Show Worthy?

PoultryQueen101

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Me and my brother have selected these Birds to show for our county fair. The four Polish might go to our state fair and will go to our National Show. Do they look Quality to you guys? Production Hens This is our first year showing Hens for the Production/ Egg Laying Category. Yes, I am aware that Comets are hybrids, but our county is not picky, as long as it's an egg laying breed, it's fine. It is our third year showing fancy poultry. Fair is August 3rd to the 10th, do these birds look okay enough? Lacey- Bought her from TSC - Sold the other five and kept her because she had the best lacings. She - Is a Silver Laced Wyandotte - has a rosecomb - has yellow feet - has black nails - is plump - is about done growing - is 4 months old - might be laying (her or Hope...don't know) - is shy Hope - rescued her from some boys about to kill her She - is a Golden Comet - has yellow feet - a single comb - might be laying (her or Lacey, don't know) - is most likely done growing - is very adventurous - is an acceptable breed at our fair ******************************************** Polish We raise and breed Quality White Crested Black (Standard) Polish Chickens. We are currently looking for a new White Polish Bantam Roo or a Pair of Standard Whites. My brother fell in love with whites and so my mom spent forever finding a pair. Cookie (As in Oreo Cookie) She - is a White Crested Black Polish Hen - is a top quality bird from the top breeder in America (Joel H. from New York) - was $100 to buy her - has won First Place before at a large poultry show - needs her nails cut - looks like a mess because the roo pops the eggs and they eat them (we tried fake eggs, but the roo don't care) - has a large rounded crest - has slate feet - has had her black feathers plucked into a star on her crest Angel She - is a White Crested Black Pullet - she is possibly the daughter of the above hen ( or one of the other two we bought from him) - is very sweet, but not very calm - is the best pullet we have - is being shown by my brother (lucky) - stays very clean somehow - still needs some plucking done for the black feathers on her crest - has slate feet Neveah She - is a White Crested Black Pullet - is sisters to Angel (by father at least - but could still be neice to him because we sold his brother) - has slate feet - needs more plucking done on her crest Oreo He - is very sweet compared to his hen- protective dad - is larger than his dad and it's very noticeable - used to live with his two sisters above but now lives alone til fair - has slate feet - has a beautiful crest - is very face- to -camera shy - has a beautiful tail structure ******************************************** Banties My brother just had to get some Old English Game Birds after he saw how tame a friend of our's was. He is also showing a bantam white Polish hen, but I can't get a good picture... L'il Crower He's the roo... we can't show him anymore, he got frostbite and lost the ends of all his toes[COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR] Unnamed (Haven't figured out a name yet... :/ ) She - is a Silver Duckwing Old English Game Bantam Hen - has the largest comb of our OE Banties - is the best looking of our banties - is the only one not broody - has a nice tail display (not shown) [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR] Edgar He - is a Golden Sebright - is going to be sold after Fair - is a very big boy for a bantie (as in very tall...) - has slate feet - was bought as a companion to Hope ^^ above. We then figured he was a rooster, not a hen when he started to crow :/ His - Comb is curving left !
 
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I'm not sure if you can show a golden comet because it is not a true breed. You might want to look into that. If you own an American Standard of Perfection, you should look if your chickens conform to those standards. Also, if you don't want your chickens possibly getting sick, DON'T SHOW. The reason is that your chickens can get diseases from all those other birds.
 
Are you participating in 4-H for this exhibition? If so, contact the extension office and ask about hybrids, mixed breed birds, etc for project animals. Some counties are more selective than others as to the types of poultry allowed to be used for show purposes. I do know that I saw both EE and sex-links (ie the golden comet) exhibited in our county this year.
 
I decided to only display 8 of them because my daddy polish is missing all the main tail feathers, and my white polish lives with a killer roo and I dont want more scratches right now.
 
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I will be showing the comet for my counties production part of the show. The guy that judges, bands, and tests them only said they were a great laying breed. Im pretty sure we can show them.
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Yeah, We've shown before... We know the risk. We've gotten mites from banding, but now we have a cure (a drop of Frontline ) Also, we know that we can show golden comets at our local fair. The four I was talking about a bigger show will be added. My Question was whether these looked like okay birds for a county fair (and for the Polish, if they looked great enough for a larger show. The mother has won before, so I know she is.)
 
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The first two didnt place. The Comet almost did, but I think she didnt because she was a bit underweight. Not sure about the wyandotte, probably should have been shown as fancy.

Cookie placed 2 in thr hen category
Angel placed first in pullets and got Reserve grand champion over all fancy
Neveah got second in pullet
Oreo won first in cockerels and placed third over all fancy
The OE didnt place (hen)
The bantie Sebright was not judged due to size (cockerel)
Our white polish not pictured, aslo did not place (hen)

I did not show all of thexe birds myself.
we are very happy with our winnings and some of the birds will be in ohio national

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