UPA Convention Schedule for 2008
 
Thursday September 25th 2008

1:00 PM           Registration starting at 1:00 to continue all day (can also register Friday or Saturday if you
                         are arriving late or are just attending for one day.)
2:00 PM Election Committee-opening ballots open to the General Membership
          Welcome & Introduction to the new Board of Directors & Farewell to the old Board of Directors
3:00 PM           Board of Directors Meeting in Board Room
5:00 PM           Cheese & Wine, snacks or supper on your own
7:30 PM           Round Table Discussions
8:30 PM           Break
9:00 PM           Round Table Discussions

Friday September 26th 2008
 
 8:00 AM          Fort Dodge Animal Health
                      Dr Gustufson will be speaking on general vaccines and how to administer them
                      Dr Gustufson is from Fort Dodge Animal Health.
11:AM            Animal Nutrition 
 
12:00             Lunch on Your own
                      Crystal Falls- Lunch $8.00 ea
 
1:15 PM           Micro Chips 
                        How they work and how to inject them also various micro chip readers and pricing.
 
2:00 PM             Break
 
2:15 PM            Spectrum Ranch Question and answers on using Broody Hens for hatching out chicks.
                          Randy Kruger 
 
3:00 PM            Hillcrest Dairy
                          Julie Douberphul
                       
3:45 PM            Break to Prepare for Dinner
 
4:00 PM            Ride to Pine Tree Supper Club
 
4:30 PM            Dinner at the Pine Tree Supper Club
 
6:45PM        Rides back to AmericInn

7:00 PM         Auction:  We have lots of Peacock stuff at the auction; we will have our usual Jewelry, and   
                                       Also London Jewelers has donated a Broach and a stained
                                       Glass piece, there will be the plates, shawls, and James Hill has made one of his
                                        Famous Peacock Quilt tops he donated. We will also have 
                                        Peacocks in the auction. Please send pictures of them via e-mail if you can, and they  
                                        can get posted on the internet.
                                       There will be many fine Items to bid on there.
    
 
        
Saturday Sept. 27th 2008
 
6:00 AM        Continental Breakfast at Americinn Lodge & Suites of New London
 
7:00 AM        Loading Bus: for tours 
 
 
7:30 AM        Weld All Corp Fabricating Bldg. Fabricate Stainless Steel Products for the food industry.
 
                       Weld All Corp Water Jet Technologies & Metal Art.
                       Will demonstrate water jet cutting of steel with water.
 
8:45 AM        Loading Bus:  Special Memories Zoo:
 
9:00 AM        Special Memories Zoo:
                      Spectrum Ranch (Randy Kruger) leases his animals to some of the zoos and this is one of them:
                      You will see Vulturine Guineas, Greater Curassow (Cracids), Nicobar Pigeons, Cranes, Lemurs, African   
                   Porcupines, Zebras, Camels etc.
                      Randy will be our Tour Guide.
 
10:30 AM    Load bus for: Hillcrest Dairy
 
                    Hillcrest Dairy John & Julie Dobberpuhl
                       They have a Dairy and Julies has lots of Beautiful Peafowl, and Some ornamental Pheasants.
                       John, Julie & Molly, Zoë, Mia.
                       They have the Dairy Farm, Raise Birds, and Julie works for the Wrightstown School District.
 
11:45 AM       Lunch :Provided by Hillcrest Dairy & Spectrum Ranch 
 
12:30 PM        Load bus for: Trout Springs Winery
 
12:45 PM        Trout Springs Winery:
                         Local Winery - they make their own wine and raise their own Trout.
 
 1:45 PM        Load bus for: Mouse Creek Feather Farm - Nap on Bus
 
 2:45 PM         Welcome to  Mouse Creek Feather Farm & Hickory Ridge
                         Refreshments
 
 3:00 PM         Mouse Creek Feather Farm & Hickory Ridge
 
                        Where you will take a tour of the Hatchery our egg capacity is 19,300 at one time. We will walk you thru     
                        the brooding areas and the barn pens, also the outside pens and the Flight pens.
                        We usually have over 3000 birds on the farm; most are chicks right now.
 
 5:00 PM         Pig Roast, with all of the trimmings.
 
 
 6:30 PM           Hayride to the back of the farm to the river for anyone interested in seeing the rest of the farm.
                          This is also where you can set up a campsite if you choose.
 

 
We are still looking for quality donations for the auction. If you have any please advise James Hill; if you have anything else you would like to donate. Contact James at jhill95@hotmail.com
                     
 
 
 
                       Note: if you are planning on donating any items could you please ship them to:
                       Mouse Creek Feather Farm
                       N5005 County Road B
                       New London, WI 54961  
                                    
 
                                      This is to save on the Airlines since they are charging for any extra baggage.
                                      Could you also send Craig Hopkins a description of your Items so he can prepare an  
                                      Itemized list for the auction. Thank You
                                  
                       mailto:  peacockbirdman@aol.com          or     Hopkins' Alternative Livestock
                                                                                                Craig & Lisa Hopkins
                                                                                                Email: peacockbirdman@aol.com
                                                                                                1479 N. Washington Rd.
                                                                                                Greens Fork, IN 47345-9771