Results from Fraser Valley Poultry Fanciers Show

The show was hosted this past weekend, everyone had a great time at the banquet and awards thing a jig after the judging was completed and chicken talk went on well past midnight both Friday and Saturday. They were supported by people from the Vernon Club as well as the island.
There were just over 500 birds I think and what a difference 2 weeks can make in condition on some of the birds. Judging was done by Jim Sallee from California and Rico Sebasentilli.
All the birds there were in great condition and at the high end of the scale for quality. There was also the Western National for Modern Games with an entry of 60 moderns from 5 exhibitors.
I will give the winners as I remember them

Champion Large Fowl- Herman H.from Kelowna- Black Shamo- Beautiful cockerel
Res. Champion Large Fowl- Omega Blue Farms- Black Ameracana- Pullet


Champion Bantam- Heather Hayes - Birchen Modern -Pullet
Res. Champion Bantam(APA) -Heather Hayes- SC White Leghorn - Pullet

Champion Waterfowl- Bruce Bickle- East Indie - Young Drake
Res. Champion- Omega Blue Farms- Khaki Campbell- Young Drake

Champion and Res. Champion Turkey- Wayne Osborne- 2 Bronze


Show Champion- Modern Game- Birchen Pullet- Heather Hayes
Res, Show Champion- East Indie -young drake- Bruce Bickle

These 2 awards are voted on by the other exhibitors
Award for most improved exhibitor Herman H- from Kelowna
Award for exhibitor showing the most sportmanship - Heather Hayes

Champion Junior- Drice Singh
Res. Champion Junior- Drew Mazur

Thank-you Heather, that was a great show and thanks for your time helping me better understand the Harlequins. Or should I say better understand their state of confusion, LOL.

I really liked the Shamos. I admit I was initially a bit dissapointed taking Reserve Class behind it, but not after I held his birds. BOY! What a well built birds! Herman is obviously an old school breeder with a deep understanding of the breed. I feel fortunate to have met him.


I would like to offer two corrections based upon how the awards were handed out. Can't verify with coop cards because they didn't write the higher standings on the cards. No idea what the paperwork says.


1) Res. Champion Large Fowl- Drice Singh (Junior) Australorp- Pullet

Res Ch. Large Fowl was actually a Black Ameraucana Pullet by Omega Blue Farms



2) Res. Champion- Suzin Crosby- Pekin- Young Duck

Res Ch. Waterfowl was actually a Khaki Campbell young drake by Omega Blue Farms.



Oh and because I like to promote turkeys, I need to add that the Turkey also won Reserve Landfowl, beating every chicken except Heather's beautiful show champion Modern. Interesting to note that the Landfowl Champion was probably the smallest bird in the show and the Reserve Landfowl the biggest.

Sounds like a great show! thanks for posting the results here.

Looks like it was a great show!
Nice to see a wide selection of breeds in Champion Row!!!
Congratulations too all!

Wow, congratulations everyone.  

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Awesome and congratulations to all, have a wonderful night, CynthiaM.

Thanks for the corrections Wayne, I was trying to remember from the awards banquet but obviously did not remember too well, as I was having tooo much fun.
Herman is going to do well with his birds and I am happy to say that I had a direct hand in helping him find some quality stock to go with. I have handled his youngsters a number of times and he has a very good handle on what a good Shamo should look like, very impressive birds when you have them in hand. This breed could not have fallen into better hands as he understands how they require to to kept.

I really enjoyed the going though the welsh standard with you word for word and comparing it to the birds there. I learned a few things a very good refresher. Next we will tackle the Khaki Cambells or the Amerurcanas. See you a show soon I hope . Good Job on the Turkey, we should have taken a picture of the Modern and the Turkey together.

Heather

Congrats to everyone! I would have loved to be in on that welsh tutorial! Please share!

viczoe wrote: he understands how they require to to kept.

My work with the Malay has taught me just how important that quality is. It took me about 3 years before I came to appreciate their unique needs and in that time I lost some very valuable genetics.

You are right Wayne, the Shamo's Malays and even my Ko-Shamo males can only be housed together for a certain amount of time for the males and once they are separated that is it. But I really like their beautiful stance as it reminds me of my Moderns. You will make head way with your Malay's and nothing like the incentive of another breeder in your class to help.

Fuzzy, We had a good time going though the standard of the Welsh the most important thing in the females is they actually go though 4 different color phases, which I found most interesting, we had a number of females to compare to but if you go though the standard piece by piece even with the different color phases the best ones were quite easy to identify in the end.

Heather