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I took a few photos that I will share as soon as I can.
I must say I've never seen so many birds in my life! I wasn't even able to see them all. If you ever want to go to a big show like that to purchase fowl, either pre-buy or get there early the first day the show barn opens for coop-in. By noon Saturday, nearly all of the good stuff was gone. Big shows like that are an excellent opportunity to network and meet breeders & breed club members.
I really enjoyed the show, what I was able to see. I was able to meet friends of mine that I'd not have been able to see otherwise (unless I visited there homes on the east & west coast).
The largest display of oriental gamefowl I've seen to date was there. Malay, Thai, Aseel, Shamo, Madagascar Games... Really fantastic birds! I tried to get photos, but the lighting was bad & the birds wouldn't stand still for me. There is an Oriental Hardfeather Club of North America, it was active at the 2010 National in Shawnee, and it was active at the National this year at Crossroads.
If you are interested in joining, visit
http://orientalhardfeatherclub.webs.com/contactinfo.htm for the club secretary's contact information.
I will be showing at Shawnee if I can get an entry form. I sent an email to Andy Barns, but have not received a response yet.
I brought back Firefly's bantam favs, a really nice aseel stag for GotGames, and for me: a promising black red cubalaya stag and an exceptional Thai hen.
I have the shawnee catalog and entry forms if you need them. Send me an e-mail and I will reply with them. Andy has been very busy, Norma padget is handling the catalog and entry forms this year.
OK, I went to your website, found your e-mail address and sent it to you.. Let me know if you do not get it. I included teh full catalog, open and Junior entry forms.
Anyone else need it?