Leslie Judges Baltimore

My first judging assignment in Baltimore was a huge success! I thank all for bringing all the wonderful birds for me to judge. Since I judge my birds at home all the time, this was just my aviary on a large scale. I was impressed with the quality of novices. It seems like forever since I've been in novice but I remember the days of just trying to bench a bird on novice much less the top bench.

BUD LITE! Your a winner!

A few special birds come into the world and steal the heart of everyone around them. Bud lite is of them. Although her offspring have been helping novices and advanced alike bench on national benches, Bud has always preferred the aviary setting over the show bench. Big sis, Bud, is more of the show bird. Or so we thought!

Bud Light went as a filler bird and we put her in a show cage and saw she was ready for the TN show this November. Little did we know she was destined for Best in Show. Thank you Deb Dollar for seeing the promise in our Bud Lite and thanks to all her "fans" who are elated with the news.

Special thanks to Crystal Hopkins who's been a very special part of Bud Lites life. We thank you for your caring words and your help with her breedings.

Leslie

Gary gets his Grand

Special thanks to Sabrina Hull, Gary Morgan, Pat Tucker, and Josh Maple who saw the potential in our buddy Gary. He benched at a young 3 months of age for the first time and now, just a little over a year, he's a GRAND with two best in shows!

Special thanks to Phil Feret who bred the parents of this special bird. His personality speaks worlds to his parental breeding. We look forward now to breeding Gary to some really nice "gals"! Rarely, do we show our Grandchampions as their retirement is best spent in the breeding cage breeding next years top bench winners. but you may just see him on some Grandchampion benches in the next couple of years.