year but the holidays are even harder. According to the National Institutes of Health the extra pounds gained during the holidays accounts for half of the total weight gained all year.
Remember that your hard work all year does not have to suffer because of a few weeks at
the end of the year. Here are some calorie burn numbers for everyday holiday activities;
Wrapping gifts or making crafts
Bagging Leaves or grass
Raking leaves
Grocery Shopping
Playing catch football
Playing flag football
Serious house cleaning
Cleaning chinchilla cages
Weaning babies
30 minutes = 60 calories
60 minutes =300 calories
60 minutes =180 calories
Remember to stick to your portion control, limit fat whenever possible, and keep moving!
There are a few dedicated ranchers that
that deserve a big
thank you.
Each year when Jerry & Joanne Craner, Linda
Lucas, Ann & Dan Harris and Maynard & Calista
Beita renew their memberships they send in a
donation. $1 for each animal they have sold
throughout the year. Those dollars add up come the
end of the year.
It is dedicated ranchers like these that help Empress
fund the educational programs and allow us to be
able able to put out the educational information we
do.
It is with heartfelt thanks that I thank Jerry &
Joanne, Linda, Ann & Dan, and Maynard & Calista
for your donations.
More good news, we have information that Calista
is out of rehab and is back home. Calista, let the
kids help with cooking for the holidays this year, and
take it easy!
From the Empress National Office;
Best Wishes for a wonderful
Holiday Season!
May the New Year bring you Health,
Happiness, Prosperity……
And lots of healthy chinchilla babies
in all the colors you hope for!
Maxine
Tiffany’s Chinchilla
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December 2014
For our Spanish speaking members;
Un mensaje a todos los productores de pieles:
Cada criador de chinchilla quiere obtener el máximo beneficio por su producto. Nuestro producto, bien sacado y
preparado, es un producto muy lujoso que demanda precios altos. Las personas que pagan altos precios por las
prendas de vestir son muy exigentes y demandan un producto perfecto. Depende de nosotros el proveer a nuestro
comprador con un producto bien terminado, una piel sin daños y manchas.
¿Al comprar una nueva blusa o camisa, pagarías mucho dinero por ellos si tuvieran agujeros o daños o manchas?
Por supuesto que no. Enorgullécete de lo que haces y de lo presentas al comprador.
En nuestro rancho, preparamos las chinchillas desde ahora para la piel futura. Los animales se han mantenido
limpios y bañados en polvo regularmente. Empezamos a peinar con un peine a todos los animales que serán
peleteados a principios de octubre. Estamos quitando el pelaje de verano muerto, así que el abrigo de invierno nuevo
puede crecer sin bolas de pelo. Si hemos detectado bolas de pelo, las eliminamos y marcamos esta condición en la
tarjeta del animal. Esta chinchilla no será revisada hasta después de cuatro meses. Esto permite el crecimiento de
una nueva capa de pelo en el lugar de la bolar. El peinado no es un tipo de peinado como para concurso, es sólo un
retiro del pelo muerto.
Parece un montón de trabajo. Lo es. Pero te retribuirá financieramente. Recuerda que el 99% de todos los daños
se producen en el rancho. Son las cosas que descuidamos y dejamos de hacer bien. No hay suficiente limpieza y
baño. Una manipulación descuidada. Daños en el sacado de la piel. Pieles crudas almacenadas de forma incorrecta,
etc.
Estos daños no los ves en el momento de enviar tus pieles a la curtiduría. Pero tan pronto como las pieles se
sumergen en el primer baño, todas las áreas de descuido o en donde hubo presión y daño liberarán pelo. Y la salida
más fácil es culpar a la curtiduría.
Debe ser nuestra meta para que el comprador venga a México, no porque puede comprar pieles de chinchilla, sino
porque puede comprar pieles de chinchilla de calidad superior.
Lo producido en México debe estar ubicado en la excelencia en el mundo de la chinchilla.
Gary Neubauer
Presidente ECBC
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December 2014
We all have very busy lives. But, as the year winds down it is time to consider all that has happened this past year. Acknowledge the things that hurt us. Reflect upon how it made us feel; the
hurt, pain, sadness, anger, whatever those emotions were that got stirred up. Acknowledge those
emotions, know that they were real, forgive if need be, and most importantly release those emotions and let them go.
