Monday, May 22, 2006
Silver Spur Pigeon & Poultry Show 2006
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On May 20th, Ron, the two little one and I packed up a few of our birds and headed off to the15th Annual Silver Spur Pigeon and Poultry Show in Westford, MA. It is a small show presented by the 4H Aviculture Club and held at the 4H Fairgrounds, which also held a rabbit & cavy show, dog show, plant sale and yard sale that day. Since it's breeding time and most of our birds are not in show condition, we brought just 2 Silkie hens, a Dominique hen and a Narragansett hen. Organizers were excited that we had entered our turkey, as turkeys have been sadly absent from the show for a number of years. The show was judged by Brian Knox, who was great for explaining what to look for when judging each breed. Our NB Buff Silkie hen took Best of Breed, and our Dominique hen took Best American (very small class tho!). Our turkey took home a trophy for Best Turkey (albeit she was the only turkey, but we are still proud of her win  ).Other Champions included Champion Waterfowl, which was a Black East Indie drake. I didn't see who won Champion Pigeon and Champion Dove. Reserve Champion of Show was a gorgeous Silver Phoenix cock (Champion Large Fowl), and Grand Champion of Show was a very pretty Bantam White Cochin hen (Champion Bantam). Congratulations to all the winners! Here is a link to some photos from the show: http://tinyurl.com/e7c8t I entered the raffle and won a new New England Bantam Club tee shirt, and purchased a pet carrier for only $5 at the Yard Sale that is perfect for carrying birds to the shows. Thanks to everyone who worked hard to hold this show. We met some great new people there and had a really good time. It was our first year attending, and we plan on returning again next year! 
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