Turkey Contest- RESULTS ARE IN!!! Post #1

[Iowa Roo Mom]

Ok folks, it's time to show off those gorgeous turkeys!!! Any breed, doesn't matter as long as it is a turkey! No chickens, no ducks, no peafowl, no guineas, this one is for TURKEYS ONLY!!! The categories will be as follows:

Handsomest Jake/Tom
Prettiest Poult/Hen
Cutest Chick(s)
Largest Spurs
Best "Pose" (Either Sex)

There will be a winner chosen for each category and an overall "Best In Show"

Your entry form should be as follows:

Name:
Age:
Category:
Short Story or Neat Fact About Your Bird:

I need two more judges.... please post if interested!

AND NOW FOR THE PRIZES!!!

Each category winner will recieve this handsome candle:

The "Best In Show" winner will recieve this handsome sign:

Best of luck to everyone!!! Let's see those beautiful birds!!!
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Ok folks, the results are in! Drumroll please........

These are the winners:

HANDSOMEST TOM/JAKE goes to Red, submitted by Isadream!
PRETTIEST POULT/HEN goes to Lavender, submitted by LMEggs
CUTEST CHICK(S) goes to Unnamed Chicks, submitted by Mrs. AK-Bird-brain
BEST POSE goes to Bo, submitted by GreenFamilyFarm

And.... the winner of BEST IN SHOW goes to................

BO, from GreenFamilyFarm!!! Congratulations!!!!

Thanks to everyone for participating, it was so hard to choose from all the beautiful birds!!! And a HUGE THANK YOU to greencastle_ducks for helping me judge- I couldn't have done it without you!

 

[briana1975]

How long will this be open for?

 

[Mosti]

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Yes that's right, mine are 4 day olds, will day make it?

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

I've added another category, cutest chicks! All turkeys are welcome, and I still need a couple more volunteers, if anyone is interested

The contest will close August 14th.

 

[Sjisty]

Alas, here's my only entry into the turkey contest, but by August 14, I should be able to enter them again as week-old chicks!

 

[LMEggs]

Name: Lavender
Age:4
Category: Prettiest hen
Short Story or Neat Fact About Your Bird: Always a lady! very picky about her food and likes to have corn and layer pellets and crumbles at once! and shes the most mothering hen i've ever seen! lays year round and likes to sit even if its chicken eggs. Really sweet girly some times she gets mad and struts around her tom and beats him up for reasons unknown... Gives him what for!

 

[Teresaann24]

Name: Not named yet
Age: 5 days old
Category: Cutest chicks
Short Story or Neat Fact About Your Bird: These chicks hatched out of eggs I had shipped from someone really nice. I gave up hope on the eggs and after day 28 pasted and nothing hatched i turned off my bator and went to bed I woke up to these 2 beautiful babies!

 

[isadream]

Name:Red
Age:3 years
Category: Handsome Jake, Best Pose
Short Story or Neat Fact About Your Bird: He is a big baby. He gobbles back to me as I talk to him!

 

[MandyH]

Name(s):Thomas J and Thanksgiving
Age: 1 year
Category: most handsome/best pose
Short story: These two were hatched last Spring and are dumb as rocks.

 

[Sallyschickens]

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Those turkey eggs are so pretty!!