Now reflect upon the good things that happened this past year. The births, the good times with
friends, the memories made with family, the chinchilla babies, the victories at shows, whatever
your good things were this past year. Acknowledge the good feelings they brought to you; the
joy, the sense of accomplishment, the happiness, the comfort. Acknowledge all those good feelings. Treasure those memories and feelings hold them dear to you, keep them safe in your heart.
As we move forward into 2015, focus on those good things and build upon them. Make sure you
honor those good things in 2015 by bringing the good feeling with you to comfort and inspire you
to make you stronger as you move into the challenges of the new year.
My wish for you is that you enjoy this holiday season to the fullest and make lots of good memories to carry you forward into the new year!
Maxine
Largest Chinchilla Ranch
in Central Mexico
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December 2014
Three days before Christmas, and oh what a hassle! This funny
Christmas poem sums up one reader's holiday experiences.
Funny Christmas Poem by Betty Stearns
Gilmore City, Iowa
from Country Magazine
New Feature
CLASSIFIEDS
ANIMALS
FOR SALE Pink White,
Beige and standard
animals.
Rufio is one of many
proven breeders for
sale. I can deliver to
Washington and California Shows.
Contact:
Sumiko
De
La
[email protected]
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Twas a week before Christmas
And oh how I struggle,
With so much to do
And no time to juggle.
But we’re off to see Santa,
To fight through the throng,
Only to find out
What I purchased is wrong.
Cards to be sent
And letters to write,
Burning the candle
Way into the night.
The last days zip by
Like you wouldn’t believe
I frantically race toward
The goal to achieve.
There’s sewing pajamas
For Susie’s best doll,
And finishing touches
On Grandma’s white shawl.
And the night before Christmas,
This is the scene:
I’m calm and collected,
You might say serene.
The bike in the package
Still needs a wrench—
The one out of reach
Behind the workbench.
The house is in order.
Even Santa won’t guess
That one week ago
It was simply a mess.
The shopping is done,
I wish I could say,
But instead that’s a task
For some other day.
The tree isn’t trimmed
As our family had planned,
To make matters worse
I can’t find the stand.
There’s food in abundance
And gifts piled high,
Kids snuggled in bed
Their thoughts in the sky.
Three days before Christmas
And oh what a hassle,
No baking is done,
No gift has a tassel.
Then I turn my eyes upward
And utter a prayer:
“Lord, give me the strength
To repeat this next year.”
A pause in their doorway,
I take one last look,
Deciding it’s worth
The effort it took.
Vega
-
FOR SALE - standards, sapphires, sapphire
carriers, violets , and
beige. Prices vary.
This violet male was
born in 6/2014. He is
one of the quality animals
available.
Contact
Tiffany’s
Chinchillas
at
[email protected]
SUPPLIES
NEED COLLARS for growing chinchilla herd.
New or used in good condition.
Contact
Maru
Fraga
Mexico
[email protected]
CAGES FOR SALE - 3 and 4 hole cages for
sale in New York. Contact David Harsma.
[email protected]
PRODUCTS
CHRISTMAS GIFTS - order you chinchilla rose
gifts today from the National Office. Long stem
roses, pins, hair combs, etc. Prices range $5$12 + shipping. [email protected]
or 619-825-6204
Contact the National Office to submit Classified Ads
requests. Ads will run for two months for $5. Arrange-ments can be made for longer term ads. Must be an
Empress member to advertise animals for sale.
[email protected] or 619-825-6204
December 2014
MAY 1, 1965, AT A FORMAL MEETING OF THE NORTHERN CALIFOR
WASHINGTON BRANCH
OF ECBC
FIRST SANCTIONED SHOW
DECEMBER 6, 2014
Message from the WA Branch President:
The members of the WA State ECBC Branch are proud to announce our branch’s first sanctioned show.
Members of our branch represent quality chinchilla husbandry in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah.
We are looking forward to hosting this show and hope you can make it to the beautiful Pacific Northwest
to show off your animals!
We have a great venue reserved with a good amount of room. We welcome both established breeders and
new breeders to join us for an exciting day of judging beautiful chinchillas!
We look forward to seeing you at our first sanctioned show!
~Ryan Chinn
Location:
Comfort Inn - Kent
22311 84th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032 (253) 872-2211 *Ask for the ECBC Chinchilla rate!*
(~$84-93/night) (NO animals allowed in hotel room!)
