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You don't get to choose the judge. Shows always say which judges will be judging at the show, and are assigned right before judging.

Wooo! NIce!

Congrats!!!

I've had a couple of chicks get stuck under the plastic egg trays in my GQF 1502, one of which resulted in splayed leg, so now I always take them out and lay the down on day 18.

Diana Dahir showed a Buckeye cockerel from Urch stock at the Iowa State Fair last year, He was a good looking bird.

Truth! This past Summer when I was showing them, I couldn't believe how strong the cockerels are. I have LF Gold Partridge Brahmas that tower over the buckeyes, but the Buckeyes are sooo much stronger. I had a much harder time holding the buckeyes than the Brahma's, just because of their...

Ameraucana and Brahma are a couple of other breeds that have pea combs.

Is anyone planning on attending the Avoca, IA show?

I had a great time at the MO State Poultry show last weekend. It was a double show. Janet Hatch was there giving out trophies. Met some great people and got to see some familiar faces. There were 20 buckeyes entered and 6 exhibitors, great show!! I'm thinking about going to their fall show...

Pea combs are the trickiest to distinguish for sexing. I've been fooled many times by Buckeyes and Ameraucana's. Your best bet at this age is to go by thickness of legs.