How Much?

Set up in the Animals of the World Barn. Quail rides Turkey for early entertainment.

So you wanna hear a sample of comments and questions that were asked of us at our turkey and quail display?  Here goes:

Why do they poop?

Is that an owl? Yes, dear it is.

Oh, look at those baby turkeys. (In reference to the quail.)

What are their names?

Oh look Harold, a vulture.

That’s mean.  (In reference to a sign next to a quail egg that said both egg and quail are delicious.)

What kind of bird are you?  (Asked of Bet while sitting in the middle of the display.)

Kai was a big help at the display, he has a way with the birds.

Questions not asked enough:

Yah, back at the Farm Dirt did a little harvesting for me and boy howdy, do I have a bunch of work to do. 

The Fair can be fun and good but down right exhausting.

It really was a very successful Fair.   We nearly emptied a box of business cards and I resisted giving one to everyone who spoke to me, so that is good eh?

Bet explaining through her sore throat the finer points of turkey and quail keeping.

Dirt says our customers have some competition though, the eagle has been at the Farm, picking off our pastured meat birds one by one each day.  Thanks Mom Nature, I appreciate the help!

A lot doin’ at the Fair the last week, well at least for us.  There was the Junior Poultry Expo.  Bet and Anna didn’t participate this year.  Bet is too old and Anna got married.  But we added some of the Long family to our troops!

Check in for Junior Poultry Expo

 Steph and the boys helped out in the Bee Booth down in the ag building and the Longs joined them there too. 

The Longs helping out in the Pierce County Bee booth, promoting bees and their products.

Kai did a great job this year.

Down in the poultry expo barn the kids had a pretty successful fair.  Kai had a great time and improved his poultry showning.

Anne and Josh

Anne and

Abby and Erin

Abby both won Reserve Grand Champion in their age class of Fit and Show.   And the Long family has been thoroughly introduced to the finer points of Fair. 

Family standing in support of poultry showers.

 Back up at the Animals of the World barn, along with all the Fairgoers and potential customers that stopped at our booth to visit us, we had a lot of family and good friends visit with us too.

Some folks aren't used to the Fair.

The honeymooners came to visit us at the Fair.  Guess it was a bit much for the Groom.

Mike enjoying some cotton candy while his wife enjoys soda crackers!

Bruce giving us the okie doke. Always the encourager!

We’re all back home now, the three of us at Vicktory Farm & Gardens, the Longs, Leonards, Manleys, Stones, and Bowermans back at their places and the newlyweds up north at home.

Fair is always a good place to be.

Getting back into the swing of things here at the Farm, weeding, riding the horses, setting up the Market Garden beds for fall.  We’ll catch up on some of those things and then we’ll get to those wedding photos eh. 

Bye, Bye, State Fair, see ya'll next year.