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#WesternMichiganFair
The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair poultry competitions:
Waterfowl and turkey (two separate categories). Front, from left: 9-10-year-old: Morgan Allen, 1st; 5-6: Chloee Harris, 1st, Mason McBroom, 2nd; Back row: 17-19: AmyGrace Shoop, Jacob Shoop, 2nd; 14-16: Andrea Shoop, 1st, Alexandria Shoop, 2nd; 11-13: Audra Shoop, 1st. Also, pigeon showmanship: 7-8: Henry Malburg, 1st; 5-6: Chloee Harris, 1st.
Poultry breeds: Front, from left: Jared Wilson, grand champion Asiatic standard; Henry Malburg, grand champion, American standard; Chloee Harris, grand champion and reserve guinea, grand champion and reserve pigeon; Rylee Storm, grand champion all other combs; Laura Hepworth, reserve game bantam. Second row, from left: Audra Shoop, grand champion crossbred standard; Andrea Shoop, reserve American standard; Alexandria Root, reserve best of show, grand champion rose comb, reserve crossbred bantam. Third row, from back: AmyGrace Shoop, grand champion crossbred bantam; JoyEllen Wilson, reserve crossbred standard; Miriam Wilson, best of show first place, grand champion single comb, grand champion game bantam. Missing: Morgan Allen, grand champion and reserve purebred duck.
From left: RyAnn Rohrer, grand champion cockerel, third place pullet; Alexandria Root, grand champion hen turkey, market duck. Missing: Morgan Allen, grand champion pullet, reserve cockerel; Mara Lane, reserve pullet, third place cockerel.
Chicken showmanship: Front row, from left: 7-8-year-old: Jared Wilson, 1st, William Ruboyianes, 2nd; 5-6: Greta Wilson, 1st, Landon Ruboyianes, 2nd. Second row: 11-13: Tyler Hepworth, 1st, Amelia Malburg, 2nd; 9-10: Laura Hepworth, 1st, Ashley McPike, 2nd. Third row: 17-19: AmyGrace Shoop, 1st, JoyEllen Wilson, 2nd; 14-16: Miriam Wilson, 1st, Alexandria Root, 2nd.