Yep we're going chicken! This year the national competition will be held at the Parc de L'Abbé Engrand Cormont 62 300 miles from Brittany, we're going to make a weekend of it!
The event is a poultry exhibition, I do hope I'm not too tempted to take a few home. I understand a few other breeds of sheep as well as around 100 ouessants currently entered.There is also a regional market.
Currently I'm looking over the sheep to see who will be good enough ( hopefully) to go. The sheep are fully vaccinated against blue tongue ( serotype one and eight) and are blood tested as free from brucellosis. I have decided to travel in comfort rather than the old van who is getting rather tired and has a lot of mileage on her so look out for the plush sheep mobile en route. I have no idea what to expect this will be new territory for me, a chance to see some of the ouessant sheep from the east of France. How much dutch influence will there be and hopefully there will also be the chance to meet up with some breeders. Calais isn't far away it would be nice to see some come over from the UK as well as being close to the Belgian border making it far easier for breeders to come from Holland and Germany, should be good!