At our fairs poultry show, on Monday, the judge dqed several birds cause they were not old enough. It is something we covered many times with the kids and parents but they seem to ignore it. The judge didn't rail them, just said they were too young. Telling the kids they are too small to be LF and too big to be bantams and they need to be older. A judge can see a bird of proper age from one too young a mile away. There was also 4 birds that a kid was told were Barred Rocks, (I questioned it) but he insisted they were and....... they were not, they were Dominiques. This kid and parent are non-listeners as well. Our son David did win Grand Champion with a bantam Buff Orp. (I have to admit, the judge fell in love with her!) Reserve was a LF Dark Brahma cockerel. It is funny to see the two next to each other. Buffy is such a gentle thing, and the Big Brahma was very docile as well. Both of them were so well handled they could have stood next to each other for an hour w/o moving.
Excellent site! Thanks! The kids and I read through it together!
