Well the day finnally arrived. The 4-H chicken show at our county fair was Friday. It was sooooo hot. I had 3 kids with me who were tired, hot, and thirsty. So not my best experience.
Our chickens received a blue ribbon. They were bought at auction for $40 for 6 hens. That is about what the others brought as well with the exception of the two top trophy winners. They brought about $100.
We bought all of our feed from Tractor Supply. And we were still feeding them crumbles while alot of the chickens there were already feeding theirs pellets. That probably made them gain more weight, but we did not really want them to start laying eggs just yet.
Lesson learned- If and when we do this again, we will keep our chickens in the pen more. Ours were mostly free range, but this caused them to be a little smaller than some. They were however some of the cleanest chickens there, probably because they weren't in a coop all the time.
The kids really enjoyed taking care of them and $40 is a lot of money to a 10 year old. So we were happy with the whole experience.
The money earned has started a "nest egg" if you will for said 10 year old to get either a Kindle, or some kind of notebook.
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