Kelso was our last show of the season and once again Elizabeth came out on top. Best Scots Fancy in show.


 

It being the last show of the season, I exhibited her brother to give him some show experience and not expectng him to do so well but he beat the only competition and took
first in his class.


 

And their mother took first but against no competition but she showed well. As did this piebald or three-parts-dark adult cock, who won Best Flighted Novice at Blackburn. I do need to try to breed him this year - he's a great bird who shows really well but did not come into condition to breed last year.

And here are three photos of them at the show itself. Kelso holds its show in The Tait Hall - really lovely venue and decent folks running the club. All very well organised.

 

Not bad for a first season as an exhibitor.

 

The work starts now to get them into condition for the breeding season ahead.

Today was the Scots Fancy Specialist Club show at Blackburn, West Lothian. It is a little under a year since I acquired my stock and you can imagine my total shock, but delight, to enter the show and discover that Elizabeth had won four special prizes - Best Novice unflighted; Best Novice Clear; Best Novice Scots Fancy (for Blackburn) and overall Best Novice. Stunning success by this little hen. She won the cup for Best Novice. Truly great fun for me.

Her mother won her class

and her "cousin" (No 9) was second in his

and my unrelated to any of them adult male won Best Novice Flighted (over a year old).

He was the original bird which I bought. I hope he might breed this year coming.

Quite a haul of trophies in my first show season and it is only six weeks since I first entered the birds for show.

Musselburgh and Whitecraig Cage Bird Society show today. We missed out on Best Scots to John Morris of Aberdeen with a lovely ticked flighted bird. We did however, get four first place tickets for Elizabeth, No9/12 and two adults, one from 2010 and a deep yellow hen 2011 who seems to be in breeding condition in November! Next weekend is the Scots Fancy Specialist show at Blackburn where I don't think we will be placed at all. Some pictures from today - the winner of Best Scots is the first picture.

And now our birds

 

East Lothian Cage Bird Society show today in Haddington. Sadly no other Scots Fancies entered but we did well!

Elizabeth won Best Scots Fancy and Best Champion Scots Fancy even though I am a Novice. Bit unfair really.

Number 9 was first in his class on 1 as well.

He is looking better and better and is showing himself off very well now. Much more relaxed in the show cage.

Elizabeth also won a medal.

Next show is Musselburgh on 10 November, then the Scots Fancy Specialist Club show on 17 November and finally Kelso on 8 December. We will all need a rest by then.

Grangemouth Cage Bird Society show was yesterday but we did not get placed. Some lovely Scots Fancies on show and gave me ideas to aim for.

Not only did I never imagine that I would show birds which I had bred myself at the National Exhibition but to win in both Novice classes for unflighted cock and hen and for the hen to take Best Novice Scots Fancy is just amazing! I am delighted. The piebald cock is the brother of the single chick and he himself was a single chick whose parents tore out his tail just as he left the nest. He's come a long way. I knew the hen was good but I didn't know how good. A great day thanks to a friend who took them to Stafford for me.

Me with my winner yesterday.

Spent the day at Carlisle at the Northern Counties Scots Fancy Society show. Very educational and made me change my mind on which of my young male birds to enter for the National Exhibition next weekend. A firend is taking my birds to Stafford for me.