Spotlight on poultry at the fair
SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
Tyler Mitchell, 15, won 2013 Grand Champion at the Charlotte County Fair Poultry Show on Sunday with his Old English rooster. Reserve Grand Champion was awarded to Cage Jackson, right, for his Cochin rooster. William Stanfield of Stanfield Poultry out of Palmetto was the judge.
SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
Jenna Andrews, with her 6-month-old Japanese, Roger.
SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
Kent Jordan, Lane Shipman, MacKenzie Jackson, Jada Adair and Paisley Martin wait their turn at the poultry show.
SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
Senior Class participants Wyatt Andrews, Bailey Bray, Kayla Earnest, Jaclyn Hall, Tyler Mitchell, Melissa Hull and Michaela Flowers, with their poultry entries.
SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
Future Farmers of America member Melissa Hull, 17, watches and listens to poultry judge William Stanfield comment on Miss Milly, a Rhode Island Red.
SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
It was a clean sweep for the females taking the top showmanship awards: Junior Class Olivia Norton, Intermediate Class Lauren Earnest, and Senior Class Michaela Flowers.
SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
Savannah Ellsworth, 10, brought her two ducks, Lizzy and Gus, to the 2013 poultry show.
SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS
Five-year-old Paisley Martin accepts her first showmanship award.
Tyler Mitchell, 15, won 2013 Grand Champion at the Charlotte County Fair Poultry Show on Sunday with his Old English rooster. Reserve Grand Champion was awarded to Cage Jackson, right, for his Cochin rooster. William Stanfield of Stanfield Poultry out of Palmetto was the judge.