A Day at the Fair

Yesterday I went to the fair which is something I usually don't do but I decided to see if they were going to show chickens. Last time they showed pigeons as well as farm animals including: cows, sheep, pigs, and rabbits but no chickens. Well apparently this year the number of chicken owners increased and there were quite a number of them sitting in cages in the animal section of the fair.

A lovely little Black Sumatra Rooster.

There was also 2 Blue Sumatras and 1 Black Sumatra pullet. 

2 little bantam sized Silkies, they make me think of Mellow.

An adorable Buff Brahma Bantam.

I also surprisingly saw a bantam Black Araucana rooster.

3 nicely laced Barnevelders from Fossil Farms.

These two New Hampshire Reds were accidentally written as Rhode Island Reds. True RIRs are a beautiful deep mahogany colored. The Rhode Island Reds that are sold at feed stores or hatcheries are mostly Production Reds which are lighter in color and lay better than their RIR counterparts because they are crossed with NHRs.  

A Barred Rock rooster crowing.

Someone also brought in an incubator with eggs that were hatching.

Here's an egg already with a pip-hole.

The already hatched chicks were put in a large fish tank with a heat lamp to dry and keep them warm.

A baby chick that came out a few minutes ago.