Hi everyone! After having a great time at the El Paso county fair last weekend I would love to share the experience with other chicken lovers! The Colorado state fair is happening down in Pueblo on August 24-September 3 this year. Check out their website at http://www.coloradostatefair.com/ for more details. There are two great potential dates for a BYC meetup at the fair:
-The first is Sunday August 26th, which is the second day after the public sale begins. Other events that day include open poultry and pigeon judging and awards, duck quacking and rooster crowing competition, and the youth "dress a bunny" contest. I was originally thinking of Saturday August 25th as it's the first day of the sale, but the open poultry animals won't all be there until around 8:00PM that day.
-The second is Saturday September 1st, which is a public sale day for regular poultry and also has the exotic and wild birds competition and sale as well. From their website descriptions the exotic and wild birds include pheasants, peafowl, partridges, quail, guineafowl, swans, wild turkeys, and non-domestic ducks and geese. This would be the best day to see lots of different types of birds, however the youth and non-sale birds from the previous weekend will no longer be there.
So we've got a few options! There are tons of other non-bird related events going on every day in addition to what I listed here. What do you want to see? What date works best for you? Since we have people strung along the I-25 corridor I am thinking that we can coordinate some carpools to cut down on gas and parking costs. Last year I was able to get a great deal on the fair entry through Groupon so if I see any discounts come up I will let everyone know. If they don't do it again this year, everyone can get $2 off the cost of admission by bringing an empty Orange Crush brand soda to the ticket booth bringing the cost of admission down to $8 per person. There are some other discounts for military/firefighters and 4-H members as well.
The fair website is a bit difficult to navigate so here are some helpful links:
General location and admission information - http://www.coloradostatefair.com/about.aspx
Discount information - http://www.coloradostatefair.com/p/About-The-Fair/155
Poultry and small animal schedule - http://www.coloradostatefair.com/fileserver/files.ashx?t=fg&f=2012 CSF Tentative Schedule041612.pdf
-The first is Sunday August 26th, which is the second day after the public sale begins. Other events that day include open poultry and pigeon judging and awards, duck quacking and rooster crowing competition, and the youth "dress a bunny" contest. I was originally thinking of Saturday August 25th as it's the first day of the sale, but the open poultry animals won't all be there until around 8:00PM that day.
-The second is Saturday September 1st, which is a public sale day for regular poultry and also has the exotic and wild birds competition and sale as well. From their website descriptions the exotic and wild birds include pheasants, peafowl, partridges, quail, guineafowl, swans, wild turkeys, and non-domestic ducks and geese. This would be the best day to see lots of different types of birds, however the youth and non-sale birds from the previous weekend will no longer be there.
So we've got a few options! There are tons of other non-bird related events going on every day in addition to what I listed here. What do you want to see? What date works best for you? Since we have people strung along the I-25 corridor I am thinking that we can coordinate some carpools to cut down on gas and parking costs. Last year I was able to get a great deal on the fair entry through Groupon so if I see any discounts come up I will let everyone know. If they don't do it again this year, everyone can get $2 off the cost of admission by bringing an empty Orange Crush brand soda to the ticket booth bringing the cost of admission down to $8 per person. There are some other discounts for military/firefighters and 4-H members as well.
The fair website is a bit difficult to navigate so here are some helpful links:
General location and admission information - http://www.coloradostatefair.com/about.aspx
Discount information - http://www.coloradostatefair.com/p/About-The-Fair/155
Poultry and small animal schedule - http://www.coloradostatefair.com/fileserver/files.ashx?t=fg&f=2012 CSF Tentative Schedule041612.pdf
