How we made out at Red Deer

My girls are very happy with Red Deer, I think they are now hooked for sure! Great job to everyone that put on the show, I know it was a lot of work and much lack of sleep.
My Youngest showed 3 of her standard cochins (Joe Mazur Line) sorry if I spelt that wrong, in the open show against the adults. Her Black Cochin Pullet was Best Asiatic, Best Variety and Best of Breed. Her second pullet got 2 on her card (?), and her Cockerel had "Hocks?" written on his card.
She showed her other pair of Cochins in the junior class, the hen won Champion Large Fowl Junior. Her cockerel also had bad hocks..
She showed her call duck, she got Champion Bantam Duck and Reserve Champion Waterfowl, (of course she was the only bantam duck in the junior).

My oldest daughter showed her Silkie Hen in the junior class, she got Reserve Feather leg bantam Junior class. She also showed her Buff Duck, she got Champion Waterfowl, but was marked that she was a bit small, so we will have to work on that.
She showed in the Junior Showmanship Under 12 class and got Grand Champion in that, she was tickled pink with her trophy and standard of Perfection. Plus the little gift bag that judge Higgins made up for the kids.

Then Amy was off and about and entered into the bedazzeled class without me even knowing, she brought back a little feather topped trophy from that.

And mom, well I showed my Australian Spotted Hen, she got Best of Breed/Best Variety, but was the only one in her class. I also showed my Welsh Harlequin Hen, she got Best of Breed/Best of Variety, but again was the only one in her class. Mr. Guinea, got a 1st for his efforts but was just not show worthy, Poor guy.
My ameraucana's they did ok but didn't place. No competition against C-R Duck's Cockerel.

We all learned alot from the show, wish I could have stuck around today and got the judge's comments on the birds but just too much to do and too far to come home.

Thank you all who put on the show, put their time and work into it, and for everyone else that entered. Hopefully we can get some more waterfowl in the medium and light categories to enter next year.

Im glad you and the girls had a good time. That is what this is all about.

HIdden, I had to chuckle when you said your cochins were from the Joe Mazur line. I have seen Joe Mazur's name mentioned somewhere else on this forum and contacted someone (sorry, can't recall who) about him.

Many years ago when I first started keeping chickens I knew very little about them. Had a chicken get sick with some weird illness and called a neighbour who had birds and neighbour directed me to a dairy farmer who kept a few hens and was quite knowledgeable, his name was Joe Mazur.

A couple times over the following years when I had a chicken question I'd call this local fellow, whose number I still have in my address book under 'C' for chicken guy. He always patiently answered my questions, which usually started with, "hello is this Joe the chicken guy?" So when his name popped up I thoguht hmmm, that sounds familiar. THe person on this site I pmed to find out if this Joe Mazur was the same local Joe Mazur I phoned, said yes it was and he was more of a poultry guy who did dairy on the side than a dairy guy with poultry on the side.

It's a small world! It was Joe Mazur whom I spoke to when our one and only pet hen, the one the kid used to walk on a leash and take on toboggan rides, got some mysterious illness. He told me she had coryza and she would not recover and it never fails to be the favortie that dies first. He was right on all accounts. So it seems my go-to guy, whom I've never met, is pretty much a mucky muck in the chicken world. Wow, I've had a brush with fame. Good way to start the day.

***it was Cornel who told me that yes, Joe Mazur is a poultry/dairy man from Enderby. Thanks Cornel***

Yup Joe is the Man! he has some of the best cochins!

Congrats to you and your girls! It is hard when you go through the effort and there are no other birds in your class. I was very pleased to see so many spotteds in our last local show so I had a chance to learn from that. I even took Squeaky our spotted sussex, at least there was a rooster but that was it for them. At least the kids don't mind as much,lol!!

Hidden, I am so happy to hear about the successes of your children. This is what really instills a love to keep on keepin' on with kids. Praise, praise, praise and more praise. Those girls will be feelin' like shinin' stars and that is such a beautiful thing. Acknowledgement goes a long ways, and children remember the darndest things. Nice to hear of this (and of course , adults thrive on this too).

Uno, that is a nice story to hear about Joe. I have never met him, but have seen him in every poultry show I have gone to in this area (only two, really), I have seen his black cochins, the large fowl, I like that, only noticed the large fowl of his, think he has bantam too... So nice that he was so willing to help you, so long ago....I remember your post about coryza...have a wonderful day, CynthiaM.

Joe and his son show in both Canada and United States. They do have bantam Cochins as well as Large Fowl Cochins. They have whites in addition to blacks. We showed a very young LF Black Cochin pullet here that went Best Junior at the North Thompson. We ended up with an extra rooster here if anybody is interested in getting into Joe Mazur Cochins.

rosewood wrote:Joe and his son show in both Canada and United States. They do have bantam Cochins as well as Large Fowl Cochins. They have whites in addition to blacks. We showed a very young LF Black Cochin pullet here that went Best Junior at the North Thompson. We ended up with an extra rooster here if anybody is interested in getting into Joe Mazur Cochins.

What are his hocks like? Both ours had Vulture Hock, looking for one without for breeding this spring...

As far as I can tell neither has vulture hock which seem to be a common problem with Black Cochins. I can post pictures of them if you wish. They have been shown with Heather as the judge and were not DQ'd for any faults.

It was a pleasure to meet you..

By the sounds and looks of things you and the family had a great time!

I might be interested too in your boy. I have a standard black female thats done really well from the states. A few people have told me to contact joe for a husband for her. She was reserve asiatic to cynthia's blue gal at nationals and was BB, BV and champion asiatic at chilliwack fair in the summer at 4 1/2 months old ( heather judging).

My husband might kill me!!



Anne

We ended up with an extra rooster here if anybody is interested in getting into Joe Mazur Cochins.

We have a pending sale for our extra Black Cochin rooster.

Glad to see your girls hard work is paying off!

Us in the Open class better bump up our game as the Smith girls seem to collect lots of Ribbons!

Congrats to Hidden and her girls! You must be a proud mom.

rosewood wrote:

We ended up with an extra rooster here if anybody is interested in getting into Joe Mazur Cochins.

We have a pending sale for our extra Black Cochin rooster.

Would love to know who may be purchasing the rooster, smiling. I may want some offspring of that dude one day, smiling that big smile. Have a wonderful and great day, CynthiaM.

It was great seeing the Hidden River girls taking in all the activities being offered at the show. But I may need to borrow them when I begin setting up blue cochin breeding pens, or whenever have a genetics question! Unfortunately I missed the beginning of Tara's presentation, but your older daughter had a firm grasp on everything by the time I did get there. She is one quick study!
Also enjoyed seeing their beautiful Cochins and other birds on display. Well done girls!

Would love to know who may be purchasing the rooster, smiling. I may want some offspring of that dude one day, smiling that big smile. Have a wonderful and great day, CynthiaM

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I'll post who is buying the extra rooster, but I still have 2 roosters from different flocks and a pullet here. The person buying the Cochin rooster wants some BLRW hatching eggs so I may try to swap for some Black Cochin eggs in return. The cochins she bought from Joe Mazur turned out to be only pullets.