WELL-known Cononley poultry breeder Keith Chapman cast a discerning eye over the entries at a top show.
He acted as judge at the Craven Feather Auctions spring show and sale of poultry and waterfowl, at Skipton Auction Mart.
Mr Chapman – who had celebrated his 80th birthday just a few days before the event – awarded the championship title to a trio of large Old English Game brown red – a cockerel and two hens from Stephen Wilson, who keeps his hens on an allotment.
Mr Wilson has been breeding poultry for three decades and began keeping brown reds five years ago when hatching eggs from fellow poultry man Alan Demain.
The sale attracted more than 200 lots.
The next Craven Feather Auction sale is on May 5, followed by the summer show and sale on September 8.
The Christmas fixture will take place on December 8.
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