The Red River Bantam Club held their annual poultry show which included an ABC meet on Oct. 7th. We missed Max, Ernie, Dorothy, Peggy and Mary in the open show and Clarabelle in the Jr. show. The absentees created a large decrease in Ameraucanas this year but the over all total birds shown was up over 100 head. We still had a good Ameraucana meet which resulted great for our breed.
Four Ameraucana breeders, all ABC members showed 19 head of large fowl in the open show. Blues were the largest class with six shown. Casey Carter had the BV on a hen and Paul & Angela Smith had RV on a pullet. Self blues tied for the second largest class with 5 shown. Howard Story had BV and RV self blue on two hens. Howard’s BV self blue hen won best AOV Ameraucana. Shannon Rowe showed a splash pullet into BV splash which won reserve AOV Ameraucana. The ABC should start working toward getting the splash a recognized variety in about 2 years. It was voted at our last national meeting in Caldwell, ID to start the splash recognition process, after the self blue was completed. Paul & Angela showed a pair of whites with their cockerel winning BV and pullet RV. Five blacks were shown with Paul & Angela Smith’s pullet winning BV, BB, best AOSB, and champion large fowl. Casey Carter showed a black pullet to win RV, RB and Res. AOSB.
There were 31 bantams entered in the open show but none were shown.
Six self blue bantams were shown in the Jr. show by Houston Story. Houston’s hen was selected BV and awarded BB since no other bantams of the recognized varieties were shown. Houston’s cockerel won RV and RB. Once the ABC completes the self blue recognition process, they will be eligible to win BB and higher.
There were 13 head of large fowl shown in the Jr. show. Two self blue pullets were shown by Dakota Weimar to BV and RV. One blue cuckoo cockerel was also shown by Dakota to BV. Five blues were shown. Eric Waterman had the BV on a pullet. RV was a pullet shown by Clayton Tackel. There were also five blacks shown. Eric Waterman’s pullet won BV, BB, best AOSB and Jr. champion large fowl. The RV was a pullet shown by Dakota Weiman and his pullet also won RB and Res. AOSB.
Bill Hopkins judged all the Ameraucanas, the Jr. show, all the open large fowl and many of the bantams. Ameraucanas won their share with the champion large fowl and Res. AOSB in both the Jr. and open shows!
