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Thank you that does help alot. Those judges have a tough job. Some of the tents I went to were still roped off with signs saying, 'judging in progress'
(not the Marans tent but others mostly cochin and silkie bantams from what I could see) and it was about 2 pm and the judging had supposedly started at 9am. I noticed in some breeds there were just tons of birds entered especially silkies, different bantams, OEG etc. I had to leave before they were all even judged because it was a 6 hr drive back home and dh had to work the next day. There was only one LeFleche in the whole place so he won in his breed LOL.
Yeah...some of those breeds have huge entries and certainly isn't a job I envy. I had a guy tell me one time at a show when I was younger that generally the more marks on the card, the more the judge had to deliberate, which is a good thing. I always felt bad for those birds that got no placement and no markings at all. LOL Judging indeed is an all day thing...most shows will have more than one judge to get through. Makes me wonder how they did it at a show up in Ohio in '98' that had something like 13,000 entries. Must have had a small army of judges.
It is really hard to wait to find out what's going on when a judge has a row roped off, especially if your birds are in that row. It doesn't get any better when you are clerking for the judge...not really talking to anyone and just sort of standing back with a clipboard...then when they made their decisions on a group of birds you go in and take notes on placements and etc for the show secretary. It is an absolutely fantastic position to learn from tho. Not only the meanings of the markings and etc, but watching each judge's style and watching them while they are handling the birds. Gives you a whole new perspective on what to look for.
So that's what the ladies with the clipboards were doing LOL! I saw them in the tent that was still in judgement. I snuck in that tent once because they had the raffle ticket entry to win the really nice incubator in there in the back so I had to squeeze back there lol. DH would of had a stroke if I got an huge incubator like that so I guess it was good I didn't win.
Illia: I saw just a few shamos at the show and thought of you
I never realized what tall birds they were since I hadn't seen them in person till then. I snapped a few pics of them
Thank you that does help alot. Those judges have a tough job. Some of the tents I went to were still roped off with signs saying, 'judging in progress'
(not the Marans tent but others mostly cochin and silkie bantams from what I could see) and it was about 2 pm and the judging had supposedly started at 9am. I noticed in some breeds there were just tons of birds entered especially silkies, different bantams, OEG etc. I had to leave before they were all even judged because it was a 6 hr drive back home and dh had to work the next day. There was only one LeFleche in the whole place so he won in his breed LOL.
Yeah...some of those breeds have huge entries and certainly isn't a job I envy. I had a guy tell me one time at a show when I was younger that generally the more marks on the card, the more the judge had to deliberate, which is a good thing. I always felt bad for those birds that got no placement and no markings at all. LOL Judging indeed is an all day thing...most shows will have more than one judge to get through. Makes me wonder how they did it at a show up in Ohio in '98' that had something like 13,000 entries. Must have had a small army of judges.
It is really hard to wait to find out what's going on when a judge has a row roped off, especially if your birds are in that row. It doesn't get any better when you are clerking for the judge...not really talking to anyone and just sort of standing back with a clipboard...then when they made their decisions on a group of birds you go in and take notes on placements and etc for the show secretary. It is an absolutely fantastic position to learn from tho. Not only the meanings of the markings and etc, but watching each judge's style and watching them while they are handling the birds. Gives you a whole new perspective on what to look for.
So that's what the ladies with the clipboards were doing LOL! I saw them in the tent that was still in judgement. I snuck in that tent once because they had the raffle ticket entry to win the really nice incubator in there in the back so I had to squeeze back there lol. DH would of had a stroke if I got an huge incubator like that so I guess it was good I didn't win.
Illia: I saw just a few shamos at the show and thought of you
