Kyneton and District Poultry Club Helmsman style auctions are very popular and so once again the club is excited to be holding another of these auctions on Sunday March 24.
As with previous auctions, this auction will be held in the Horace Don Poultry Pavilion, Kyneton Agricultural Showgrounds, Mollison Street, Kyneton.
Go along and discover what a Helmsman auction is all about. This low-pressure auction method is like a ‘silent action’. It gives buyers and sellers, who have an interest in keeping poultry, the opportunity to come together to share a common interest.
Registering as a buyer will only cost you $2.
On the day each pen of poultry has a card attached, including details of the bird/s 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, from 12.30 you may write your bid on the card. At 1pm sharp, all bidding stops, the shed is emptied and 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 attracts sellers from across Victoria and once again up to 400 pens of poultry will be up for sale. Young pullets and cockerels to older hens and roosters will be penned, but there will not be fertile eggs for sale at this auction. Fertile eggs are only available at the club’s September auction. The club has a raffle and club merchandise will be available for sale.
A sausage sizzle all morning will keep everybody fed, watered and happy.
Stewards around the shed will be more than willing to assist you with advice about breeds or how to go about maintaining your hens successfully.
These hard-working volunteers/stewards, who freely give of their time expertise and energy, run this event. They are more than happy to assist those in need of advice. It is always a great day.
Go along and get involved, be there and ask. And if you are happy with what you see, why not become a member. Membership fees are just $20 single and $25 for family.
