Kyneton and District Poultry Club is hosting another Helmsman style auction in October following the success of its April event.
Once again up to 400 pens of poultry will be up for sale from young pullets and cockerels to older hens and roosters. There will also have an excellent selection of fertile eggs for sale.
A Helmsman auction is a low-pressure auction method like a ‘silent action’. From 10am you may register as a buyer for a mere $2.
On the day each pen of poultry has a card attached, including details of the birds for sale, their breed, approximate age, seller name and reserve price.
Between 10am and 1pm you can peruse the shed at your leisure. When you find the birds you want, you simply write your bid on the card.
At 1pm all is revealed with the highest bids being declared by the stewards. All negotiations are between the buyer and seller and are usually in cash.
The club will have many stewards around the shed who would be more than willing to assist with advice on the day.
There will also be a raffle, club merchandise for sale and a sausage sizzle all morning.
The auction will be held on Sunday, October 15, in the Poultry Pavilion, Kyneton Agricultural Showgrounds, Mollison Street, Kyneton.
