Today was the day I got to show my little Itsies. They had been stressed and a couple of them had lost a little condition in flesh and were looking a little peeked. I noticed this but there was little I could do at that point. One little girl just didn't handle the stress of the fair well. She always looked scared and barely ate at all. She also hid every chance she could.
They all came home with me today. So mom gave me the warning, I have until Spring to find at least two of them homes, or she will figure something out. I didn't mind, I love my little Itsies.
Anyways, the show went well! I did better than I ever expected to do! And I beat the people I've been trying to beat for almost 7 years. I walked away from the table both times with smiles on my face!
The meat pen class had 21 pens in it. I was shuffled around a bit, and not sure what was gonna happen. The judge put money in front of them, and with this judge, that's a good thing! In the end, my pen had one that caught them off and had them taken off. I got 7th place! I had one little girl weak in the hind quarters, that's not something that will ever fill out. So she's one that will have to leave. The other two very uniform in type and body. They weighed in at 4.3, 4.3, 4.6 good weights!
The Single Fryer class also had 21 rabbits in it. I had entered the one rabbit that had made my pen lose position on the table. I had entered the weak hind quarters girl. The judge went about looking and re-looking at them. He put them in the order he wanted and just went down the table. I got 6th place with my little girl. Far better than I ever expected!
I asked the judge to look at all three and tell me which was the best. He told me what I expected after that! But he also told me why he said what he said. So I know which one I'm keeping! Mom might let me do this again!
Anyways. It was an amazing day! And if it ends up being, Its a great end to the 16 years of raising rabbits and showing! I finally did it. I finally managed to beat the Nasemans and McCrackens. I was the happiest girl at the fair today! (In my own mind anyways.)
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Every category is named after food and not one of them has a taste test. Bah, I say!
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