Winner of the Poultry Congress!

The poultry congress was an awesome experience featuring over 1,000 birds! The over all winner was Bearded Belgium d'anver hen by Karen and Kevin Unrath. Almost every breed of chicken was there but it was smaller than last year. There was only 230 exibiters so all of them probably took alot of birds.

It takes a lot of time getting animals there.You have to wash them, get a health certificate, trim their toenails and beak, and find a place to sleep over. There are lots of things that happen at the Poultry Congress, like the 4H showmanship. That was split up into five different categories: Senior, Junior, Intermediate, Novice and Pre-novice. The presenters have to train their birds to do certain things.

There aren't just chickens there. You can see ducks, geese, turkey, pigeons and some more. I learned about a lot of new breeds there.  Also there is a place where people can sell their animals or raffle them. The Poultry Congress usually is held at the Big E in Springfield, Massachusetts in January. While the Poultry Congress is going on there are other events you could check out too. The Poultry Congress was awesome and you should have come. But hey, there's always next year!