Wyatt was saying he didn't want his picture taken. Little Millie, his Belgian Bearded d'Uccle hen, is his buddy for showmanship as well as the hen who goes along with him to visit nursing homes.
Here, the two were cuddling up and communing. Our birds are used to fr more space to run around and live like normal chickens, so she was complaining to Wyatt about not cuddling up to her rooster at night and not having her specially built home and roost.
Apparently, she wasn't done complaining, because she pecked at his belt buckle throughout showmanship, Not sure how he scored a 93 when I caught this photo with his hands in his pockets.
Bu breed show went well. Of the d'Uccles, Wyatt's mille fleur pair each earned a blue ribbon His porcelain hen had a feather issue on one wing. She had taken it hard when she lost her rooster recently, so Wyatt sold her to a family in another part of town to be with a rooster who had lost his hen. We hope they will be happier together, the girl was so happy to have her!
The judge felt there were no issue to be concerned with, and that it was well worth hatching some of the eggs from these two beautiful birds. While there are no guaranteed that show quality stock will make show quality chicks and offspring, So here in the next few weeks, we will be putting some of those in the incubator.
All in all, Pima County Fair was very productive for us in terms of narrowing down to our best breed stock so that we can move other hens to the laying flock areas with their laying friends, and hatch the best quality offspring! There are a few roosters who are all so nice that we are having a hard time deciding between, but we should finish deciding that this weekend. I guess that means I need to finish off that pen divider in the next couple of days!
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