Seaside Feather Fanciers Ventura 2009
Posted in Congratulations, Shows on 10/28/2009 01:44 pm by admin
Seaside Feather Fanciers Bash at the Beach!
As many of you know, I am a 4-H leader for Murrieta Mustangs. This weekend, (Oct 24th), Lovalee, Jade, Jory and I went to an APA approved poultry show in Ventura, Ca. My girls showed in Showmanship and tied for first! Well, they were the ONLY contenders in Novice, but… I thought it was crafty that they somehow convinced him to give them both first place.
They also did very well in the poultry show. Jadey’s little white call duck from Showcase Stables in Kentucky received Junior Reserve Champion Duck, Junior Reserve Champion Waterfowl and APA Junior Reserve Champion Bantam Duck. I am so happy for her and so happy that Ceirae sold Jade such a nice little drake. Jory was also very happy, she showed three Blue Fawn Call Ducks and the little hen took Best Breed and Best Variety. Her little Blue Fawn Drake took Reserve Variety. I showed three of my poultry; a white Showgirl from Chickedee Farms in Riverside (first and Best Variety), a blue call pullet from Holderreads (BB, BV) and a little blue call drake from Holderreads (first). We are very proud of our poultry. Every bird we showed won a ribbon!
Every class which Namaste Farms animals entered were winners. In the Bluefaced Leicester pair ewe lambs, Lovalee and Nat won the class. Lovalee went on to win the separate Bluefaced Leicester Ewe Lamb class and then went up against yearling first place and 2nd place winners and won Reserve Championship. In the White Longwool Yearling ewe class, Maddie won handily with her amazing 8 inch staple fleece, completely wowing the Judge. She then went on to win White Champion Longwool ewe. In the NCWGA Longwool Yearling Ram class, our Gotland/Wensleydale ram won the class and then went on to win the Championship. Similarly, in the NCWGA Yearling Ewe class, our Gotland/Wensleydale yearling ewe won her class and then went on to win the Championship. I even won a prize in the Women’s Lead class later Saturday evening with one of my mohair scarves. I was second place against 22 entries and was completely shocked when it was announced on the loud speaker. A fellow Bluefaced Leicester breeder told me to enter at the last minute and I just grabbed the closest scarf in my display. I went up against some amazing knitted items and was truly shocked that my hand spun and simply knitted scarf was so worthy.
The theme was Cowabunga, Surf and Sea…a Tribute to the Hereford. One of the largest fairs in the country invited Namaste Farms miniature cows to participate in the fair as well as the media event. Our cows were featured on 8 television stations including: Fox, NBC, ABC and Telemundo. Several Namaste cows remained at the fair for the duration as the “Featured Animals.
