We were at another agricultural and horticultural show today fairly local to us in a lovely village called Sedgefield. It is an annual event but this was our first time there and we really enjoyed it although, it did rain almost constantly which was a real pity.
I will be posting much more about it on the forum and in the blog but one of the sections that we really enjoyed was the poultry.

Game fowl can look very different to chickens and to some people are a bit of an acquired taste but we did meet a lovely 14 year old boy together with his father and grandfather who knew loads about poultry and game fowl and they had won some prizes and were good enough to let me take some pictures of some of their winning birds, so here they are:

First prize winning Modern English Game Fowl




Japanese Game Fowl - Shamo


Prize winning Silkie chicken


I think I've got the names of the game fowl correct, but the boy said that he would drop in on the forum and correct me if I got them wrong.

Silkie chicken is so cute! I love the furry feet

hi john it is a modern game lol i found your website and it is very nice. the bird wasn't standing at all on the pictures but he is better
thomas

john i can drop an article for you on modern game if you just pm me thanks. thomas

Hi Thomas nice to see you on the forum, thanks for joining us, I look forward to hearing more about your experience with birds and benefiting form your expertise.
I will pm you with some ideas for articles shortly.

Wow, those are incredible birds. They are quite stunning. And definitely not your usual back yard chickens. I am constantly amazed at the great variety  that exists in the animal kingdom...especially the chickens.

glad you had fun.

Thoses bird are really cute. love the white fluffy one.

Wow, well done you, not quite my cup of tea, apart from the Silkie which is gorgeous, i've never seen birds quite like this, i'm more of a cuddly fluffy sort of gal, but well done you,.

I really like the silky one that looks really soft.....