Sulmtaler Sulmtaler The Sulmtaler is an Austrian breed of domestic chicken. It originates in the Sulmtal, the valley of the Sulm river, in southern Styria, in the south-east of Austria, and takes its name from that valley. Like the Altsteirer, the Sulmtaler derives from the country chickens raised in Styria, particularly in the Kainachtal, the Lassnitztal, the Sulmtal and the Saggautal. In the second half of the nineteenth century these were subjected to massive cross-breeding with imported Cochin, Dorking and Houdan stock to create heavy meat birds for fattening. In about 1900 some breeders brought together the small remaining stock of
Gaius Shaver not been included in any Olympic games since the 1932 games in Los Angeles. Shaver returned to USC as an assistant football coach from 1940–1945. He later worked as a salesman of construction equipment. In 1975, Shaver retired and moved from his home in Irvine, California, to a ranch north of Fallbrook, California, in San Diego County. Shaver and his wife, Stella, began raising oranges and tangerines on the ranch in the 1950s. Shaver was married to Stella Marie Chrisman. They had two children, Karen Shaver and Gaius John Shaver. In 1998, Shaver died of natural causes at his home