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Practical Poultry
|Nov - Dec 2017
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On the 2nd & 3rd December 2017 poultry fanciers from across the UK will again flock to the International Centre at Telford to compete for the coveted Isherwood Cup.
The Poultry Club of Great Britain’s (PCGB) National Poultry Show - which is often seen as the poultry equivalent to Crufts - generally attracts entries in the region of 7,000, making it one of the largest poultry shows in the country.
In recent years poultry keeping has become hugely popular in the UK, with large numbers of people up and down the country keeping a few hens in their back garden for eggs and entertainment.
Welcoming this years show, PCGB Chair Louise Carpenter said:
This story is from the Nov - Dec 2017 edition of Practical Poultry.
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