This is always one of our family's favorite time of year...
The Middletown Grange Fair...
This was the first year Jake showed "Georgie". (our buff cochin) Sadly, "Sunny", the black cochin that he has shown for the past few years, died a few months before. We're not sure what happened except that we think an egg broke inside of her...
Georgie always has such a poopy back side. I think it's because she's so massively feathered that it never makes it to the ground. Nevertheless, the rest of her is glorious, and she Jake ended up with another Reserve Champion.
This was Reilly's first year showing. She showed "Fern" who is one of our "elderly" ladies. She's about 5 years old and she's a sweet little bantam buff laced cochin.
I love seeing my kids talking to people about the chickens. It is such a self esteem booster for them to have to answer questions about raising chickens.
I always find it amazing how fascinated people are about chickens...
Parker joined Jake on one of his nights of chicken sitting...
They were responsible for making sure the chickens had food and water
