April 29, 2013
You’ve probably never heard of a Belgian Bantam … but there were 266 of them in Kingaroy on Saturday.
These little chickens are growing in popularity and on the strength of this, the Belgian Bantam Club of Australia held its first Queensland show at the weekend.
As their name suggests, the Belgian Bantam originated in Belgium.
There are three varieties in Australia: the d’Uccle, the d’Anvers and the much rarer de Watermael.
All three varieties were on display in the Poultry Pavilion at Kingaroy Showgrounds on Saturday.
Chook fanciers from as far away as Bundaberg and Brisbane came to Kingaroy for the competitive show.
Deanna Siljac, from Fernvale, and her daughter Schyler brought along 20 birds.
Deanna said Belgian Bantams had been featured at a poultry show held in Kingaroy last year, and because this had been so successful, the club had decided to hold a solo show this year.
Des Lowrie, the president of the South Burnett Feather Club and the Queensland Show Manager for the Belgian Bantam Club, said the entrants were competing for a range of prizes which included carry boxes, trophies and bags of poultry feed.
- Download show results (20kb PDF)
