Up with the birds? That’s me, so it made sense to visit the bird pavilion and find them at their most lively – 7.00 am to be precise.
It felt like I was late to the party – the sounds emanating throughout the Poultry pavilion were deafening. All manner of bird breeds, roosters, geese, turkeys and other birds (of which I had never seen) were squawking, screeching and cocker doodle doing in here!
And who can do a side eye best? Yep, I felt strangely ill at ease, as though I was visiting some weird gaol…but I digress.
Ho hum, I thought, your garden variety pigeons aren’t exactly thrilling. That was until I met Mark, a judge who also owns Egyptian Tumblers (I imagined a winged circus act) apparently, they do somersaults in the air. Mildly interesting, I thought, can I see one do it? Not here. Hmm. How much do you fork out for the winning pigeon? “Up to $5,000.00” Mark revealed. My mind began ticking towards a new side hustle (watch out investors, here comes Pigeoncoin). Here’s where it got fascinating….Mark revealed that a pigeon was recently sold in Belgium for a staggering €1.5m. Yes. For a pigeon. Now Mark had my attention.
Mark and I then discussed the delights of pigeon eating – he likes his with gravy.
Early bird catches the worm, or the fortune!
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