A little of the unexpected
Amy Roh/Tribune
Madison Swain (left) Dustin Wolfe and Kelcey Fischer wait
to show their standard pullet chickens at the 4-H Poultry
and Market Broilers Show Friday at the Adams County Fair.
The first year Mashaylla Peterson showed poultry at the Adams County FairFest, two of her birds got in a fight and one threw up on her.
Three years later, the 14-year-old Hastings girl hoped for better luck.
“I think I’ll do pretty well,” Mashaylla said before Friday morning’s poultry show at the Adams County Fairgrounds. “I got a purple last year.”
Friday’s poultry show featured 22 different divisions.
Mashaylla said handling large birds is the biggest difficulty when raising poultry.
“When they grow in size, it’s harder to hold them and you have to be really careful not to break their feathers,” she said.
Eleven-year-old Dustin Wolfe of Hastings agreed that carrying birds can be a challenge.
“Sometimes they just flip out on you,” Dustin said. “It just starts acting like it wants to fly. It’s kind of fun.”
Amy Roh/Tribune
Madison Swain (left) Dustin Wolfe and Kelcey Fischer wait
to show their standard pullet chickens at the 4-H Poultry
and Market Broilers Show Friday at the Adams County Fair.
Three years later, the 14-year-old Hastings girl hoped for better luck.
“I think I’ll do pretty well,” Mashaylla said before Friday morning’s poultry show at the Adams County Fairgrounds. “I got a purple last year.”
Friday’s poultry show featured 22 different divisions.
Mashaylla said handling large birds is the biggest difficulty when raising poultry.
“When they grow in size, it’s harder to hold them and you have to be really careful not to break their feathers,” she said.
Eleven-year-old Dustin Wolfe of Hastings agreed that carrying birds can be a challenge.
“Sometimes they just flip out on you,” Dustin said. “It just starts acting like it wants to fly. It’s kind of fun.”
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