THE mornings may still be cool, but competition for the upcoming Stanthorpe Agricultural Society Poultry Club Annual Show is certainly heating up, with local club members taking out the major awards at the recent Tenterfield Poultry Club Show.
Colin Kidd won champion bird of show and champion large soft feather with his beautiful langshan pullet.
Tenterfield Poultry Club had put on a pekin bantam feature and was pleased with 80 entries in that section.
Local pekin breeders, Steven Cox and Alan Jones, took out champion pekin, opposite sex pekin, champion coloured pekin and opposite sex coloured pekin.
Their winning bird then went on to successfully take out champion soft feather bantam and reserve champion bird of show.
Judge Chris Hardman of Armidale described the line-up of splashed pekins as the best he has judged anywhere in Australia.
The Stanthorpe Agricultural Society Poultry Club Annual Show will be held on Sunday at the Stanthorpe Showground Poultry Pavillion.
Over 200 birds of different breeds and waterfowl are expected to be benched before Murwillumbah judge Graeme Hopf.
Entries have come from far afield as Glenn Innes and Lismore in NSW, plus a wide region of the Darling Downs.
The Stanthorpe club has included caged birds in the show for the first time in many years, with locals Ray Palmer and Wayne McCosker organised to judge the exhibits.
The show is open to the public from 10am to 2pm.
Entries can be made to the show secretary on 0419 179 748.