Judge:
Maxine Lynch with Tabitha Lindsay, Trainee
Time:
Judging starts promptly at 10:00am Saturday, December 6th
Schedule of
Events:
Friday:
6:00pm: Show hall setup
7:00– 9:00pm: Animal registration and caging, not required if arriving Saturday
morning. Show hall locked at 9:00pm.
Saturday:
6:00-10:00am: Grooming, registration and caging
10:00am: Standard Live Animal Show
12:00-1:00pm Lunch (depending on show progress)
1:00-4:00pm Mutation Live Animal Show
Registration:
$7.00/animal for ECBC members (limit of 20 animals/string)
$9.00/animal for non-members. No admission fee to attend the event
Special Events:
Raffle, 50/50 Drawing, Animal Sales (10% of all animal sales during show week
end is payable to the host branch by the seller to help fund future shows)
Awards:
Trophies awarded for Standard GSC and RGSC & Mutation GSC and RGSC. Plaques
for combined Breeder and Junior Breeder awards. Ribbons awarded for all other
Awards.
Contact:
Ryan at [email protected] for questions, showbook ads, raffle tickets or trophy
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sponsorships.
December 2014
Heartland Chinchilla Group
ECBC Live Animal Show
Burlington, Kansas
Saturday, January 17, 2015
,
Hosting Branches: Greater Kansas City, Nebraska, N. Illinois, So. Minnesota, & Wisconsin
Type of show:
Standard Live Animal & Mutation Live Animal
Judges:
Roger Clark & Rich Ryerson
Location:
Burlington 4-H Hall
625 South 3rd Street
Burlington, KS
Accommodations: Country Haven Inn, 207 Cross St., Burlington, KS 620-364-8260
Wolf Creek Lodge, 919 N. 4th, Burlington, KS 620-364-1454
Wyatt Earp Inn, 2745 HWY 75, Lebo, KS 620-256-6351
Townsman Motel, HWY 54 & 75, Yates Center, KS 620-625-2131
Entry Fee:
$5.00 per animal - limit 20 standards and 20 mutations. Limits are for
show animals only, not for silent auction. All animals must remain caged
during the show.
Animals may be entered and caged after 6:30 PM Friday. Entry and
grooming 6:00 Am to 9:45 AM on Saturday. Caging available until 9:00 AM on
Sunday
Special Events:
Silent Auction
Show Committee: Mike Lawrence - Show Chairman - 620-490-0325
Vicki Merritt - Registration - 816-726-1542
Mike Lawrence - Awards Official
**********************************************************************************
Silent Auction Rules: Owner puts bottom dollar price on any animals they wish to sell. Anyone interested
in buying that animal may raise the price and identify their bid with their name with the auction chairman.
Anyone else interested may raise the bid, etc…. A bidder may raise the bid even though he has previously
bid on the animal. The owner may not withdraw the animal from the auction or raise his bottom dollar price.
The owner can not bid on his own animal. Once a bid is submitted it can not be withdrawn.
**********************************************************************************
10% of purchase price will be retained by the Heartland group
Anyone interested in show book ads - contact Cathy Kane at [email protected]
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December 2014
California Group 2015 Show
Ventura Harbor at the Sheraton 4 Points
1050 Schooner Dr., Ventura 93001
January 24 & 25, 2015
ECBC Sanctioned Shows
Multiple Ribbon
Combined Pelt Show
Standard Live Animal
Mutation Live Animal
4-H Showmanship Class
Judges:
Show Chair:
Rich Ryerson & Maxine Lynch with Trainee: Tiffany Whitlow
Cara Beasley - [email protected]
Hotel:
Sheraton 4 Points at Ventura Harbor Empress rate $99/night - free parking
Features:
Baby Derby
50/50
Banquet:
Saturday night $35.00
Contact Maxine - 619-825-6204 For Show Book Ads, Trophy Sponsors and Door Prize Donations
Show Book Prices
Trophy Sponsors
All door prize donors
Full color $20
$30/trophy
mentioned in show book
Half color $15
Sponsors mentioned in show book
¼ page color $10
Special pricing for combination ads in both CA Show and National Show Books
Our shows are always about education, camaraderie with friends, friendly competition
and FUN! Come join us!
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When:
December 2014
Saturday, February 7, 2015. One day show.
Location: Embassy Suites, 970-593-6200
4705 Clydesdale Parkway
Loveland, CO 80524
For room reservations Use group Code C-ECB
Rate $119, includes breakfast/evening reception.
Room block released 1/21/2015.
