Leghorn

Another great win for the I & C Mills team securing Club Show Champion and going to win Best Soft Feather and Light Breed.

(Well done guys!)

Club Champion Best Light Breed Best Soft Feather Bantam
White PULLET

Reserve Club Champion
Black Pullet

Thank you for inviting me to Judge the Leghorn Club Show at the National Poultry Show at Stoneleigh 28/29 November 2009
My Show Champion was a beautiful White Bantam Pullet shown by I & C Mills magnificently presented - also went on to be made Best Light Breed Bantam.
My Reserve Champion was the Black Bantam Pullet well shown by Richard Grice.
Best large Fowl Cuckoo Pullet - good size and type fit shown by Richard Grice.
Judge: L Blanchon

Bantams

White Male (7)
1 Waterworth & Woods
2 J Harrop
3 I Sissons

White Female (19)
1 I & C Mills
2 W & W
3 I & C Mills

Black Male (6)
1 L Parker

2 I & C Mills
3 I& C Mills

Black Female (11)
1 R Grice
2 O Chalker & Son
3 R Grice

Brown Male
1 O Chalker & Son
2 N Hutchinson
3 G Mitchell

Brown Female
1 O Chalker & Son
2 G Mitchell
3

Blue Female
1 J T Crowther
2 J T Crowther
3 S R Jones

A O C Standard Male
1 I Sissons
2 I Sissons

A O C Standard Female
1 S R Jones
2 I Sissons
3 I Mears

Judges Comments:

Easy winner in the class. Real nice bird, good tail finishing.
Good type could have been whiter
Nice type could have been whiter

Beautiful pullet stood well ahead in this strong class (Show Champion)
Good type not quality of show winner
Well shown a little short in leg for me

Only one winner in this class real nice bird black through out nice to see a good black cockerel again.
Nice bird white under colour
Again white under colour

Good type very fit good top colour
Another nice pullet just failing in top colour
Good type little short on leg

A very poor class all birds had white in wing and body
nice marked pullet not fit (best brown)
Poor colour not fit

Good type fit nice even blue
Fit bird darker blue than the winner
Not fit poor colour

Only two and both buffs

Columbian pullet fair colour fit
Buff nice colour
Exchequer not fit

Foot Note---
Many birds were spoiled by poor presentation. When you have bred and reared your birds and then entered them at shows, just to fail at the last moment by not presenting them at their best by washing and cleaning their legs and feet.

Large

White Male or Female (7)
1 M J Winson
2 R Grice
3 R Grice

Black Male or Female (6)
1 R G Thomas
2 R Grice
3 M J Winson

Brown Male or Female (4)
1 P Johnston
2 P Johnston
3 I Mears

A O C Standard Male
1 D T Thorne
2 D T Thorne
3 I Mears

A O C Standard Female (6)
1 R Grice
2 M J Winson
3 D T Thorne

Non-Standard (1)
1 I Mears
2 I Mears

Trios/Pairs
1 I Mears
2 I Mears
3 I Mears

Judges Comments:

Nice Cockerel. Good big bird. Little sappy
Young pullet, needs time to mature.
Another cockerel - young bird - sappy

Good type older bird
Young pullet, needs time to mature.
Young cockerel - too much white in body.

Good colour, nice large cockerel
Pullet not fit
Again needs time to develop

Blue, nice bird
Nice bird not so fit as winner
White in tail, not fit

Cuckoo nice type and fit
Blue pullet big bird nice shade of blue
Exchequer nice bird

Blue red male small bird

The National 29 & 30 November 2008: I would like to thank the Club for asking me to judge. I trust I did you all justice and it was good to see a nice array of different coloured birds. Keep up the good work! Richard Grice
LARGE FOWL
White M/F (8)
1st	Griffin & Gifford	Large white Pullet, my choice for Champion Leghorn, Very fit, excelled in type. Very well shown - congratulations
2nd	Winston & Thomas	The cockerels placed behind the female were not the quality of the pullet.
3rd	J & J J Stubbs
4th	D P Tucker

Black M/F (8)
1st	I E R Mears	Pullet, nice type, good colour but lacking head.
2nd	S Griffiths	Pullet – good type, excelled in head but black legs with white in wing.
3^rd & 4th	S Griffiths	Similar to brd placed 2^nd but with black legs and white in wing

