Farmerjan's journal - Weather

farmerjan

Herd Master
Joined
Aug 16, 2016
Messages
13,206
Reaction score
55,731
Points
768
Location
Shenandoah Valley Virginia
Met @Finnie ...had a great visit....seems my phone will not load the pic she sent to me. Had someone take pics of us on her phone. Tried every which way....the file is not jpg but something like heic... Won't load for me. So, will have to get @Finnie to upload that one..
But here are a few I took with my phone. Over 8000 birds ...big ABA National meet. Some breeds I never heard of trying to get some recognition in steps to become accepted in the assoc to be shown....some others very rare that were shown. Several of buttercups that are seldom seen and these had combs that were pretty good bantams. Some dyed these silkies....took a lot of work to do that. Food color dyes that will eventually just fade/wash out somewhat and then change back to normal once they've moulted. The awards table and a couple pics of the sales area ...
 

Attachments

  • IMG_20251107_172217346_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_172217346_HDR.jpg
    245.8 KB · Views: 52
  • IMG_20251107_151220425_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_151220425_HDR.jpg
    329.7 KB · Views: 35
  • IMG_20251107_174142390_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_174142390_HDR.jpg
    421.9 KB · Views: 44
  • IMG_20251107_131901892_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_131901892_HDR.jpg
    397.1 KB · Views: 45
  • IMG_20251107_132037759_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_132037759_HDR.jpg
    238.1 KB · Views: 43
  • IMG_20251107_153355876_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_153355876_HDR.jpg
    510.6 KB · Views: 40
  • IMG_20251107_153351670_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_153351670_HDR.jpg
    411.1 KB · Views: 43

fuzzi

She Who Brings Grapes
Golden Herd Member
Joined
Sep 20, 2024
Messages
4,238
Reaction score
20,740
Points
593
Location
Eastern NC
Met @Finnie ...had a great visit....seems my phone will not load the pic she sent to me. Had someone take pics of us on her phone. Tried every which way....the file is not jpg but something like heic... Won't load for me. So, will have to get @Finnie to upload that one..
But here are a few I took with my phone. Over 8000 birds ...big ABA National meet. Some breeds I never heard of trying to get some recognition in steps to become accepted in the assoc to be shown....some others very rare that were shown. Several of buttercups that are seldom seen and these had combs that were pretty good bantams. Some dyed these silkies....took a lot of work to do that. Food color dyes that will eventually just fade/wash out somewhat and then change back to normal once they've moulted. The awards table and a couple pics of the sales area ...
Nice rooster, I see they had a lock on his cage.

My DD has an iPhone, I can't always get her photos to load.
 

drstratton

Herd Master
Golden Herd Member
Joined
Mar 31, 2020
Messages
2,379
Reaction score
11,455
Points
493
Location
Eastern WA - USA
Met @Finnie ...had a great visit....seems my phone will not load the pic she sent to me. Had someone take pics of us on her phone. Tried every which way....the file is not jpg but something like heic... Won't load for me. So, will have to get @Finnie to upload that one..
But here are a few I took with my phone. Over 8000 birds ...big ABA National meet. Some breeds I never heard of trying to get some recognition in steps to become accepted in the assoc to be shown....some others very rare that were shown. Several of buttercups that are seldom seen and these had combs that were pretty good bantams. Some dyed these silkies....took a lot of work to do that. Food color dyes that will eventually just fade/wash out somewhat and then change back to normal once they've moulted. The awards table and a couple pics of the sales area ...
Looks like a fun day, made even better with a friend. 💗

Those poor Silkies...lol
 

farmerjan

Herd Master
Joined
Aug 16, 2016
Messages
13,206
Reaction score
55,731
Points
768
Location
Shenandoah Valley Virginia
Yes I think @Finnie 's phone is an iPhone... Mine is android . She took some pics of speckled Sussex for you @fuzzi . I have a bunch more pics.....some nice turkeys....
Bought 2 trios of big NH's.... Looked seriously at a some NH bantams.... But didn't do it. Think I should have. Oh well.....
VA poultry breeders show in 2 weeks. Might be some stuff there from a VA breeder of NH bantams. I'm going to text him to see what he has.
Want to get a bunch of chicks hatched this coming year ....

Tired out, was a long day mostly on my feet wandering around ..got there pretty early to look at birds cooped for show.....then looked at a lot of birds with @Finnie too..... Learned a bit about some of the color genes she is crossing and how they express.....
Looked at the little serema bantams....they make me smile at their little chest puffed out stance. Like a little young kid that is puffing out his chest and bragging and swaggering around.
And there were some turkin bantams .. Naked necks... They are so "ugly"; they are almost cute.... But they were pretty good ones. Glad some people have/like some of these rarer breeds.
 

farmerjan

Herd Master
Joined
Aug 16, 2016
Messages
13,206
Reaction score
55,731
Points
768
Location
Shenandoah Valley Virginia
Some more pics
IMG_20251108_081848895_HDR.jpg
Very nice tail marking
 

Attachments

  • IMG_20251107_171754244_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_171754244_HDR.jpg
    492.2 KB · Views: 47
  • IMG_20251107_172710021_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_172710021_HDR.jpg
    624.3 KB · Views: 41
  • IMG_20251107_172631385_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_172631385_HDR.jpg
    345.8 KB · Views: 50
  • IMG_20251107_171555635_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_171555635_HDR.jpg
    608.2 KB · Views: 57
  • IMG_20251107_154004145_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_154004145_HDR.jpg
    676.8 KB · Views: 55
  • IMG_20251107_133346734_HDR.jpg
    IMG_20251107_133346734_HDR.jpg
    569.2 KB · Views: 39
Top