Our first show of the year on the 11th February was hosted by the Northampton and District Poultry Club at the Bugbrooke Community Centre. This was our first visit to their Spring Show, having only attended their annual egg show in the past. It was a great venue with separate, spacious halls for the birds and eggs. The “egg room” also hosted a couple of stalls, the raffle and the delicious food and refreshments – a special mention must go out to the homemade shortbread.
There were about 50 plates of eggs entered across all the classes and incredibly, and against all our expectations, we won a number of them and walked away with Best in Show for a plate of 3 distinct coloured eggs. We thought Princess Layer might have been in with a chance with her plate of 3 large brown eggs, the quality of her eggs has increased nicely since she came back from her winter moult, but it was a great team effort from Princess Layer, Henerys II and Miss Moneyhenny that did it, go girls!
| Class | Name | Placing | Chicken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 210 | 3 large white/cream | 1st | Henerys II |
| 211 | 3 large light brown | 1st | Princess Layer |
| 212 | 3 large any other colour | 1st | Miss Moneyhenny |
| 213 | 3 large distinct colours | 1st | Princess Layer, Henerys II & Miss Moneyhenny |
| 215 | 1 large white/cream | 1st | Henerys II |
| 216 | 1 large light brown | 1st | Princess Layer |
| 217 | 1 large any other colour | 1st | Miss Moneyhenny |
| 219 | 6 large any colour | 1st | Miss Moneyhenny |
| 224 | Large contents | 3rd | Miss Moneyhenny |
As for the birds, John Messenger won Best in Show with his Oxford Old English Game beating some strong competition.
As ever it was lovely meeting and talking with like-minded people; the more we attend these events the more we tend to bump into the same nice people. Roll on next month for our home show, the Billington Poultry Cub Spring Show.
