Northeastern Poultry Congress 2012 !!

Silkies come out in force! YEAH!!!
109 Silkies Shown!!
Judge – Jeff Halbeck
Best of Breed – Gilda Goodwin
Reserve of Breed – Janet Winnett

Bearded White:
Best of Variety – Janet Winnett, Reserve of Variety – Kate Morreale
Bearded Black – Best of Variety – Gilda Goodwin, Reserve of Variety – Kate Morreale
Bearded Blue – Best of Variety – Nesbit&Hoyt, Reserve of Variety – Kate Morreale
Bearded Splash – Best of Variety – Nesbit&Hoyt, Reserve of Variety – Larry Parent
Bearded Partridge – Best of Variety Suzanne Osio, Reserve of Variety -Gaelano Farm
Bearded Buff – Best of Variety – Chelsea Disher, Reserve of Variety-Linda Quattrone
Bearded Gray – Best of Variety – Chelsea Disher, Reserve of Variety – Gilda Goodwin
Bearded Cuckoo – Best of Variety -Gilda Goodwin
Bearded Pearl – Best of Variety -Gilda Goodwin
Show Girl – Best of Variety -Philip Nesbit, Reserve of Variety -Philip Nesbit
Non Bearded White – Best of Variety-Bruce Laviotte,Reserve of Variety-Kate Morreale
Non Bearded Black – Best of Variety-Farm Gaelano, Reserve of Variety – Kate Morreale
Non Bearded Buff – Best of Variety- Nesbit&Hoyt, Reserve of Variety – Nesbit&Hoyt

NewEnglandBantamClubFallShow Nov 20, 2011

Reserve Champion Feather Leg !

Great Show! Thanks to All!  Well attended and everybody had a good time!
Excellent Chinese Raffle!  Lots of Silkies and Featherlegs

Results:
Bearded White
Best of Variety -  Kate Morreale, Hen,
                   Best of Breed and  Reserve Champion Featherleg;
Reserve of Variety -Larry Parent , Pullet, Reserve of Breed
Bearded Black -
Best of variety – Kate Morreale, Hen
Reserve of Variety – Judy Temple, Pullet
Bearded Blue -
Best of variety – Judy Temple, Pullet
Reserve of Variety – Kate Morreale, Hen
Bearded Splash -
Best of Variety – Kate Morreale, Pullet
Reserve of Variety – Pamela Blake, Hen
Bearded Partridge -
Best of Variety – Kate Morreale, Pullet
Reserve of Variety – Pamela Blake, Cockbird
Non Bearded White -
Best of Variety – Kate Morreale, Hen
Reserve of Variety – Kate Morreale, Pullet
Non Bearded Black -
Best of Variety – Kate Morreale, Pullet
Reserve of Variety – Kate Morreale, Hen

Junior Exhibitors:
Bearded White -
Best of Variety – #5, Pullet
Reserve of Variety – #6 Pullet
Bearded Black -
Best of Variety – #5, Pullet
Reserve of Variety – #5, Pullet
Bearded Blue -
Best of Variety – ##5, Pullet
Reserve of Variety – #5, Pullet
Bearded Splash -
Best of Variety – #18, Pullet
Bearded Partridge -
Best of Variety – #11, Pullet
Bearded Buff -
Best of Variety – #18, Pullet
Reserve of Variety – #16, Hen
Non Bearded White -
Best of Variety – #5, Cockbird
Reserve of Variety – #6, Hen

            Congratulations to all winners and runners- up!!!

 

Boston Poultry Exposition 2011 Fall Show!

Good Show! Very well run and beautifully decorated! A beautifully sculpted rooster was carved from ice to add a classic effect for our great Boston Show! Thanks to Steven Blash for the use of his family’s arena.
Good Food! Super Show!!  The Silkie judge was especially careful in seeing the structure and posture as well as the color and crest size. This was Don Nelson, a well established professional. He seems to see the standard in his head and place a bird in that image. He is not married to the big crest either! I think he is loooking at a more practical bird, one who can reporduce easily and function as a bird!
Good job, Don, and thanks!

