It's Fair Time
It's that exciting time of the year... time for the County Fair. (Note for the confused: Don't get confused between the Country Fair and the County Fair... they are only 13 miles and 1 month apart, but they are worlds apart.)
Anne Marie spent the morning shampooing, blow-drying, shining, and preening three of our chickens for competition. We then took them to the fairgrounds and arranged them in their designated places for tomorrow's judging. The fair doesn't begin until Tuesday, but the real chicken action happens these two days prior.
We entered our two adult Buff Silkies, Marco Pollo and Paris Hilton, and the young chicken formerly known as Mystery Chicken, who is a feather-legged Buff Cochin with leg-band number 151, resulting in the possibility of the new name "Rhonda Bacardi".
We hope that Marco Pollo will get a prize (since he's so magnificent), but we're just not expecting Paris Hilton to win anything since some gray color on her back keeps her from the Standard of Perfection. Mystery Chicken (Rhonda?) is the wild card. She looks like a very well-assembled and beautiful chicken, but who can know what the judge will see. Regardless of prizes, we'll be happy if we can sell Mystery Chicken and get some leads for selling three of Marco Pollo and Paris Hilton's kids. We already know the fame and glory of the county fair poultry exhibit from our Best of Breed win in 2002 with our Buff Silkie hen, Pamela Anderson, who made the front page of the local newspaper.
If you're going to the Lane County Fair, make sure to drop in and see our chickens. This year, due to a decline in the number of chickens shown at the fair, they are all near to the front door of the poultry exhibit and you can't miss their unique Buff (golden) color.
Technically, if you didn't show up at the fair, wouldn't that make you a chicken instead? Wait, that joke sucks...
Comment by Dave'ola — 08/14/2005 9:41 PM
Of course Dave, depending on if you din't get any feather shots from Micheal's chicken's, than he's safe and sound! So, I guess da chase might just do some LIVE Blogging with his digi camera - that's if I don't chicken out this year, like I did last year and the year before that! Hmm, lets see here, still have those stinger's from that porcupine, still.....
Comment by Jeff — 08/15/2005 9:54 AM
Hi - just did a Google for Oregon silkies because I am a fan and found your blog. I live in Salem and just bought a partridge silkie pullet from the State Fair. If I could, I'd breed them without question. The woman at the State Fair managing the poultry barn said the numbers were down there too. I can only have hens because of my locale (i.e., neighbors), but hoping to move someplace where I can begin breeding some nice birds sometime in the next five years. Thanks for posting your pics...
Comment by Stranger passing by — 08/30/2005 12:15 AM
The happychickens blog mom again--do you still have silkies available? Feel free to e-mail me, we might be interested!
Comment by happygardeningmama — 09/21/2005 10:40 PM