The East of England Poultry Show – 2010

D. Kay Championship Judge

The East of England Open Poultry Show was held near Peterborough at the East of England show ground and as always, was an exceptionally good day out. After a misty early morning, the sun soon broke through and with clear blue skies, you could have been fooled into thinking this was held on a mid-summer's day.

The poultry and waterfowl show is spread across a number of buildings and is just one out of a number of shows taking place. Shire horses, goats, donkeys, guinea pigs, pigeons, rabbits, mice and numerous dog shows name just a few. There are trade stalls selling numerous country products as well as a small number of poultry feed, equipment and housing stalls. 

So, getting down to the poultry show itself, there were 358 classes which included chickens, ducks, geese and eggs. For waterfowl enthusiasts, this was a British Waterfowl Association championship show and the Indian Runner Duck Association and Call Duck Association had special rosettes for winners in their respective breeds classes.

Judge Adrian Keep examines a beautiful bantam Rhode Island Red hen.

I arrived on site at 8.30am and was able to park my car right next to the show hall to unload my birds. Many birds had already been penned and there was a hive of activity with people coming and going. After a queue to collect my sale pen papers, I penned my show and sale birds and I soon bumped into a number of familiar faces who were eager to show me what they had brought with them.

The judging started at 9.30 and there was a lot of interest in the exhibits from the general public as well as other exhibitors. The busiest area of the show by far though was the poultry sales pens which were packed out with prospective buyers over most of the day. On sale were the usual chickens, domestic ducks and geese, but also a number of wildfowl, rhea, quail and various colour varieties of guinea fowl that you don't get to see at many shows.

Results of the East of England Show 2010.

I would like to thank Stuart Kay for sending me the results of the East of England Show and Mike Clark for his help along the way. The top results were as follows:

BIS & Best S/F Heavy Bantam; R Ramus - Buff Rock.

Chirpy Coops - one of the trade stalls

Championship Row

Res. BIS & best S/F Light Bantam; Clements & Denver - Ancona.

Best Rare; Michael Jackson - Sumatra Female

Best Waterfowl; G & S Barnard - White Call Female

Best Juvenile; Jason Millward - White Call Female

Best H/F Bantam; Michael Jackson - Furnace OEG male

Best L/F Heavy; P & T Jones - Buff Orpington

Best L/F Light; Paul Lutkin - Poland

Best Faverolles; Mrs J A Longland - Bantam Salmon Female

Best RIR; T Harrington - Bantam Single Comb Female

Best Silkie; JR & E Chapman - Large White Pullet

Best Japanese; Mr & Mrs Troth - White Female.