Australian Nationals Poultry show 2012 Duck footage

[duckyfromoz]

Last weekend the Nationals were held in Canberra Australia. In total there were 5200 birds on display with the overall winner being a gorgeous little bantam Appleyard.


Here is the first of some of the footage I have of the ducks.
The Champion

Some of the Indian Runners. There was over 100 entered.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Last weekend the Nationals were held in Canberra Australia. In total there were 5200 birds on display with the overall winner being a gorgeous little bantam Appleyard.


Here is the first of some of the footage I have of the ducks.
The Champion

Some of the Indian Runners. There was over 100 entered.

They were all gorgeous thank you for sharing the video. How'd you do?

 

[Amiga]

Lovely birds! What a racket!! Roosters, Guineas . . . . wow!!

I felt a little twinge, though, as the ducks looked a bit, even very nervous. Probably just projecting . . . do they seem to do okay during and after these shows? I know you love them, so they must be fine. Mercy, what an event!!!!

 

[Mike Winters]

lol cute theres so many. they all need orange jump suits on make it look like they are all jailbirds

 

[Miss Lydia]

lol cute theres so many. they all need orange jump suits on make it look like they are all jailbirds

I thought it was cute the way alot of them were talking through the cage. Like they didn't have a care in the world.

 

[CalBells]

Lovely birds! What a racket!! Roosters, Guineas . . . . wow!!

I felt a little twinge, though, as the ducks looked a bit, even very nervous. Probably just projecting . . . do they seem to do okay during and after these shows? I know you love them, so they must be fine. Mercy, what an event!!!!

Amiga - I must have been projecting too, I found myself thinking the same thing!

 

[galgo98]

Thanks for sharing! It was nice to see such a variety of colors. The first thing I thought of when I read 5200 birds on display was wow I bet that was noisy!!! Then we got to hear a sampling.

Were any of those your birds?

 

[duckyfromoz]

Lovely birds! What a racket!! Roosters, Guineas . . . . wow!!

I felt a little twinge, though, as the ducks looked a bit, even very nervous. Probably just projecting . . . do they seem to do okay during and after these shows? I know you love them, so they must be fine. Mercy, what an event!!!!

Some people do not pen train their birds before a show- and so yes- some birds dont handle being in a pen well. A three day show is the longest I am prepared to have my birds in a pen for- there are longer ones. The state show here in Melbourne later in the year will be for 10 days. Way too long for my duckies to be locked up- so if they go it will only be for in the kids patting pen where they let kids in for 20 minutes about 6 times each day.

Galgo98 - yes some of them were mine. Most likely to have had better shots of those ones.

Some of the birds...chickens- turkeys geese too all managed quite well being in the public eye for so long. Some dont handle it as well as others. You could tell just by looking at the cages- who was getting more attention from their owners. Extra bedding added each day for some- others starting to get a bit nasty after so long.