[Buffy the eggs layer]

Hi all,

As person who is a bit disolusioned with conventional poultry shows I have been toying with arranging an alternative.

I was thinking of an online version where we post a pic of our birds to enter them in catagories such as,

Best before and after

Prittiest pullet

Most handsom cockeril etc

What do you think?

Buffy

[CameronS]

Sounds like a good idea, i'm up for it. 

[bigchicken]

Never showed poultry before but I,m up for a go.

[Castle Farm]

Irish Fowl forum did this last year and it was great fun.

You will need to get some rules set up and OK it with the site owner, as the posting of pictures tends to eat up the band width a bit.

[Mel]

I think it is a good idea.maybe have some prizes?

[Rosemary]

There's an article about on-line poultry shows in this month's Smallholder magazine. Haven't read it yet though.

[little blue]

fab idea,
just need to work on getting the girls to pose for a good photo!

[manian]

quite a few of my girls are moulting at the moment...... the warrens look as tho' they are ex bat!!!
they'll deffo win......... (i don't think!!)
may dress them up......
they'll have a chance then to win the 
does this mean we'll have one then

[little blue]

"best chicken-in-jumper" category for you then manian?!

[manian]

"best chicken-in-jumper" category for you then manian?!

yep
the 21st century equivilent of chicken in a basket!!!!

[scotelf]

My chooks like posing for the camera, they said they'd like to enter too. I'm on hol from 29th Oct til 5th Nov though.

[doganjo]

Can I join in too, please - should we maybe support a charity through Just Giving like before?

[Buffy the eggs layer]

Hi Everyone,

   it would seem that this is a popular idea but I must confess that Im not sure how best to do it. Dan and Rosemary would have to approve it though as it may have implications to the site.

  I suppose we should do it early next year really when the ladies have all finished their moult,

We could have a different class each month from April to Aug perhaps?

Could someone who has a good idea of how to do this help us out here?

Buffy

[doganjo]

Dan was very helpful with the photo competition we held a few months ago for the earthquake victims in NZ and Japan.  Rosemary and Calum judged them, and we now have a calendar sporting the prizewinners.

[tizaala]

Brilliant idea , how about we post our photos and forum members get to judge them on a points system , the monthly winner's photo gets made into a calendar for the following year and sold for MacMillan Nurses or Cancer research. ?

I'm all for it, you show me your's and I'll show you mine.!