Proud mom today

My chicken keeper is finally old enough to do a 4-H project and he's hatched and raised Cortunix Quail this year. Today was first day of Fair and poultry was the first 4-H judging. So today my eldest baby took part in his very first show and he'd did really well with both his trips into the show ring.

Waiting to go into showring with his Quail


Holding Quail for judge during showmanship

I know we're soooo redneck with the tie down to secure his cage for Fair   His Quail usually live in a much nicer tractor at home

receiving his showmanship trophy in the ring


All done his judging, a hot, tired but very proud little boy with his Quail in the poultry barn

  congrats! Loos like it was a fun day for all.  

That is so great and he poses so nice for pics too!!

What a fine young man. Great work Mom.

Wonderful! Love to see the young ones involved with poultry. What a fine looking young gentleman!!

Yes congratulations.
I never noticed before but he looks
like you. He looks like a very proud
young fellow. Do they show everyday
and do they aution off there projects?

He seems like a real gentleman farmer. That understated smile and quiet tolerance of mom and her camera. Good for you and good for him!

Congratulations to the young 4Her!  Quail are a great project for a young man!

He was hot, tired but very happy. He has 35+ chickens, 7 chicks in with cochin mom and 2 bunnies which needed to be cared for this morning so they'd be ok all day on a very hot day before we drove into the fairgrounds to care for his Quail and get ready for barn duty at 8am. After standing around and moving cages for 3hrs of judging he was exhausted in the heat and very thirsty and hungry. He's not fond of getting his photo taken but he was pretty proud and knew he'd want the photo later so he was pretty good about me flashing away at him

Karona you probably never noticed because all you see is his back as he's so busy checking out all your birds Oh the blue americauna roo I got for him from you fathered a turken chick so he has a black turken with a blue beard coming in

His showing is all over and done with now. Since he's a first year junior they wouldn't let him put his birds in market so no auction, we'll sell them or have dinner after Fair

Since he's a first year he should have bought day olds but leader ignored the fact that he bought eggs and hatched them himself in his incubator. He bought his eggs with the pocket change he earned by doing his part at the last 2 Fairs while he was in Cloverbuds (6-8yr olds craft projects no animals). He has a mean mom that rides his butt but refuses to in anyway do work he is perfectly capable of doing. I have never fed, watered or cleaned up after them, he helped build his tractor for them and so his win is all his doing. I did help with his bathing since they are hard to hold onto, he's short and the first popped down and went for a swim   I just held his birds securely while he helped clean feathers and feet properly. We only have chickens because he wanted them at 6yrs old. I got to researching for him and learning so we care for them properly but he does the work and they're his birds.

He's already planning next years project or 2 I'm pretty proud of my little fella getting so grown up

Good job. Enjoy it they grow up way too fast.

That's wonderful! What a handsome young man!

Good job by your son. It is a very proud moment when you see all the hard work they put into their projects and then they get to show them off. Congrats!

Congrats to your young man!! I see no mean mom in making him look after the responsibilities he took on when purchasing his birds!!! Congrats to the proud momma also on raising a young man who is learning to properly care for his birds!

You must be extremely proud of him. He definitely has done a tremendous job. Congratulations.  

 

its so great to see kids that know how to be dedicated and responsible about caring for their animals.  And so nice for them to have their hard work recognized with awards!