A certain Khaki Campbell duck won his owner two prizes at the poultry show at the 2018 Inter-State Fair in Coffeyville on August 15.
Johnny Parker, Nowata, Okla., won Champion Water Fowl and Best of Show with his Khaki Campbell Duck.
The sixteen-year-old youth enjoyed chickens, then his interest turned to ducks after his mother, Amy Parker, got some. The family has had ducks for about seven years, and of the thirty ducks at the Parker farm, they are owned mostly by his mom. But she is happy to let him show them. “He helps out a lot,” Amy said. “I like to watch them, but he’ll go out and handle them and mess with them, so they’re not so spooked when we do show them.”
Johnny will be a junior at Nowata High School this fall, and he loves band. He plays percussion, and is part of the marching band. One of the percussion instruments he plays is the quint tenor drums.
He’s also shown his ducks at the Nowata County Free Fair, and would like to expand his showing to other fairs beyond Nowata and Coffeyville.
In addition to his mom, Johnny’s dad is Rick Parker. He has an older brother, Seth Parker.
Sponsor of the show is Treasures and Trinkets and KB Farms. The judge of the show was James Miller, Coal Camp, Mo.
Poultry Show Results
Champion Water Fowl
Khaki Campbell Duck – Johnny Parker, Nowata, Okla.
Reserve Water Fowl
Gray Call Duck Hen – Madison Hagebusch, Nowata, Okla.
Champion Mediterranean
White Leghorn Cock – KB Farms, Coffeyville, Kan.
Reserve Mediterranean
White Leghorn Hen – KB Farms, Coffeyville, Kan.
Best of Show
Khaki Campbell Duck –Johnny Parker, Nowata, Okla.
Reserve of Show
Cayuga Hen – KB Farms, Coffeyville, Kan.
Champion Bantam
Cayuga Hen – KB Farms, Coffeyville, Kan.
Reserve Bantam
White Wyandotte Cock – KB Farms, Coffeyville, Kan.
Champion Large Fowl
Blue Orphington Hen – KB Farms
Reserve Champion Large Fowl
White Leghorn Hen – KB Farms