Open Show Results:
BB – Judy Temple with a White Non Bearded Cockerel
RB – Kate Morreale with a B.Partridge Pullet
B.Wht. BV – p- Kate Morreale
B.Whit. RV -h- Kate Morreale
B.Blk. BV – p- Judy Temple
B.Blk. – RV – h – Kate Morreale
B .Blu – p- Kate Morreale BV
B.Blu – h – Kate Morreale RV
B.Buff – p – #43 BV
B.Part. – p – Kate Morreale BV, RB

Non B. White – BV -k - Judy Temple -BB
Non B. White – RV – p – Judy Temple
Non B. Black – BV – h – Kate Morreale
Non B. Black – RV – p – Kate Morreale

Junior results:
B.Wht. BV – k -#27
B.Wht. -RV -p- #100
B.Blk – BV – p -#100 -RB
B.Blk.  – RV – h -#108
B.Blue – BV – k – #100
B.Spl – BV – p – #16 
B.Buff – BV – p – #16 - BB 
B.Part. – BV – h – #52
Non B. White – BV – C – #100

Photo – Best of Variety Non Bearded Black Pullet by
Golden Egg Farm, Kate Morreale

New Winter Markets!!!Westford Saturdays , Walpole Sundays

Golden Egg Farm will be selling free range eggs in several colors on every other Saturday .  Sundays, every other one, will be at Walpole, Ma. Just go to their websites and see who else will be there.

Exact dates :Westford Market  November 26, december 10, 2011
January 7 and 21; february 4 and 18; March 3, 24 and 31, 2012

Walpole Market – Dec 4 and 18, 2011
January 8 and 22; February 12 and 26; March 11 and 25; April 15 and 29, 2012

Golden Egg Farm free Range Eggs can be found in Framingham at the Eastleigh Farm as often as possible. Visit the farm, see the new cheese making rooms ! New cheeses being made in front of your eyes!!

Other markets to be included as they are found.  thanks, Kate, 413-477-8872 or kate@goldeneggfarm.com

Sussex County Poultry Fanciers Fall Show, Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ

October 22, 2011, 
53 Silkies, 19 Exhibitors,
Dwight Scott , Judge

I just have to say that when you enter a show that is 5 hours from your home, you have to spend money for gas and motel and a farm sitter.  It is not cheap! All exhibitors expect to be treated with respect. A show should start on time, have judges who carry a Standard when needed, and arrange the birds according to variety. Sorry I had to say something. Sour grapes?Maybe.
Other than that, It was a lovely day for a drive, the food, auctions and sales were great and the people were fun as usual! Thank you!

BV, BB – Jessica and Judy Sartell, White Bearded Pullet
BV, RB – Bruce Laviolette, White Non Bearded Pullet

RV Wht Bearded – Kate Morreale White Bearded Hen
BV Blk Bearded -Kate Morreale Black Bearded Pullet
RV Blk Bearded – Kate Morreale Black Bearded Hen
BV Blue Bearded – Kate Morreale Blue Bearded Pullet
RV Blue Bearded – Kate Morreale Blue Bearded Hen
BV Splash Bearded – Savannah Jennings Spalsh Bearded Hen
RV Splash Bearded – Vera Morea Splash Bearded Pullet
BV Partridge Bearded – Sharon Chaplinski Partridge Bearded Cockerell
RV Partridge Bearded – Samantha Prisco Partridge Bearded Pullet
BV Buff Bearded – Linda Quattrone Buff Bearded Hen
RV Buff Bearded – Samantha Prisco Buff Bearded Cockerell
BV Grey Bearded -  Paula Mc Gayhey Grey Bearded Pullet
RV Non Bearded White – Kate Morreale White non Bearded Hen
BV Non Bearded Black – Kate Morreale Black Non Bearded Pullet
RV Non Bearded Black – Kate Morreale Black Non Bearded Hen
BV Non Bearded Spalsh – Jacqueline Slate Non Bearded Splash Pullet

Arlington Farmers Market Closes for the Season

Today was the last day for the Arlington Farmers Market

We had a most delicious celebration at FLORA”S RESTAURANT in Arlington on Mass Ave. and finshed a very good season with a bang!
Thank you to Flora’s and Patsy Kraemer and all who made the market possible!!

Golden Egg Farm is moving to a winter market in Westford Mass on Saturdays at Eric’s Garden Center at 68 Boston Road, Westford, Mass.

If you need special orders for pots, yarn, manure or large numbers of free range eggs, please call Kate at 413-477-8872 and I will bring it to the market. Saturdays 9-1. We will appear every other Saturday.

Thanks for a great season!

New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers Fall Show 10/9/11

Champion Featherleg goes to Golden Egg Farm with a WHITE BEARDED SILKIE PULLET!! Reserve of Breed to Golden Egg Farm with a NON BEARDED BLACK PULLET!!So exciting to go to the Champion Row!!and the Non Bearded Pullet is definitely a dark horse!

