to Tricia and her wonderful family for putting together this superb Chickenstock !!! I know ALOT of hard work went into prepairing everything~~~donations from retailers for the raffle items, advertising, communicating in advance with all of the buyers/sellers, I could go on & on. The facility for the event was OUTSTANDING.....thanks to Tricia's wonderful husband.
Of course---we arrived a bit later than planned (the birds did NOT want to get up), and we never caught up...lol. Thank God my wonderful husband was feeling well enough to come with me because I could NOT have made it through the day without him. On the drive over (2 hrs) we had come up with a "game plan" as to how to unload and set up, because I had a feeling there was going to be alot of buyers there.
I was right!!! There was a huge field surrounded by every type of vehicle and every type of poultry. Tricia~~did you get a count of how many sellers were there??? Matt---as usual---came to my rescue and showed me how to get my van in to set up.
The minute we opened the back of the van, people started crowding around---it was wonderful. We couldn't get the birds unloaded fast enough.....and it never let up. I had brought index cards & tape to put info signs on each of the cages---they never even got unpacked. After a couple of hours, we DID get 1 of the chairs unpacked---but neither of us ever got to sit in it
It was wonderful to see a bunch of our "Silkie Friends" again....met some great new Silkie fans...and soooo many folks we didn't get a chance to see!! I saw Tricia a few minutes after we arrived, then didn't get to see her again until ALL of the other attendees had left, and ours was the only vehicle.
The weather cooperated---nice breeze all day, no rain, and it wasn't too hot.
I hope I don't leave anyone out (forgive my old brain if I do) : thank you Cheyenne for holding down a corner of the canopy when the wind tried to take it away!!, great to see the 3 of you'll again; Mary (the bee lady)--beautiful Partridges you brought, and my goodness how we will enjoy the honey (I really wasn't "fussing" at Mary in the pic); saw Gavin & Allison, a big "thank you" for coming to my rescue when I got a bit over-heated---Allison makes quite a salesman
and that ice hit the spot!; to those who's names I didn't catch that helped us set the canopy, gave our battery a jump, brought us water for the birds when we ran out, who patiently waited their turn as I worked with each customer===you'll were fantastic!!
Met a wonderful young lady from BYC who'll (hopefully) be showing her new Partridge Silkie pullet this Fall---hope you know how great it is to have a supportive mom like you do!!
Met another great BYC'er --- who did tell me her name & I can't remember---thank you for giving my "George" a wonderful home where he'll have a beautiful new wife---do stay in touch.
Met some great kids who's names I didn't get---recruited them to the wonderful world of Silkies...lol
Tommy & I never got to leave our booth, so it was great to see all of the pictures posted---a big "thank you" to the photographers.
If Tricia is able to put together another Chickenstock in the Spring~~~count us in--we'll be there!!!