Brown M/F (8)
1st	I Mears	Cock, nice bird, bit dark
2^nd	Winston & Thomas	Pullet, nice bird but a bit small
3rd	P M Hallum	Pullet, good type but poor colour
4th	P M Hallum	Cockerel, good type, good colour but white in wing and a squirrel tail

A.O.C Male (7)
1st	P & J J Stubbs	Cuckoo cockerel, excellent bird, bit of white in tail and wings
2nd	P W Parfitt & Sons	Exchequer cockerel, nice bird, best coloured exchequer seen for some years
3rd	I Mears	Pile cockerel, very nice bird, good try at a difficult colour.
4th	P Hallum	Duckwing cock, good colour but a bit on the small side

A.O.C Female (5)
1^st	I Mears	Pile female, good colour but a bit small
2^nd	I Mears	Red mottled, nice bird
3^rd	Winston & Thomas	Blue, excellent colour but lacking type

N Standard Male (1)
1^st	I Mears	Blue red, nice colour but lacking type and size

N Standard Female (1)
1^st	I Mears	Blue red female, similar to cock

		AOCs – nice to see such a good show of colours

BANTAM
White Male (4)
1^st	P Stadden	Good type and head, just over the top
2^nd	I & C Mills	Good white cock, well shown but bit short in back and furnishings
3^rd	I Sissons	Nice bird, short of jail, bit sappy
4^th	J Harrop	My type of bird, but lobe and comb weathered

White Female (12)
1^st	I & C Mills	Good pullet, just lacking condition
2^nd	D Wilkinson	Excellent pullet,could have been winner but slight dent in breast bone
3^rd	J Harrop	Another good bird from this well established breeder, best type but lacking head
4^th	J T Crowther	Nice bird

Black Male (2)
1^stand 2nd	I & C Mills	2 excellent cockerels, good type and head just lacking condition

Black Female (9)
1^st	I W Sissons	Nice pullet, good type, my choice for Reserve Champion
2^nd	I W Sissons	Similar to 1^st, but not quite the quality
3^rd	P & J J Stubbs	Nice bird, bit on the big side
4^th	J T Crowther	Good type but poor colour

Brown Male (2)
1^st	R J Gregory	Nice bird bit dark
2^nd	N Hutchinson	Good colour, white in wing and bit over the top

Brown Female (1)
1^st	L Bray	Pullet, over the top, nice colour

Blue Male (2)
1^st	I W Sissons	Nice bird, good colour
2^nd	J T Crowther	Excellent type, poor colour bit brassy in back

Blue Female (4)
1^st	I Sissons	Nice type, good bird
2^nd	J T Crowther	Best pullet, spoiled by broken wing flights
3^rd	P Stadden
4^th	P Hallum

A.O.C Male (2)
1^st	I W Sissons	Buff, very good colour but lacking head
2^nd	P Hallum	Pile – poor colour

A.O.C Female (2)
1^st	P Tucker	Both birds in this class cuckoos and very nice birds
2^nd	P Hallum

The National 1 & 2 December 2007: Judges D. Picton-Jones & W. Johnson
Description	# in class	Results (in order 1st, 2nd,3rd, 4th)
Large Fowl
White M/F	7	1 R Grice 2 R Grice 3 Griffin &Gifford
Black M/F	3	1 I Mears 2 Winson & Thomas 3 W&T
Brown M/F	3	1 W&T 2 W&T 3 S Gould
AOC M	7	1 I Mears 2 D T Thorne 3 W&T
AOC F	6	1 W&T 2 I Mears 3 W&T
Bantams
White M	6	1 I Mills 2 D W Wilkinson 3 D W W
White F	13	1 D W Wilkinson 2 D W W 3 I Mills
Black M	3	1 I Mills 2 I Mills
Black F	7	1 R Grice 2 D W Wilkinson 3 R Grice
Brown M	3	1 N Hutchinson 2 N Hutchinson
Blue M	2	1 S Jones 2 D T Thorne
Blue F	3	1 S Jones 2 D T Thorne
AOC M	3	1 S Jones 2 P Tucker
Champion Leghorn	White Bantam Male
Reserve Champion	Black Bantam Female
Best Large	White Female