Show:
10 Class Standard Live Animal Show
Mutation Live Animal Show
Entries: 20 standard / 20 mutation
Entry fees: $7 per animal for members
$9 per animal, non-E.C.B.C. members
Special fees: With entry of 20 or more total animals
$6 members / $8 nonmember per animal
Setup:
February 6, Friday evening at 5 P.M.
Entry:
Friday after setup is complete
Saturday morning 6 to 9 a.m.
Judging
Starts at 10 A.M. Saturday, February 7
Judge:
Joe Butler, trainee Dan Moulton
Awards:
Ribbons for 1st-5th.
Rosettes for class/reserve class champions.
Trophies for Standard/Mutation Grand Show,
Reserve Grand Show. Breeder awards 1st-5th.
Special:
50-50 Drawing, Door Prizes.
Dr. M.R. Howard
Clair Frank
Henry “Hank” Oldfield
William Stovall
Dale and Vi Look
Gerald “Bud” Egging
Maynard and Calista Beitz
Dr. F. E. Button
Howard Clements
Candlewood Suites
Holiday Inn Express & Suites
Show Chair: John Suhr, 970-330-9140
Day of show 970-481-8650 (Calista Beitz)
include Perkins, Nordy’s (BBQ),
Palomino (Mexican), The Boot Grill.
Qdoba, Subway, Carl Jr’s.
Lunch on your own.
Dinner Saturday evening (after the show).
at The Summit includes bowling,
laser tag, arcade, and Crossroads Tavern &
Grill.
at Centerra Promenade Shops and
Outlets at Loveland.
ALL ANIMALS MUST BE CAGED.
I-25 North or South
Take Exit 259, Crossroads Boulevard Exit to the
East Make a left onto Clydesdale Parkway
Hotel will be on your right
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Colorado Branch ECBC Hall of Fame
December 2014
BREEDER DIRECTORY
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
Diamond Blue
Bill Booker
Norra Horton
261 Paradise Canyon Road
Salinas, CA 93907
831.663.4154
[email protected]
Mt. View Chinchilla Ranch
Maynard & Calista Beitz
3527 E. Locust Street
Ft. Collins, CO 80524
970.482.1834
fax 970.482.4837
Fur Ball Ranch
Rod & Donna Read
14560 Boy Scout Camp Rd.
Frazier Pk, CA 93225
661.245.1232
[email protected]
[email protected]
Ridge Chinchillas
Shahna Thomas
Paradise, CA 95969
[email protected]
www.ridgechinchillas.com
RDZC Ranch
Tabitha Lindsay
714.745.0484
222 Sierra Vista St.
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
MISSOURI
Kansas City Chinchillas
Cathy Kane
Kansas, City, MO 64912
816.547.8721
Sirs Chinchillas
John Suhr
2010 46th Ave. #8
Greeley, CO 80634
970.330.9140
[email protected]
Blue Star Chinchilla Ranch
Daniel & Megan Jensen
23513 Reap Ln
Waynesville, MO 65583
319.610.2638
Cow Creek Ranch
Lucinda Zeller
28350 RCR 43
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
970.879.5811
[email protected]
Kansas.City.Chinchillas.org
[email protected]
Double Chins 'n' Stuff
Nancy McConkey
4601 Littlebury Drive
St. Louis, MO 63128-2414
314.200.6185
[email protected]
Cuddle Bug Chinchillas
Cornellia Kern
Chinchillas Amore!
4220 S. Andes Way
Trina Davina
Aurora, CO 80013
916-412-4332
[email protected] [email protected]
[email protected]
www.4everchins.com
Orangevale, CA 95622
FLORIDA
Chinchilla Villa
Danny Miller
530-305-0391
PO Box 150
Colfax, CA 95713
[email protected]
www.chinchillavilla.com
Lyn’s Chins
Lyn Sedwick Shuster
Orlando, Florida
Centralfloridachinchillas.com
[email protected]
LA Chins
Mike Attard
Anza, CA
714.369.3505
[email protected]
M&C Chins
Mike & Connie Lawrence
1175 Quail Road
Burlington, KS 66839
p/fax 620.490.0325
[email protected]
KANSAS
MINNESOTA
[email protected]
