The weather could not have been more perfect than it was at the Buckeye Fancy Feathers poultry show this past weekend (June 8th) in Canfield, OH. Close to 650 birds were on display at this year’s poultry show, with six exhibitors bringing Ameraucanas in five different variety categories. Matt Parker took top honors in the Open class winning BB with a white pullet that also went on to win Best AOSB. A black cockerel won RB. He was one of the birds that I was showing.
White Ameraucanas were also a force to be reckoned with in the Junior division. Alexis Parker won BB with her white pullet and Austin Parker won RB with his white pullet. Alexis also went on to win Best AOSB in the Junior division and Reserve LF.
In the Open Bantam class, Ralph Malys won BB with a lavender cockerel and RB with a lavender pullet. There were no bantams shown in the Junior division. Judging the classes this year were Daniel Dysart, Glenn See, and Curtis Oakes. I felt these judges all took ample time to look over each bird and were very knowledgeable and pleasant to talk to after the show for competitors who wanted to ask questions and get the judge’s opinions about their birds.
I have made it a policy to sell all of the birds I take to shows, and all six of the ones I took to Canfield now have new homes in NY, OH, & PA. I would like to thank those who purchased them and hope to see them, and the birds, at shows in the future. It was great to finally meet and visit with Harold Knapp (former Northeast Director) who was gracious enough to share some of his knowledge and experiences of being a director. Harold purchased one of my black cockerels and a beautiful blue cockerel. I wish him all the best with them and his breeding program. It was also nice to once again see Catherine Kasiewicz who had purchased several Ameraucanas from me last year. Catherine took home three more of my birds (a blue hen, blue pullet, & splash cockerel) to add to her flock this year.
All in all, I thought the Canfield, OH show was a very nice show to attend and hope to see even more Ameraucanas their next year. I wish I would have taken more pictures. I actually took quite a few, but once I uploaded them onto a larger screen, some were a little blurry and not good enough quality to post. Here are a few pictures from the show.