maltatoday | SUNDAY • 22 MAY 2022
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EYEWITNESS
Spring
chickens
THE National Fancy Poultry
and Pigeon Show once again was
organised at San Anton Gardens
after an absence of two years due
to the COVID-19 pandemic.
James Bianchi managed to
capture the expressions of some
of these 'star birds' at the exhi-
bition held last week, in collab-
oration with the environment
ministry and Ambjent Malta.
Formerly known as 'Fur and
Feather', the exhibition was
organised for the first time in
1935.
This year over 800 birds were
on exhibition, from quails,
ducks, geese, pigeons, doves,
chickens, turkeys and even
pheasants.
The event is considered to be
the largest fancy poultry and pi-
geon exhibition of the year both
in numbers and breed varieties.
These 800 birds will be exhib-
ited by more than 30 dedicated
breeders.
A great importance was given
to the Black Maltese chicken,
a local breed which the Malta
Fancy Poultry and Pigeon Club
said such breed should not be
lost. "Over the years our vol-
untary organisation has been
promoting the rearing of such
breed to increase in population
numbers and genetic pool," the
MFPPC said.
