Black Welsh Show and Sale 4 September 2008

In the pens ready to be judged.



Ted Williams with his ewe entry.

Julia Patterson with her ram.

Judge Matthew Evans checking the turn of a ram's horns.

Adult Ram class



E.O Williams with his ram
Another nice older ram.
And another.
And a very nice boy with wide spread horns.

Checking the shoulders.

Checking the back and loin area. This is the shearling ram class.

Ram lamb class.

Judging Will Workman's ram lamb.

More ram lambs.

And still more ram lambs.
From right to left Chris Garn, Patricia Laws, Will Workman, E.O Williams and then I am not sure who the next handlers are as I got pictures of the sheep not the people.


The top three, first place winners in each class. From front to back. Julia Patterson with her winner adult ram. Patricia Laws with her shearling ram winner and E.O. Williams with his winning ram lamb.

The breed Champion Patricia Laws and her ram Hounsley Joker sired by Abbotstone Colin. Sold for 440 guineas.

Reserve is E.O Williams with his ram lamb Wenallt Kenchester sired by Wenallt Endevour. Sold for 390 guineas.

Pen of ewes before the auction.

Rams before the auction.

Pen of ewes being sold in the auction.

The auction ring.

Will Workman's ewes he bought at the auction. I had to find the best head out of this batch as part of my judges training.


Driving with Melinda Baker and her husband to Somerset where I was staying for the next few dys.


White horse on chalk hills.

View into Melinda's ram pasture out the window of my room.

Sheep Show

Thursday was the sheep show at the Delta County Fair.
We took nine sheep, three ewe lambs, three ram lambs and three aged ewes.
Stephanie and Jacob trained the sheep with me and we all three showed in the open classes. The poor judge had never seen little black sheep before but he did talk about them and explained how he placed them very well. We had a lot of fun and got a lot of questions and comments from people at the fair.

Chicken Show

Tuesday was the Delta County Fair Open and 4H Poultry Show. The Helleckson's and I show chickens in the open class. Here we are in the judging lineup with our old Gold Penciled Hamburg hens who were molting and looked pretty scruffy. Stephanie took first, Jacob second and I had a barely not disqualified third. My birds' tail feathers are not properly marked clear to the end but that was ok. I had fun getting them ready and showing them anyway.