30 September and 1 October
RJA&HS Autumn Fair – at the Royal Jersey Showground, Trinity.
The Show will be open to the public from 10.30am to 5pm both days and is free for members and children 16 years & under with an entry fee of £5 for adults and £3 for seniors 60 years & over. Free parking and dogs welcome.
The Fair will feature:
Cattle Show – Saturday In Milk classes and Sunday Heifer classes commencing 11am both days. Warren Ferguson from New Zealand who will be judging this year’s Autumn Show.
Horticultural Fruit, Flower & Vegetable Show – over 500 classes to enter including Pot Plants, Cacti, Succulents & Carnivorous, Cut Flowers, Fruit, Vegetables, Preserves, Flower Arranging and Cakes plus lots of classes for the children.
There is also the Heaviest & Longest Fruit & Vegetable competition with the weigh-in at 11am on Saturday 30 September,
The Cake Auction will be held at 3.30pm on Sunday 1 October and is in aid of Headway Jersey followed by the Children’s Prize Giving of trophies and medals at approximately 4.15pm.
Jersey Poultry & Ornithological Society Show – As long as there are no further bird flu outbreaks, the Show will be allowed to have caged birds, pigeons, poultry as well as rabbits and cavies and will be held in the Members Room.
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As someone who has two budgies and has spent year researching and learning about birds, i found that the budgie competition was absolutely disgusting as the birds were clearly distressed being in tiny cages for hours at a time in a big room full of loud strangers. Most of these birds were pacing up and down on the floor of the cage and screaming and no one thought to maybe give them a treat or take them somewhere quieter for just half an hour. If someone were to do this with dogs people would think completely different and it would not be allowed. On top of being in small cages in a loud area these birds were not given anything to keep them entertained such as toys and im not sure i could see any water in their cages either. I stood around the birds for a bit and over heard the man watching them telling curious strangers complete lies including saying how the birds were fine being in the cages and were trained to be in them, the birds may have been trained to step into the cages but they were not trained to be fine with being locked in them for hours or possibly days around hundreds of loud people that they do not know.