Champion White Bearded Pullet:

Black Non Bearded Pullet -Reserve of Breed !!

Black Non Bearded, a first in the winner’s circle!! I see the tail could be a little puffier and higher so I will be working on that. But her fresh black face is clearly seen against a high and full crest. These birds can see well and act a lot more like chickens than a heavily crested bearded bird. I’d like to see more of these cool Silkies!

Here is another shot of her. You can see a little of her personality in this one. I need a professional camera person to show the blackness of her feathers.

New Hampshire Poultry Fanciers Fall Show 2011 – - – Results:

Bearded White – BV -Kate Morreale, hen,BB, Ch, FL 
                                       RV – Kate Morreale, pullet
Bearded Black – BV – Kate Morreale, pullet; RV – Judy Temple, pullet
Bearded Blue -   BV – Judy Temple, pullet; RV – Judy Temple, pullet
Bearded Splash – BV – Larry Parent, hen; RV – Larry Parent, pullet
Bearded Partridge – BV - Ryan Breen, hen; RV – Larry Parent, pullet
Bearded Self Blue – BV – Larry Parent, cockerel

Non Bearded White – BV – Kate Morreale, pullet 
                                                 RV - Larry Parent , pullet
Non Bearded Black – BV – Kate Morreale, pullet, RB
                                                 RV – Larry Parent, hen

Junior –

Bearded Black – BV – 38, pullet
Bearded Partridge – BV – 38, hen

Champion Silkie at Maine Show on Oct. 2, 2011!!!

Central Maine Bird Fanciers Fall Show 2011    RESULTS:

OPEN:                                 (lost exhibitors list so only numbers)
Bearded White – BV – Kate Morreale, pullet – BB, Reserve Featherleg
                                 RV – Kate Morreale, hen
Bearded Black – BV – Kate Morreale, hen
                                 RV – Kate Morreale, pullet
Bearded Blue – BV – 5, pullet
                               RV – Kate Morreale, hen
Bearded Spalsh – BV – 26, hen – - RB
                                  RV – 5, hen
Bearded Partridge – BV – Kate Morreale, pullet
                                        RV – 31, pullet
Bearded B uff – BV – 5, hen
                               RV – 5, pullet
Non Bearded White – BV – Kate Morreale, pullet
                                          RV – 51, pullet
Non Bearded Black – BV – 31, hen
                                           RV – Kate Morreale, hen

JUNIOR:
Bearded White – BV – 44, pullet
Bearded Black – BV – 11, hen
Bearded Spalsh – BV – 11, hen BB, Jr. Bantam
                                   RV – 30, pullet , RB
Bearded Buff – BV – 40, pullet
Bearded Self Blue – BV – 30, pullet

Looking for a winter market for my eggs???

Fall on the Farm

Here are my terrible puppies! Jazzy, Lamb Chop and the worst, Freida. Guess they would be very boring if they did not each have their own strong personalities. I love them to pieces!

Hurricane did not touch us thank goodness!

Looking now toward the fall shows. First to come up is Cobleskill or the Eastern New York Poultry Fanciers Annual Fall Show at Cobleskill, NY., Oct 25, Sunday.  Hope to see all my Silkie Friends there!

Fall Farmers Markets  in full bloom. Customers are very excited about real fresh eggs and want more colors in the dozens. I am working on that and looking for some good white leghorn roosters to pair up with the Ameraucanas who can not keep up, given their own genes. Amerilegs were good last year so I want to make some more.

Wool is getting popular again so I have lots of new colors as well as natural grey and whites from Romney, Border Leister and Southdown Sheep. All Sheep have been raised in Massachusetts near my farm. I buy the raw fleece, wash it, spin, it and dye it. Skeins of 120 yards are $12.00 each and can be had at Eastleigh Farm Store in Framingham, The Molin Farm Store in Hardwick and at the Arlington Farmers Market in Arlington, Ma. every Wed. at 2-6:30 PM until Oct 26th, 2011.

Again I am looking for a winter market and hope to find one soon. I do not want to be loaded down with with fresh eggs in November with no place to go!!

One more thing ! Goat Meat will be ready this week. I will have ground, stew meat, and chops from this summers crop of 4 small goats that lived in the woods all summer, gobbling up trees and brush and some hay in the evening. Good lean meat with a delicate flavor. $7.00 per pound for stew and ground and $8.00 for chops.

Thanks for reading,

Kate

PS Hand made Redware Pie Plates are in great demand so I will be making up some of those for the stores and markets here in time for the holidays.