Silver Spruce Chinchillas
Roger & Kathy Clark
43188 Cottonwood Creek Rd
Crawford, CO 81415
970.921.7231
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/chinchillasAmore
Moulton Chinchilla Ranch
Dan Moulton
976 14th Ave, SW
Rochester, MN 55902
507.288.6334
fax 507.289.1275
Dan & Ann Harris
2210 N. North Ave.
Fairmont, MN 56031
507.238.1177
[email protected]
NEBRASKA
James R. Butler
210 W. Eighth
Valentine, NE 69201
402.376.2755
Mark Miller Chinchillas
Seward, NE 68434
402.641.5756
[email protected]
NORTH CAROLINA
Linda Lucas
1278 Mountain View Dr.
Asheboro, NC 03451
336-403-3293
[email protected]
OHIO
Ralph & Barbara Shoots
7960 New Albany Condit Rd
Westerville, OH 43081
614.855.1762
[email protected]
www.shootschinchilla.com
Ryerson Chinchilla Ranch
Rich & Jan Ryerson
5067 New State Road
Plymouth, OH 44865
419.687.1071
fax 419.687.6015
[email protected]
Royal Oaks Chinchilla Ranch
Robert & June Baar
4843 New State Road
Plymouth, OH 44865
P/fax 419.687.8362
[email protected]
JT & C Chinchillas
Jim Novel
Coty May
893 Belden Ave.
Akron, OH 44301
Jim # 330-205-4634
Coty # 330-289-7669
[email protected]
Jim & Amanda Ritterspach
7754 St. Rt 103
Jenera, OH 45841
419.326.6985
[email protected]
Hendryx Chinchillas
Juanita Hendryx
Morro, OH 45152
[email protected]
www.hendryxchinchillas.com
Hummel Chinchilla Ranch
Ron & Pam Hummel
3273 Hummel Rd.
Shelby, Ohio
419.347.6790 419.571.9085
[email protected]
Tiffany Whitlow, Roxboro, NC
A Warrior’s Gift - Chinchillas
336.504.3784
Coty May
[email protected]
893 Belden Ave.
www.tiffanyschinchillas.com
Akron, OH 44310
330.606.1502
[email protected]
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December 2014
OHIO Con’t
Whimsical Chinchilla’s WIMZ Wendy Torgerson
Leanne Huxtable
WK’s Designer Chins
Summit County, OH
2022 Coneflower Way
330-431-8611
Mosinee, WI 54455
Whimiscalchinchillas.whimz@g 715.370.0842
[email protected]
mail.com
OREGON
Dark Star Chinchillas
Doug Griffith & Gene Adcock
541-688-2631
[email protected]
Darkstarchinchillas.com
[email protected]
TEXAS
CCCU
Tamara Tucker &
Pam Biggers
3400 Tynedale Lane
Amarillo, TX 79118
806.622.9473
fax 806.622.3110
[email protected]
UTAH
Bobbie’s Chinchillas
Bobbie Schultz
715-797-0402
NORTHERN CA
P David Walter
[email protected]
[email protected]
Bobbieschinchillas.com
S - Jeremiah Stoker
[email protected]
INTERNATIONAL
SOUTHERN CA
P – Tabitha Lindsay
ARGENTINA
Chinchillas Cinco Estrellas [email protected]
Vicente & Marina Morgione 714.745.0484
Info@chinchillascincoestrellas. S – Rod Read
[email protected]
com
CANADA
BC Chinchilla House
Kristine & Aaron Budlong
Langley, BC CANADA
604.534.5391
[email protected]
PSK Chinchilla Ranch
Pete & Sue Kiseskey
P.O. Box 1722
Parowan, UT 84761
435.477.9144
[email protected]
C.T. Chins
Cathy Teunissen
Calgary, Alberta CANADA
403.238.3553
[email protected]
WASHINGTON
MEXICO
Cascade Chinchillas
Linda M. Clark
7022 Dibble Ave. NW
Seattle, WA 98117
206.782.3218 C-206.909.2263
Cascadechinchillas.com
[email protected]
Chinchilla Ximoco
Patricia Perrin
Apartado Postal 41
56900 Amecameca, Mexico
597.976.7464
wwwchinchillaximoco.com
Chinn's Chilla Ranch
Renton, WA
(206)355-1212
www.chinnschillaranch.com
[email protected]
WISCONSIN
B&B Chinchillas
Brenda Walter
4354 Hwy Y
Dodgeville, WI 53533
608.235.2741
[email protected]
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REGION l
CALIFORNIA GROUP
P – Sumiko De La Vega
[email protected]
209.679.4736
S – Tabitha Lindsay
[email protected]
informacion@chinchillaximoco.
