by Tim » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:24 pm
I've just got back from the Hannover Poultry Show and wow - there were loads of waterfowl to see...
There were over 600 Indian Runners alone! The judges also have longer to judge - up to 150 birds each but they are specialists in their category. The birds are there for 5 days - by the time you go in, they have been judged and the marks are shown in the catalogues.
It's interesting to see the differences in their birds - the shapes of the Indian Runners heads for example. The Abacot Ranger or Streicher as they call them are much smaller (as they haven't been out crossed as many have been here) and some of their geese are different too.
I would like to get down to Devon one year - but this year it will just be Solihull and the National for me.