Arbutus Peregrine
Songster
I don’t know how judges do it. They are all my favoriteI am so sorry, DD! I was so worn out, I fell asleep right after cropping everything!
Like last time, I took way too many pictures and they won't all fit in one post. I aimed for more unusual birds than what I usually take pictures of... but there are still lots of OEGBs, lots of Moderns, and lots of call ducks. I can't help myself, okay? So, I'll put those and the events and such in the second post, just as a means of splitting things up. Here's the rest of them for the time being! Loooots of pictures, so they're thumbnail sized to prevent loading issues for those of us out in the boonies with poor connections. I'll make note of how they were judged if I remember, but a lot of them hadn't been judged yet by the time we went through there, and a few aisles were blocked for judging so I didn't get the chance to take pictures of some of them.
Ameraucana bantams! First was a gorgeous, heavily-laced Blue female, then a Silver female who didn't want anything to do with me, and finally a Wheaten female who was curious, but a bit reserved.
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Large fowl Ameraucana. This one was labelled as 'Mottled', but doesn't look like the project mottleds I've seen before... Not sure if that's changed since then. If I had to guess, she looks like an Exchequer-type pattern to me (dominant white over mottled). Still, absolutely stunning!
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Appenzeller Spitzhauben. This was a gold-spangled female. I love the hairdo.
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True Araucana, a female in black. She kind of 'blew out' at the show and was in no mood for pictures.
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Aseel. This is a Wheaten male. He looked a rather lot like a dinosaur.
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Silver Double-Laced Barnevelder bantam. Oh, sakes, I love this color!! Too bad she wouldn't turn so that was the best I could do of her, picture-wise.
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Dark Brahma female, clearly over this whole showing thing and just having a nap at this point.
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Breda! I'd never seen them in person before! WOW!! These were both Cuckoo, the first female and the second male.
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Cochin bantams! First was a Silver Blue (or maybe Blue Birchen; they're the same color, I just don't remember what they called her ), then a frizzled Mottled hen, and a Splash hen who was just gorgeous!! View attachment 1955919
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Large fowl Blue Laced Red Cornish. She also looked like a dinosaur!
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Ko Shamo bantam, another breed I'd never seen in person! They were pretty cute, despite being very dinosaur-like as well. This was a Wheaten hen.
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Legbars. First one was labeled as Golden Crele, which is my personal preference for Legbar color. The other two were creams, but inconsistent in color. I like the darker crest, but the first cream female (who was standing awkwardly ) was very pretty, too.
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Single Comb Dark Leghorn bantam hen. Wow. That's all I've got.
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Blue Magpie duck. Big girl! I believe she was reserve in variety, but I thought she was the prettiest.
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Wheaten Marans rooster. He was very relaxed during the show and having a bath.
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Naked Neck bantams! EEK, I can't help myself on them, either! First is Black and second is Blue.
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New Hampshire bantam. I don't think these had been judged just yet, but she sure was gorgeous!
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Phoenix. Both are silver, but the first one was off-color. I still thought she was quite pretty, a lot like my Dark Gray Dorking hens. Second one was best of variety if I remember correctly and had such wicked eyes!!
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Barred Plymouth Rock bantams. First was a hen, and I feel like she placed well but I don't remember for sure. Second was two boys trying to fight through the bars.
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Polish. I'm not a huge Polish fan, but some of them were pretty. First two are frizzled, obviously. First is a Tolbunt, then a White. The smooths are another Tolbunt and a White Crowned Black. He was the only male I got good pictures of in the Polish, and WOW did he have quite the hairdo!!
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Rosecomb bantams. I always forget how many colors they come in! In order, these are a Black Breasted Red female (who was very curious ), a Blue Brassy Back female, a Blue Golden Duckwing male, a Blue Red male, and finally, a Buff Columbian female. The Buff Columbians that were there seemed super pale for buffs, that's not just the lighting.
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Sebrights! A Golden male and a Silver female. Wow!!
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Silkied Black Serama hen. I love those silkied feathers!!
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This Silkie hen looked Wheaten to me, but was labeled with a super long and complicated name: Porcelain Blue Cream.
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Swedish Flower Hen! I couldn't believe my eyes with these birds!! This hen was definitely the prettiest there! View attachment 1955919 The white and red hen in the background was also a Swedish Flower Hen.
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A couple turkeys. The first was Buff and I honestly don't remember if it was male or female. I'm not good with turkeys. But that pattern was super pretty! I wish he/she would have held still so I could have captured it better! Second was a Sweetgrass tom in full glory. He gobbled a couple times while I was taking pictures, too.
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Last in this post is a Welsummer hen. I think she was over the whole showing thing, too.
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More pictures coming up in the next post!