Showing your birds can be a great experience. After patiently breeding to the best of your abilities and putting lots of dedicated time into the preparation it is a great sight to see your exhibit in the show pen, whether it wins or not.

The smaller, local shows are a super way to train your birds for the show scene and get them acustomed to noise and people. Many use their local shows to train their birds for the larger Nationals - which in the UK are held in December. Local shows are much cheaper to enter and are very friendly places to start out. You can gain experience in washing and presenting poultry and also meet up with other fanciers who share interests in the same breed. Many people feel that showing can be a daunting task and do not know where to begin. Here, we will walk you through the steps involved - from filling out an entry form, to preparing your birds and transporting them safely.

To enter your birds into a show you need to fill in an entry form detailing exactly what you are going to take and send it off to the show secretary (along with your entry fees) before the closing date. This article shows you how to fill in a typical poultry show entry form.
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Do you know your AOC's from your BOV's? This article shows some of the common terms and abbreviations you may here being talked about at a poultry show.
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Show boxes - photos and a description of boxes used to transport Pekins
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