During the July school holidays, MLMC entered birds in the Royal Melbourne Poultry Show. The birds were prepared for the show by students in the Young Farmers Club and VCE Agriculture and Horticulture class.
Kirsten Moerth entered a cockerel and pullet silver spangled Hamburg and received first place in both of her Junior categories — a great effort. The Show is one of the most prestigious fanciers competitions in Australia and consistently boasts over 1400 entries from 120 exhibitors.
The rare and heritage bird program at the school provides a wonderful opportunity for our students to further develop their poultry learning.
A special thanks to parent volunteer Anita Moerth who looked after the Gold Legbars and Gold Spangled Hamburgs over the summer break, whose support was vital for the program to go ahead in 2018. Thanks to Max Staley and the Damen family for attending the show. It is wonderful to have such enthusiastic poultry students at the school.