com
Chinchillas La Paloma
Agua Prieta, Sonora MX
[email protected]
[email protected]
WASHINGTON
P-Ryan Chinn
[email protected]
S- Marty Hull
WESTERN CANADA
P -Kristine Budlong
[email protected]
SREGION ll
COLORADO
P – Roger Clark
[email protected]
970.921.7231
S- Calista Beitz
HEARTLAND
P – Mike Lawrence
[email protected]
620.490.0325
S – Connie Lawrence
[email protected]
620.490.0325
GREATER KANSAS CITY
P – Mike Lawrence
[email protected]
620.490.0325
S – Bob Merritt
[email protected]
816.934.2513
SOUTHERN MN
P – Dan Moulton
507.288.6334
S -Dan Jensen
[email protected]
319.610.2638
OKLAHOMA
P – Bob Smith
[email protected]
508.497.2354
S – Dovie Smith
[email protected]
508.497.2354
REGION lll
OHIO
P – Ralph Shoots
[email protected]
614.855.1762
S – Barbara Shoots
[email protected]
614.855.1762
WESTERN OHIO
P – Jim Ritterspach
419.326.6985
S – Jan Ryerson
[email protected]
419.687.6015
WISCONSIN
P – Wendy Torgerson
[email protected]
715-370-0842
S – Brenda Walter
[email protected]
608.235.2741
2014
The Year Of D
Animals born in 2014
should have an identifying number assigned to
them starting with the letter D then the animal
number. Here is the list
for the next couple years
2015 E
2016 F
2017 H
Premium Chinchilla
Francisco Javier Bustamante
Castillo - Production Director
Www.premiumchinchilla.com
[email protected] Unauthorized reproduction or forwarding of this document
is prohibited and may be cause for membership cancellation and/or legal remedies.
December 2014
Educational Research and Development Foundation of
Empress Chinchilla Breeders Cooperative, Inc.
Application for Membership
Name: ______________________________
Phone _____________________________
Address:_____________________________
______________________________
E-Mail ______________________________
______________________________
STEP 1
MEMBERSHIP TYPE (please check one)
□ $75.00
Full Membership with hard copy Magazine Full voting privileges. Ability to hold branch and national offices. Receives hard
copy of the monthly magazine. Ability to show at all shows. Receives membership discounts on supplies an at Empress events.
□$45.00
Full Membership with Electronic Magazine and hard copy of the June show issue. Full voting privileges. Ability to hold
branch and national offices. Ability to show at all shows. Receives membership discounts on supplies and at Empress events.
□
$15.00 Associate Membership Ability to show at all shows. Must be a spouse or partner of full member. Receives discounts on all educational seminars and meetings. May hold office at branch level. Does not receive a magazine.
□ $45.00 International Membership Receives electronic magazine. Due to the rising costs of international mail, our international members will receive the monthly magazine by electronic copy only.
□
$25.00 4-H Membership Must be a 4-H or FFA member and sponsored by a by a branch. Has ability to show in all shows. Receives an electronic version of the monthly magazine. Cannot hold office at branch or national level. Has no voting privileges. Receives membership discount on supplies
and at Empress events.
□
$25.00 Introductory Membership. For NEW Empress members only. Receives electronic version of the monthly
magazine only. Able to attend all shows and Empress events and receive membership discount rates. No voting privileges.
Introductory rate may be purchased for up to 2 years at $25 per year.
STEP 2
□
BRAND REGISTRATION – if you intend to show animals you MUST register a brand
$5 Brand Identification Registration.
Members who want to show their animals must register a brand. Please indicate you
brand preference using a combination of three or four capitol letters or numbers (the number 1 and the letters I, O and Q are excluded).
You may use a “_” or “/” in place or a number or letter. A brand is required to enter a show.
BRAND 1st choice ________________
STEP 3 Please read
2nd choice __________________ 3rd choice __________________
ECBC Code of Ethics
The Code of Ethics, formulated by the National Board of Directors and adopted by the membership, constitutes the guidelines of conduct for all members of
the Cooperative. In applying for membership and with my signature here-under attached as provided, I subscribe to the full compliance of this code.
