Rare Breeds Fur n Feather Auction

[meltedmarsbars]

... at Melton Mowbray is on this Saturday - highlight of the calendar here!

Dd1 is going at 7 in the morning to help a hen-friend set up her wares. We'll join them at a more reasonable hour.

Persuade me not to be persuaded to buy anything more!

Don't be silly Melted. What about some Polands? Or Sebrights?

Noooooo!

No room.

Think of their little faces!

I really don't think you've chosen the prettiest breeds there!

What about silver laced wyandottes?

Pekins. Ooh, frizzled pekins!

Aha - you're getting tempted!

Chickens- you are Pekin obsessed

I like a hen to look like a hen, not some belly-button fluff!

Nowt wrong with a chicken looking a bit poncy.

They have pompoms for heads, FGS!

btw, on something completely different: I have a set of cockerel spurs that I use to confuse people when I ask them what they think they are. Answers vary from rodent teeth to reptile claws!!

I trim my boys spurs to protect my girls. Some of the spurs on breeds like the Marsh Daisy are frightening

Do you trim or take off completely? These were removed with hot water.

There were some treading-damaged birds at the sale - totally avoidable!

And there were even ducks with pompoms!

I just trim them and them file them back to half an inch or so. I can't bear the girls getting hurt. It's bad enough when he seizes their pom poms to heave himself up!

Ouch!

Indeed. It's bit much for a first date