My first-grader's chicken won a ribbon at the county fair! PIC ADDED

[lceh]

Okay, so there were only a handful entered, but I'm still tickled that my 6-year-old's MF D'uccle hen won Reserve Champion in the open youth division at our county fair! These are her first chickens, hatched in April; she's such an attentive flock mistress that I'm very proud. She's going to visit "Milly" tonight, and doesn't know yet that she's won a ribbon. I can't wait to see how excited she is.

Kids and chickens, how fun!

 

[Sjisty]

Congrats!

 

[The Wolf Queen]

Pictures of the Champs please

 

[cafarmgirl]

That's so cool! Very happy for her! And I couldn't agree with you more about the kids and chickens thing. I was just thinking that the other day watching my 8 year old with his chickens that we raised this spring. It's such a great experience for them.

Congratulations on the ribbon!

 

[froggie71]

Congratulations! I just posted about my own kids at the county fair. It was exciting for all of us. It's great to have the kids involved!

Can't wait to see pics.

 

[lceh]

We're going to visit Milly tonight, I'll post a pic then. My daughter was quite worried about her little hen being lonely when she left her there last night (it didn't help that a standard Ameraucana roo in the next cage was picking on her). Hopefully Milly will be looking chipper, basking in her success....

 

[Theda's Mom]

Yeah!!!! You've got to take a picture of your daughter when she sees the ribbon. I'll bet her expression will be priceless.

 

[chickenmum]

Yay! How fun!

ETA: Post pics!

 

[lceh]

Had a hard time getting a good pic, but here they are:

Sorry you can't really see the hen! We'll have to get a shot of her holding Milly once we go to bring her home. Turns out she was the only entry in her class

, but I don't think she's figured that out yet.....

 

[chickenmum]

Well, she has a ribbon anyway!