§
Do not orally or in writing do anything to bring Empress Chinchilla or the fur industry into disrepute
§
Do not misrepresent or exaggerate the quality or other characteristics of an animal or it’s offspring, or any product
§
Do not represent that any animal is free from ailments, conditions, or habits from which freedom cannot be definitely assured, and made the basis
for a written representation
§
Do not offer a buy-back incentive as a sales inducement
§
Do not support a system, program, or policy in conflict with Empress
§
Do accept the rights of others to ranch chinchilla for fur production. Humane methods must be used in all aspects of ranching
§
Any user of the internet or other social media or cell phone must refrain from slanderous remarks toward any breeder or Empress
STEP 4 Please read and sign
Affidavit
I hereby represent that I am a producer of chinchilla, or the products thereof, and as such hereby apply for membership in the Educational, Research, and
Development Foundation of Empress Chinchilla Breeders Cooperative, INC., and agree to the following conditions;
v To abide by the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Cooperation
v To abide by the Code of Ethics of the Cooperative
v To pay the annual fee, according to the membership classification provided and set by the National Board of Directors, herewith enclosed
v Membership will be represented by only one person
v I certify that I am not a member of, investigator for, or paid by any animal rights organization
v I accept the rights of any member to ranch chinchilla for fur production
v I understand Empress is organized and shall be operated on a cooperative basis to educate ranchers, and to promote, encourage, foster, and facilitate the economical, efficient, and orderly raising and breeding of chinchilla for the purpose of production and processing of chinchilla fur
v If I can no longer support the goals and purposes of this organization, I will voluntarily withdraw my membership. If my membership in Empress is
terminated by the Board of Directors, I will not challenge the termination.
To be completed by Applicant, Under penalty of perjury, I hereby agree to abide by all the conditions, the Code of Ethics, and Affidavit requirements to become a member of Empress Chinchilla Breeders Cooperative, Inc
Please complete, sign, enclose a check for the designated
Signature: ______________________________________ Date: ________________
amount and send to ECBC 5525 Heidi St., La Mesa, CA 91942
December 2014
Edstrom
Automated Watering System
Where we started:
The concept of providing drinking water to
animals automatically was born from creative
thinking, engineering wit, and a desire to make
a difference. In 1969 Bill Edstrom Sr., a mechanical engineer at an automotive company
in Milwaukee and a chinchilla hobbyist, knew
it was time for a change. And that’s when he
invented an apparatus that would enable the
automated delivery of clean, fresh water to
animals living in cages.
Bill Edstrom is a lifetime Empress members
and recently attended the 2014 National
Show.
Edstrom Automated Watering System
includes:
▪ Basic Pressure Regulator/Filter
Station reduces incoming water
pressure
▪ Flex -tube is easy to install; soft
non-toxic PVC tubing
▪ Tubing Stand-off keeps Flewtube away from playful animals
▪ Original Drinking Valve and
Mounting Clip for fresh water at
any time
▪ Drain Valve flushes water lines
to ensure clean water
RDZC Ranch
www.agselect.com
819 Bakke Ave., Waterford, WI 523185
Tel: 262.534.5181 800.558.5913
December 2014
AngorachinchillasUSA.com
Software for Chinchilla Breeders
The Chinchilla Register prints full-sized and miniature pedigrees, family portrait pedigrees, cage
cards, inventories, return address labels, business cards, show entries and more. It keeps track of
winnings, litter data, buyers & sellers, mailing lists and financial data. There are many styles of
pedigree printouts to choose from, the pedigrees print in color, and you may include a logo or the
animal’s picture. The program stores and displays any number of generations of ancestors, with up
to 7 generations visible on the screen at one time. Present program capacity is roughly 28,000
animals. Expanded capacity will be available in March 2013.
This software was specifically designed with the computer novice in mind, and is very easy to use.
Evans Software has been producing software for animal breeders for 23 years, and we provide
unlimited free technical support. Our program requires an IBM-compatible computer with Windows
XP, Vista or 7. Cost for the Chinchilla Register is US$69 by download, slightly more if ordered on
CD.
Visit our web site for complete details, and to download a demo version of the program.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or would like to receive a brochure with sample printouts. Order by mail, on-line or by phone. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, & PayPal.
Evans Software Services
Web site: http://evsoft.us
Email: [email protected]
PO Box 1534 Lanesboro MA 01237 Phone: 413-499-0426
December 2014
Please rush this latest issue to:
Pe ri odic al U S PS # 17 5-86 0
Email:
[email protected]
Chinchillas La Paloma
Sonora, MX
Contacts:
Bernice Teran Villalobos
480-737-1788 (Spanish & English)
[email protected]
Gary Neubauer
[email protected]
(English)

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